Zillow’s Database is Now Open - Tell Us About Your Homes!
By: Rich Barton, CEO | September 19, 2006
Just now the Zillow engineering and operations teams "propped" a new version of Zillow.com that allows homeowners to save and publish personal additions and edits to Zillow’s data on their homes.
Homeowners can now add remodel information, update or change facts (like beds/baths, square footage, etc), or add more specific stuff like a waterfront view, finished basement, or type of parking. This is a milestone release for the company as it represents our first step in opening Zillow up to our customers, inviting them to add to and improve Zillow for everyone.
I just became the first homeowner to publish in the Zillow database. I uploaded my version of my home’s facts and published My Estimate of the value of my home to be presented next to Zillow’s Zestimate. I can see many reasons why homeowners would want to update the public record home facts that we have on Zillow with data that the homeowner knows to be current. However, my personal reason is that my house happens to be for sale right now. I hear all the time from sellers who tell me that buyers are using Zillow to check out their house, but that the public record facts are not up to date. They want to update the database with the real information.
In my case the public records say that my house has 2.25 bathrooms, when there are really 3.5. Zillow now presents my facts side-by-side with the public record facts. Additionally, I was able to publish My Estimate of my home’s value letting any prospective buyers know that we remodeled 2 bathrooms, added a home office and a laundry room, and did a basement remodel including a wine cellar. I also picked what I think are the most appropriate comparable home sales for calculating the value of my house. I chose to make this estimate public and now Zillow presents My Estimate right next to Zillow’s Zestimate.
I imagine there are many sellers and other homeowners out there with the urge to “remodel” their home as it appears on Zillow. So, I encourage you to find your house on Zillow right now and set the record straight. Play with My Estimator to come up with a more refined value estimate – and save it, email it to a friend or publish it for all to see. And as always, tell us what you think – we love feedback on what we have done as well as what we should be doing.
Finally, I’d like to congratulate the Zillow team for shipping this new release — what internally we call “Z2” — in the graceful and calm manner of an experienced team. Nice work.
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Greg Tracy on September 20, 2006 12:07 am
This is a good, and welcome next step and will surely help your estimates become more relevant. I have met with people who have gone on to Zillow to find their value before I gave them a CMA- it’s taking hold so this is important.
Magnus on September 20, 2006 12:48 am
Congratulations for being able to execute this rather obvious (to be honest) next step. Keep up the brilliant work and create the service homebuyers are are looking for.
Aneel Advani on September 20, 2006 2:41 am
How about adding a link to allow corrections to wrong neighbourhood data as well. There are still many bugs in Zillow - for instance, for zip code 02481 the market average for houses (reported as $358K) is much lower than actual market average for wellesley, ma (02481+02482) which is reported correctly as closer to $950K. For the longest time, you also had the wrong zip code for this area - 02469 or something like that and I think you still have the link to that zip code’s data rather than the correct data from 02481.
Anonymous on September 20, 2006 4:38 am
I haven’t been able to get any results for a month. All I get is:
“We’re sorry. We encountered a probelm with your search. Please wait a few seconds, then refresh the page or search again.”
What’s going on?
BloodhoundBlog on September 20, 2006 7:45 am
Zillow.com bites the wrong bullet: In preference to telling one simple truth, it will propagate thousands of tiny lies …
Heres a simple fact, one of the most important reasons why homeowners need professional representation to market their houses: Diogenes himself could not find an objective seller. Its not enough to detail everything thats wrong wit…
john on September 20, 2006 10:09 am
This is a great addition to Zillow.
not only will this help the potential sellers, but it should bvebefit the potential buyer(s) as well
Bay Area Real Estate - http://www.johnhomesonline.com
Charlottesville Area Real Estate Blog on September 20, 2006 10:23 am
Would the Founding Fathers Have Founded an MLS?
