Realtor.com was started in 1995 and is owned and operated by Move, Inc. It is also the official website for the National Association of REALTORS®. The company currently has more than 4 million listings pulled from nearly 800 Multiple Listing Services. Most of these listings get updated every 15 minutes.

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The Good

Plethora of features
Filtering options
Frequently updated listings

Plethora of Features Realtor.com makes finding property details incredibly easy. On a listing's page, you can find everything from the property's history, surrounding schools and neighborhoods, to nearby restaurants, grocery stores, gas stations, and more. A mortgage calculator is included on nearly every listing as well. According to our research, Realtor.com is one of the better Real Estate Search sites we've found that provides this amount of information. Filtering Options Realtor.com has an extensive array of filtering options when buying a home. This includes not just the basics of the price range, bedrooms and bathrooms, but includes a tall list of amenities. These amenities include a two-car garage, fireplace, pool, hardwood floors, water view, tennis courts, single or multi-story, and many others. This could be extremely useful for individuals looking for homes with specific perks. Frequently Updated Listings The website touts that roughly 80% of listings are updated every 15 minutes. Most listings will even display a posting history so customers know how long they've been posted. This is excellent to know so the customer can be aware that they're always getting up-to-date information.

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The Bad

Can't directly contact seller
Can't directly sell your home
Lack of info for some properties

Can't Directly Contact Seller On Realtor.com, everything is done through the real estate agents. No information is provided on how to reach the home's owner, but Realtor.com makes it incredibly easy to contact the home's real estate agent. Can't Directly Sell Your Home If you haven't figured it out by now, everything on Realtor.com is done through-you guessed it-realtors. If you want to sell or rent out your property, the website requires you to go through a licensed realtor. Lack of Info for Some Properties On some but not all, Realtor.com doesn't feature photos of properties. This is definitely not ideal for a real estate website in that every home buyer wants to know what the property looks like before they have to show up to take a look. Some information is also not featured on properties such as sex offenders or crime rates in the area.

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The Bottom Line

Realtor.com is a powerful Real Estate Search site that gives plentiful information on listings across the United States. Consumers would do well to give the website a look, especially if they're looking for specific amenities on each property. The only downside is that everything must be done through a professional realtor, including listing and buying/renting property. Overall, Realtor.com is a great experience.

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Kelsey T.L. Lansing, MI

Realtor.com has been an absolute lifesaver in my homebuying journey. The website is user-friendly, and it provides an extensive range of up-to-date listings. The filters make it easy to narrow down your options, and the property details, photos, and virtual tours are incredibly helpful. The market trends and local insights also add great value. If you're in the market for a new home, Realtor.com is an essential tool in your arsenal. Highly recommended!

1 month ago

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Sonya Parker Mesa, AZ

User friendly website to navigate, accurate housing information, often provide detail information on housing products. Also provide information on selling, buying, and renting.

2 weeks ago

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Kandra Gunter Miami, FL

This is one of my biggest go-to sites for rentals and homes available for purchase. Specifically, I love the ease of navigating the website for my rental search, new home searches, and also information on how to sell some properties of my own. The site is also visually appealing in comparison to some of the other home-search websites with lots of resources for locating a realtor while staying current with the current market trends.

2 months ago Edited September 13, 2023

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KATHLEEN KOTARA Katy, TX

Easy to use search and filter features to narrow down my choices. Easy to navigate the website. Did not always have the information I was looking for, i.e. foreclosures in specific areas where I knew there were foreclosures listed on other sites. Overall a worthwhile site.

1 month ago

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Jeri Bryant

They are great at sending me updates on what I want as soon as it gets on the market. tThey release new products and updates that reflect their commitment to staying ahead of the curve. This means I can trust that I'm getting the latest information I need to put offers in.

2 months ago Edited September 15, 2023

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Rebekah Nelson Sioux City, IA

Extremely easy to navigate the site and they don't bomb you either with junk mail!

5 days ago

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James Galarza Hot Springs, AR

I have information sent to me from Realtor.com daily. It is an easy to use site, good pictures typically, and you can find the information you want about real estate, from renting to buying.

2 months ago

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Sol Castanos Clifton, NJ

I am impressed with the quality of the leads that I receive on my listings from Realtor.com. In my opinion their platform is very straightforward and easy to use for both, real estate agents and buyers.

2 months ago

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Susan New Braunfels, TX

Realtor.com helped me find the house we purchased last year. They have a wide coverage base with a lot of pictures, sometimes virtual tours and actual layouts of the house you are considering. They stay up to date on whether offers have been made or accepted on homes. It is an excellent resource when looking for a home.