I live just down the road from Jefferson’s Monticello, but I must admit that I have always been a bit more partial to James Madison (The Federalist Papers rock!). Madison is credited with writing in Federalist #51, If men were
Ryan Beesley on September 20, 2006 10:39 am
This is Ryan, a tester at Zillow. To the anonymous user that is having the problem with searching, I have personally seen errors like this from time to time, but they are very difficult to track down and they often will resolve themselves before we have to opportunity to fix them. I probably won’t be very responsive today since I was up late last night helping with the release, but if you reply back to me or this blog with contact information, I or one of my collegues would do what we could to help you restore this functionality.
Jeff Lubetkin on September 20, 2006 10:55 am
This is Jeff, one of the lead software engineers here at Zillow. We’ve recently discovered a cause for constant search failures like the one seen by the anonymous commenter above. Some third-party software installs a bad version of Microsoft’s XML parser, which we use to drive our searches on Internet Explorer. You can fix the problem by installing the most recent MSXML4 SP2 at http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=3144b72b-b4f2-46da-b4b6-c5d7485f2b42&displaylang=en
Please let us know if that resolves your problem.
David G from Zillow.com on September 20, 2006 11:23 am
Aneel -
Thanks, that’s useful detail. I’ll look into it.
Greg and Magnus -
Thank you - isn’t it amazing how the best innovations are the obvious ones? Expect more of the same.
4:38 AM -
I think Jeff (above) has solved your problem. Let us know.
Magnus on September 20, 2006 12:36 pm
[…] I also believe Ardell at Seattle Rain City Guide is on to the next step in her comment to this post… […]
jf.sellsius on September 20, 2006 2:03 pm
This is a step in the right direction to getting fresh, accurate & complete “facts” which was a major problem. Kudos.
Your updating of your house info leads me to ask you this question:
Should an owner be concerned that the local tax assessor will search zillow for homes whose owners have updated home facts (beds/baths/sq.ft) and improvements (pool, deck, etc) to then reassess those owners and send them a higher tax bill? How could the owner object if it was the owner who upped the value?
Thanks for your thoughts.
Terri Oliver on September 20, 2006 3:43 pm
Wonderful service! I have been keeping track of my home and those in my neighborhood, but today when I went to Zillow I couldn’t find my home in the right spot. The details about the home were correct, but the location that popped up on the map was a different home just under a mile away on a different street. How can I report that error so it can be corrected?
David G from Zillow.com on September 20, 2006 11:18 pm
JF -
If a house’s records at the county are incorrect, those records need to be updated before the correct taxes are assessed. I obviously recommed that you pay your taxes correctly but don’t have any responsibility for the tax assessment and collection process.
Terri -
We’ve followed up via e-mail to investigate the map issue further. In some cases the location we have for a house is in our database is “approximate”. We receive location data in different ways and the only fool-proof method is when we know the land parcel’s geocode information. If your house is indicated on the map by an outline around the boundary of the property, then we know about your parcel.
If however, your house is indicated with a blue diamond, then our location for your home may be “approximate” - in some areas, that approximation is more accurate than in others.
chris yan on September 21, 2006 12:12 am
I noticed that the home facts no longer include construction quality and the split between first and second story square footage (my favorite feature!) is this because previous data was inaccurate? Or is there some way to still see this valuable information? Thanks!
David G from Zillow.com on September 21, 2006 4:34 am
Chris -
We intentionally removed some ambiguity from the home facts and added some data fields that have been popular requests.
Construction quality wasn’t helping anyone because it is reported so radically differently accross the country. It is still in the database, and to the extent that it’s relevant, it is still considered by the algorithms.
I apologize that floor-by-floor sq. ft. didn’t make the cut and will note your comment as our first request for its comeback. We found they were data fields that are sparsely populated and with the move to add owner-generated data, we decided that too many sq.ft. fields was just too inviting of innocent inaccuracies - everyone knows how many baths they have, but few people can measure their 2nd floor sq. ft. accurately. Again, the algorithm still sees this data where we have it - and total sq. ft. and number of floors are still on this list.
Thanks for noticing.
CJ,Broker in L A CA on September 21, 2006 5:37 am
There is one big concern here: At least here in Los Angeles, the reason the City records say 2 bathrooms, when the home actually has 3 bathrooms, is often because that third bathroom was added without building permits or required city inspections.
As any real estate agent can tell you, unpermitted additions are a legal minefield; and absolutely require complete disclosure.
I hope Zillow remembers to make the requisite disclaimers ~very~ visible.
Ian on September 27, 2006 10:28 am
Any chance this tool will allow us to ADD a home in the future? I live just north of Seattle and every home within a mile of me is listed on Zillow, but my house is not. It says “no home found” and there’s no box around my property. There’s a nice picture of my roof though.
DEN on September 28, 2006 8:37 am
I wanted to add info about my property but balked at entering my credit card info. I think it most smart people will avoid giving such data to strangers. (The existence of a valid credit card still does not prove property ownership).
adrienne forester on September 28, 2006 2:49 pm
I would like information regarding advertising our home for sale in Cabo San Lucas, Baja Sur, Mexico?
Adrienne Forester
Pacificfox@aol.com
david moyer on September 30, 2006 12:18 pm
how do I update our home’s information? We were just given a new rating on our 1967 home making it a 2005 rated home due to extensive update. Please advise.Sincerely, David and Cathi Moyer
David G from Zillow.com on September 30, 2006 6:23 pm
David & Cathi -
I just answered that question on another post, so excuse the cut & paste, but here’s your answer …
We’ve got you covered - to edit your home facts on Zillow, just click on the button that says “edit home facts” on your home’s details page (click on your address after searching for your house). When you edit your facts, we’ll step you through the process of publishing the correct facts for your house.
Note that you will first claim your house on Zillow by verifying ownership - we will also take you through that process when you edit your home facts.
To make a change to the public records for your house, you will need to contact the Fairfield county appraiser’s office - please note that changes you make at the county can take some time to be reflected on Zillow.com.
If the updated information should increase or decrease the value estimate for your house, please also consider publishing your own estimate - to do so, just click on “create an estimate” and choose to publish it in the last step of that process.
David G from Zillow.com on September 30, 2006 6:36 pm
DEN - It’s David from Zillow
I understand. That’s why we provide a 3rd option to verify ownership - you can fax us proof of ownership. It’s quite easy but not as instant as credit card verification.
After you have registered, just fax us your e-mail address and any one of a mortgage statement, deed, tax assessment or utility bill - we’ll verify your ownership & send you e-mail confirmation that your house is claimed - within one working day.
There’s a link at the bottom of the credit card page that offers this fax option. The fax number is 1-866-816-7956
David G from Zillow.com on September 30, 2006 7:04 pm
Ian - it’s David from Zillow
Thanks for asking - between you and me … yeah, a future feature may well do that - just keep watching this space.
Barryeod on November 21, 2006 11:52 am
Third quarter results show Jacksonville Florida with huge price gains. Realty Times, says prices are falling. My Mom lives there and says prices are definately falling. I live near DC. Prices in Dc are way down and falling more every day. How can you be so wrong about prices?
Harry on December 9, 2006 1:41 pm
The problem with Zillow is it does not adjust for certain mega items…lake front, pool, gated vs non gated. I would always recommend using and appraiser to do an actual appraisal in orlando fl you ca use http://www.appraiserking.com
Richard J Greenleaf on December 12, 2006 2:35 pm
Just came from zillow.com don’t know why but you can’t scoll down the page please advise
Drew M from Zillow on December 12, 2006 4:46 pm
Richard-
Can you please provide a little bit more detail, such as what page you were on and what browser you are using?
Real Estate Home Inspection on January 7, 2007 1:27 am
Real Estate Home Inspection
The designation is given only to home inspectors who demonstrate Real estate licensing, apprais
Nag on January 31, 2007 3:02 pm
Hi,
I’m a home owner in CA and I would like to hide/not to show my home details.
Is there any way I can block/hide details about the purchase price/date of transaction etc. If yes can you please let me know how?
Thx in advance.