3 months ago

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Gustavo Denver, CO

Great tool, Easy to use with accurate information and helpful map.

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Kelsey Conner Wilmington, NC

Great website for browsing houses and apartments, whether it's your first home or hundredth or an investment property. Would highly recommend.

1 month ago

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Peter Costa

Easy to search, most up to date realtor site I've used. Also easy to setup alerts and that's how I was able to purchase my condo.

1 month ago

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Tyrone Walton Atlanta, GA

During my search for rental properties for my daughter I came across their website and sought thru their listings. I scrubbed a few listings and passed the list on. I want to thank realtor.com for the great assist

2 months ago

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Colby

I use Realtor.com for searching properties in a large area. I really like the map feature on this site, you can see all the homes for sale and a price, so easy to scroll through the homes and target a particular area of interest!

4 months ago

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Valerie Collom Kansas City, MO

Realtor.com is an excellent online tool for locating properties. I love all of the features which allow me to customize my search using attributes that matter to me. The listings are easy to read and the site is very user friendly.

5 months ago

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Bunny Garlington Weatherford, TX

I like this company as they have full picture displays. If I am buying a home, I want to see the inside as well as the outside. I can imagine my belongings in this new space. I had a friend use them and they loved them. I have looked on their site and seen the customer easy website.

5 months ago Edited August 18, 2023

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Debra Fort Lauderdale, FL

Easy to use, and I have both bought, rented and sold using Realtor.com. Highly recommend.

3 weeks ago

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Sonia Hilinski

Love the app!! This is how we found our house. Easy to use, up to date and often I found things on Realtor before my agent could send them to me.

1 month ago

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Ann Carson Glenolden, PA

Use Realtor.com to look for both rentals and sales. Easy to search and gives a lot of information on each property.

1 month ago

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Otis Adkins Hazard, KY

I would recommend using made the process for me so much easier I appreciate their wonderful employees on being such nice people to work with

1 month ago

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Terri Miguel Punta Gorda, FL

The site was helpful in identifying homes in my price range. The only problem was that once I purchased a home I continued to get emails from them for almost a year.

2 months ago

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Reb R

This is my go-to app when looking for any type of real estate. It is so easy yo use and so thorough. There is no need to ever use another website.

2 months ago

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Julie White Milton, FL

It is wonderful to be able to go online and look up properties all over the US so quickly and efficiently as well as find comps. Love Realtor.com

2 months ago

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Be Smart

This is my go to company when I have needed to do real estate transactions or find an agent. Always great results. They are well updated on information and for listings.

3 months ago

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DDDuster Lake Havasu City, AZ

Realtor.com has been for me very up to date and consistent with the market. Easy to use. I recently purchased a lot and the contact information was very helpful.

3 months ago

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Marianne Marianne

Realtor.com is a great place to search homes for sale across the country. I love that it allows users to search by state too. But, it's only good if you have a realtor to act on your behalf ( No, I'm not a realtor. I liken realtors to used car sales people). If you indicate interest in a property on the Realtor.com platform expect to get side railed with middle people and the realtors on rotation waiting to steer you their way.

3 months ago

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C. Ward Lutherville-Timonium, MD

Too many spam emails from agents once you show interest in a property.

5 days ago

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Joy Deltona, FL

I spent many many hours per day on realtor when I was searching for my new home in a different state. The information was always updated and I really enjoyed how easy it was to use the site

5 months ago

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Mary Ann McIntyreJackson Newton, NC

Site is good. Gives the information needed about the house and the specific information that is needed for the house and it's surrounding areas. The site needs some more options on it's site. Like when people are looking for something specific (e.g. elevator, etc.)

5 months ago

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David Adrian Morales Weslaco, TX

Realtor.com is my go to app for Real Estate. I like the simplicity and flexibility of the app. It displays additional information other than the property itself such as Nearby schools, Businesses, and even past tax info. It state restrictions and makes contacting the selling party very easy.

6 months ago

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Maureen OConnor Palm Coast, FL

This is typically my go-to for fact checking whether or not a home for sale has a pending offer. Zillow and Trulia are very easy to use with lots of information, but they often are not as up to date on pending sales. With rentals, it's the same. Realtor has more accurate information all around. Highly recommend.

6 months ago

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Ilspbeth Bruce

theres not a whole lot i can say about this site that others havent said already thankfully the housing market is becoming reasonable again at least to a point. We hope to be a home owner this year. I use Realtor.com and Zillow to find our home. i get updates all the time with new homes or property that are being listed for sale. -so far we havent found what we want. but it is a great thing not to have to buy gas and run around to places we can see pretty much what we need on the websites and then only go and see the ones that interest us.