N
Joe on February 2, 2007 5:45 pm
I tried Jeff Lubetkin recommendation downloading the latest MSXML4 SP2 http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=3144b72b-b4f2-46da-b4b6-c5d7485f2b42&displaylang=en
And still have the same problem. What do I do now???
Joe on February 2, 2007 7:03 pm
Now it works after I went to the Add and Remove Program to uninstall MSXML4 SP2 and Adobe Flash Player altogether. Then reinstall the missing program above from scratch. And then reboot your computer.
Zillow search starts to work again!
Carmelo Lisciotto on March 16, 2007 11:14 am
Interesting Blog
-Carmelo Lisciotto
Paul Braund on April 17, 2007 6:25 am
How about writing about all the incorrect information that Zillow puts on the their website. They have my house as recently being sold in January 2007 for $104,000-MY HOUSE HASN’T BEEN SOLD IN THREE YEARS. AND WHEN WAS IT WAS, IT WAS FOR $132,000 How about writing about the lack of care that Zillow has, about getting the corrected information on their website OR under estimating the value for a home. It is amazing that people are still using this so called service ( I guess its because it is free).
lee w larson on September 8, 2007 11:58 pm
saw your web site, checked on our house your info was incorrect. Our house has 4 bedrooms and 3 full baths, 4th bedroom could be office.
596 la contenta dr. 95252
lee
lee w larson on September 9, 2007 10:42 am
must say you are way off with your estimates. It is shocking to see the prices you have estimated on old homes compared to newer larger homes.Our house sold for over $ 200,000 more, than you quoted. Our dauhgters home in Diablo estates in Diablo Ca. was appraised at over 4,000,000 your estimate is $ 1,800,000.
You are not a credible source.
Helga Larson
Drew Meyers on September 10, 2007 9:00 am
Helga-
There are many factors that affect a Zestimate — a Zestimate is not a replacement for a CMA or appraisal by a local professional who has been to your home.
Lee-
Please note that you can claim your home and update your home facts to display the correct number of beds/baths. We’ll be using owner facts as an input to the Zestimate in the next couple months.
Clint on September 13, 2007 3:26 pm
My house is “blued” out… if I zoom in to a certain level then the property is entirely blue. Why is this?
David Gibbons on September 13, 2007 6:44 pm
Clint -
Can you give me an address to search on?
Joel on September 24, 2007 8:51 pm
Have tried to find a way to get my listing off zillow ……please help
Joel on September 24, 2007 8:53 pm
trying to get our listig off zillow… how do we go about it
David G from Zillow.com on September 25, 2007 10:22 am
Joel -
What’s the address?
Kristen Cramer on September 25, 2007 3:00 pm
One of my listings is in twice. I want to remove 1 of them. Interested in learning how to do this.
Thanks.
Chandra on September 25, 2007 3:54 pm
I want to remove house listing off of Zillow. How so I do this?
David Gibbons on September 25, 2007 5:14 pm
Chandra, Joel, Kristen -
I’d love to help you - please reply with ADDRESSES
Kristen on September 25, 2007 7:15 pm
1501 Aurora Ave N, Seattle #308. If you check out my profile you will see the 2 postings. I would like the one w/o my added content removed please. Interestingly, the Zestimates are very different… I have not studied why…
David Gibbons on September 26, 2007 8:00 am
Kristen -
Done. Only Unit 308 is posted for sale. The other condo was one of the other units in the building that we never received the unit number for.
Best wishes for a speedy sale!
Susan Slaubaugh on September 26, 2007 9:27 am
My home is no longer for sale. How do I remove the listing. FYI - Your Zestimate was more than $100,000 lower than our sales price and the comps in the area show that our price is certainly within reason. Zillow has hurt our prospects for selling our home. People have told me that they look at our price and your Zestimate and then they look no further. Thanks Zillow. Please remove or tell me how to remove my listing ASAP!!!
Address: 3310 Sellman Road, Adelphi, Maryland
David G from Zillow.com on September 26, 2007 9:34 am
Susan,
If you are logged in using the account that posted the home for sale, you should see links to update the posting status near the sale price and in the list of tools in the left column.
john a stoner on September 28, 2007 2:48 pm
how do you derermine prices if you do not see interior of the house some houses have been remodeled
David Gibbons on September 28, 2007 4:52 pm
john -
Good question (for a stoner.) We don’t determine prices but rather calculate value estimates - we call them Zestimates. The condition of the home is an unknown in these calculations but features added during remodeling are accounted for since those are reflected in the home’s public records.
Beverly Lindsay on October 21, 2007 9:18 am
I’ve spent hours following your directions to claim the house I actually live in and own in order to correct the age, with no luck and total frustration. You have the “built date” listed as 1976; it was actually built in 2000; Placer County will verify that. I assume that would raise your estimate of value; it certainly would for me. The address is 5422 Casa Grande Ave., Rocklin CA 95677. If you can’t change this for me, please provide me with a failsafe process for actually accomplishing this.
Beverly
Tierney Becho on November 7, 2007 8:27 pm
please remove my listing ASAP!
5011 Sahara Drive
Pasco, wa 99301
Tim Dailey on November 7, 2007 9:22 pm
I am trying to sell my house (3909 South Ames Way, Denver, CO 80235), but Zillow is killing us by estimating its value at $690,784. We have multiple professional appraisals in the $900,000s, and one at $1.1 million! I have updated the site for the $140,000 we put into the finished basement (increased square footage, etc.), but Zillow LOWERED the value.
This disparity is absurd and hurts Zillow’s credibility (as well as my ability to sell my house). Can you fix this problem?
David Gibbons on November 8, 2007 9:01 am
Tierney -
I checked your address - your home’s not listed for sale. We don’t remove homes from our databases.
Tim -
The public records for your home are incorrect which throws off the Zestimate value. I used your updated facts to calculate an estimate (“create an estimate”) which came to $1,012,228. It seems we agree. If you use the My Estimator tool like I did, the final step gives you as the owner the option to publish the estimate.
I recommend adding photo’s to your listing on Zillow - they’re the most important piece of marketing a property online.
Best wishes for a speedy sale!
Ami Garbi on November 8, 2007 9:51 pm
In your listing instructions, you claim that it’s easy to remove the “Make Me Move” price on a listing, but I’ve discovered just the opposite. I see no Icon anywhere that allows for removal the the price. i tried following the instructions of one response to a previous plea, also without results. Please help!
Ami Garbi on November 8, 2007 9:53 pm
Address if the listing in question is 4190 Oakview Dr., Rocklin, CA 95677. Ami
David Gibbons on November 9, 2007 10:33 am
Ami -
It is easy for the owner who claimed the home. If you’re the listing agent, I could possibly help you but I notice that you don’t have a professional account on Zillow. If you would like to send me more details in this regard, please feel free to contact me [davidg AT zillow]
BPO on December 24, 2007 5:35 am
This might help out the values I can see with details better values.
George on January 28, 2008 6:13 pm
Please Correct: Zip Code 91326
City is misspelled as Portar Ranch.
Correct spelling to Porter Ranch.
David G from Zillow.com on January 29, 2008 11:51 am
George -
Thanks so much for letting us know. I’ve requested that fix; it should be updated within a few weeks.
d
Mark Fogg on March 11, 2008 3:08 am
SUBJECT: MAPPING ERROR 391 WHISPERING LAKES BLVD, TARPON SPRINGS, FL 34688 - PLEASE CORRECT.
You guys have the diamond representing my home over vacant land at the S.E. corner of Whispering Lakes Blvd and Keystone Rd. Kindly move the diamond just a bit south (stay on the east side of Whispering Lakes Blvd) to the first home you come to. Its on the water with a dock out back and solar panels on the roof. (You can clearly see both from the satellite photo). Thank you!
miro on March 26, 2008 8:47 pm
is there any way i can remove my house from zillow? my agent told me to do so if i want to sell it.