7 months ago Edited May 1, 2023

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Crystal Batavia, IL

We used this website many times in 2020 when searching for our first home! I love that you're able to basically take an online tour of each home by viewing all of the photos! It makes the search very fast and easy and allows you to narrow your hunt very quickly without wasting time going to every location!

8 months ago

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Rafael Matthew Jamaica Plain, MA

Realtor.com is a great resource for finding a home. The website is easy to navigate and has tons of helpful information about potential homes. I especially like the review feature, which allows me to quickly read up on what other people have said about the property before making a decision. Realtor.com is definitely my go-to when it comes to real estate!

9 months ago

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penny young Slidell, LA

Because of Realtor.com, we saw and bought a house only when we saw it on this website! We knew as soon as we saw it, we wanted to look seriously at this house. We saved ourselves the painful process of having to view houses we knew based on the information provided by Realtor.com, which house we as for us and which ones were not! It made our house buying experience beyond good, it made it spectacular. We made an offer which was accepted and we absolutely love our home!

9 months ago

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Naomi Greenfield Pompano Beach, FL

I love looking at homes for sale on this site. I get all the information I need.

1 month ago

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Michelle Kuykendall

Realtor helped me find my first home. Always updated listings with lots of pictures and details.

1 month ago

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Halle Carl Carson City, NV

I like to compare this to other sites and love to see differences in listing types!

1 month ago

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Donna St Louis, MO

up to date listings and status of homes made known. easy to find more information if needed

1 month ago

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Laconia Byron Pleasant Grove, AL

They are more detailed. They let you know if a house is off the market, under contract, sold as is, for sale by owner; Or whatever the case maybe.

3 months ago

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Scf

I love to check out homes in the area and in other ststes and the pictures. Realtor can filter to find homes suited to exact preferences

3 months ago

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C B La Puente, CA

While on the search for a new home, this site did not disappoint. It’s mainly homes for sale, but I will definitely use this if I’m ever interested in buying a home.

3 months ago

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Stephanie H South Jordan, UT

I signed up for online leads from Realtor.com in Late September of 2022. I was promised 10 leads a month per zip code slot. I signed a yearly contract for 4 zip code slots which would have meant I'd be getting 40 leads per month. It's now the end of March in 2023 and I have received a total of 40 leads instead of receiving 240 leads. Realtor.com does nothing to resolve the issues. I've tried to get out of my year long contract but Realtor.com will not release me from my contract and continue to charge my card. What's more, the leads I have received are not workable leads. The leads either have agents or they're calling about properties that are already under contract. Realtor.com does not screen the leads and when I complained about the leads, Realtor.com openly admits that I will have to weed through the junk leads to get the good leads. The thing they don't tell you is that all of the leads are garbage.

8 months ago

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Teresa Bills Mayflower, AR

I've used this site to look up different houses, and apartments. It's a great site. I would definitely recommend it. Lots of information and places to see check it out if you haven't already.

5 months ago

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scott Urbana, IL

Decent site. Most of the data is up to date. The maps are good and have property lines which I think is key when looking at properties. Property taxes are nice to look at too.

5 months ago Edited June 16, 2023

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Dana Tellier Middletown, CT

I like Realtor.com right after Zillow. I have noticed on occasion that Realtor.com will say a house is still on the market, but if I check it on Zillow it will say under deposit, so I tend to trust Zillow more for their accuracy.

6 months ago

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Emma Morrill

My husband has used realtor.com to find neighborhoods we would like to live in prior to moving. It has been really helpful to see ahead of time which locations would fit our family best as we move often for the military. They provide accurate and relevant data that helps us learn about an area before we move there.

6 months ago

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Anoushka Ahuja Orlando, FL

This is my go to sites when I am looking for houses I get up-to-date listings as I have saved my search they have a lot of information with regards to the history of the property the only thing is that it lags by a few hours so in a hot property market you still want to check your listings on MLS

1 year ago

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Toni Montuori

Realtor.com is the best search engine for potential home seekers. They often list three “things” ppl should know but don’t always think to ask. 1. Area Noise 2. Floor Zone 3. Local Crime. It’s my go to first site and I found my last home there.

2 years ago

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ellie

I agree with all that's said. I did convert one lead ( a big one) and it resulted in a Sale of their existing home and purchase of another. 2 sales! So it paid for itself. I think Realtor.com should let the public know they are going to be contacted by a Realtor if they inquire on a home. Not necessarily the LISTING agent. Doesn't matter though as any Realtor can show that listing. This is why REALTOR sells this info. I'm a willing customer!

6 years ago

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