David G from Zillow.com on March 26, 2008 9:04 pm
miro,
No, we don’t remove houses from the site. We do however have solutions to help you sell your home. First, please take us up on the offer to advertise your home on Zillow - it’s free - you could have your agent do it for you. 5 million people visit the site each month and with the opportunity to post 50 photo’s and links to your listing at no extra charge, Zillow’s in fact a great showcase for your listing and many sellers use the page-counters to keep track of interest in their listing. If your agent has a reason they made that recommendation, please let me know - I certainly disagree that the site could interfere in your sale and know that the opposite is in fact true.
miro on March 27, 2008 5:46 am
well, i was told that i have offer to sell my home for 420k. only problem is that i have it listed here with different estimates and i need to remove it. if you don’t remove it sale may not go through, and it is of gray importance for me to sell it .
David G from Zillow.com on March 27, 2008 3:24 pm
miro,
You’re getting some strange advice and I still don’t understand why your agent is telling you this. Please have them email me [davidg at zillow dot com]
Thanks!
jlab on April 3, 2008 8:08 am
I am trying desperately to delete a listing from Zillow. No clear cut instructions - no delete listing button, edit no good, can’t find a telephone # to call. Why is it so difficult to delete a listing?
GEMCGRIFF on April 6, 2008 9:36 am
I CANNOTGET IN TO YOU
Ross Winne on April 7, 2008 12:30 pm
In checking the listing of our house, if I enter the zip code (34481), it shows Citrus County, Dunnellon. I have wondered why we haven’t had any inquiries and the wrong area could certainly make a difference.
The 34481 zip code is actually located in Marion County, Ocala, FL.
Our house address is 6546 SW 92nd Circle - Ocala, FL 34481. If I type in the entire address, it goes to our listing - but who knows the actual address of a house they’re shopping for.
Please advise - Thanks -
Ross W
jlab on April 7, 2008 12:43 pm
How do I correct an address of property in Zillow. Somehow, wrong address there. Edit not allow me to change it. What to do?
Mark V on April 7, 2008 3:16 pm
When I type my address 831 Carrie Lane, ZILLOW sends the person to the wrong address - ZILLOW has transposed the numbers and shows the information for 813 Carrie Lane and maps it incorrectly. BOA has revoked my line of credit since the appraisal on the wrong house is 1/3 of what my house is worth. BOA told me they looked at ZILLOW. There is no way to contact anyone at ZILLOW to get them to fix the problem - no email, no phone. I guess we will have to sue you since you wont fix YOUR error. It is irresponsible for you to not have any contact info for YOUR MISTAKES.
Ame on April 7, 2008 9:51 pm
Hey there.
I listed my home for sale on Zillow, but when I type in my street address, the search results list does not indicate that my home is for sale.
I recently edited my listing with new images and an attempt to remove an apartment number. However, the apartment number seems to be mandatory because it seems mandatory that one must claim their home if they want to tell Zillow it’s for sale.
How do I re-configure to ensure I appear in search results listings?
Nat on April 19, 2008 12:00 pm
My house is listed twice. I would like it listed only once.
Please remove:
3726 Meadowbrook Ave
Nashville, TN 37205
And leave the correct listing:
3726 Meadowbrook Ave # 4
Nashville, TN 37205
Thanks.
Chris on April 20, 2008 10:49 am
My house is listed twice … Once, correctly, in which I have a “Make-me-move” price, and once by the former realtor who sold us the home (over 14 months ago!). Can we remove the duplication? And can we make sure that realtor doesn’t claim our home as “For Sale”. She adds a virtual tour from the previous owner’s hideous style. Help, please!
306 Southmoor Oaks Court, Cary, NC 27518
Thank you.
greg carr on May 5, 2008 3:34 pm
I registered as a real estate agent by mistake and I need to delete this and change to a lender. How do I do that?
Thank you
David Gibbons on May 5, 2008 3:35 pm
Greg -
Problem solved! You should now be able to register as a lender.
greg carr on May 5, 2008 3:37 pm
Thank you I will give it a shot
greg carr on May 5, 2008 3:40 pm
Here is the error message I still get.
This e-mail address is already being used. Sign in with this e-mail address to access your account or enter a different e-mail address to create a new account.
Thanks in advance
David G from Zillow.com on May 6, 2008 8:35 am
Greg -
Thanks. I’m following up by e-mail. You should now be able to log on and register as a lender.
Jomon on May 7, 2008 10:51 am
I would like to delete my account. please do it for me. I couldn’t find any option to do it.
Jose Jr. on May 7, 2008 11:51 am
Hello, I am having trouble viewing the zillow.com website from my computer, I can view it fine from other computers and only get this error message from this computer “We’re sorry, there is a problem with the site.
Please try one of the following:….” I have already tried CTRL + F5, as suggested in another post, but this solution did not work for me. Any ideas on what it could be would be appreciated.
Drew Meyers on May 7, 2008 12:57 pm
Jose-
The issue is likely an issue with your browser. Please try a different browser and also take a look at the possible causes on our troubleshooting page.
Jose Jr. on May 7, 2008 1:51 pm
I don’t believe it is the browser. I am currently using IE and have also tried Firefox, and get the same result. I will try to view the troubleshooting page, when I go home, I can’t view it from the current computer.
Jinny on May 25, 2008 4:01 am
Hi, I was just wondering how I can remove my home’s listing from Zillow? Please let me know by email. Thanks
sh on May 25, 2008 5:57 pm
HI,
My home is listed on Zillow.com as for sale for the last 33 days. I have not registered on zillow.com or posted my home for sale. How do I have the listing removed. Please respond by email.
Gary Marjani on June 7, 2008 10:39 pm
I am surpised to know too many people want to remove listing on Zillow. There should be some easy way to accomplish this?
Eric on June 16, 2008 2:54 pm
Curious - in most counties, it is illegal to redistribute county tax records, lists of addresses and names of owners for the purpose of offer for sale a product or service to anyone in or any property derived from the lists provided by the county… at least in Kansas and Colorado I believe thats true… How does Zillow get around this? I mean they are using the data as a reason to visit the site and to buy their services - and allowing brokers, buyers and sellers to use that data and information to contact eachother regarding potential sale or lease of house…
is this legal? How? dont get me wrong - I love the site and think highly of it - I think it should have been here a long time ago… what’s the legal side of things? How do they get data feeds and then offer it to the public this way?
David G from Zillow.com on June 16, 2008 3:41 pm
Eric -
It’s PUBLIC data i.e. it’s owned by no-one and available to everyone. Just like anything public, this information can be shared, distributed and even sold if you find a good way to add value to it.
da on July 30, 2008 10:40 pm
how to remove my home from this website?
Ruchi on October 5, 2008 3:56 pm
How do you edit the location of your home in the Zillow map so it appears in the right location?
Please email to just_ruchi@yahoo.com
Thanks,
Ruchi
ldavidson on October 23, 2008 6:24 am
Please remove our listing from your site - your estimate is 200k under the asking price and other comps in the neighborhood.
118 Ionsborough St
Mt Pleasant, SC 29464
Thanks
Leslie
Thomas Dattulo on November 11, 2008 2:01 pm
I would like to have my house and the related information removed from Zillow. My address is 3308 W Berteau Ave,Chicago IL 60618.
Thanks
Tom
Thomas Dattulo on November 11, 2008 2:21 pm
I just read through the posts and realize you do not remove homes that may be incorrectly estimated from you site….even at the owners request. This is very unfortunate. I talked a banker at Chase and they said zillow is a main factor in giving mortgages and HELOCs. I claimed my house last week an updated the infor…(added a bedroom and bathroom that were not listed. A day later our property dropped 40K and no one else in the areas did. Please look into this if you are not going to remove it. 3308 W Berteau, Chicago, IL 60618. I really think you should reconsider removing properties at the owners request….it is not helpful to anyone if it is wrong.
Thanks
Tom