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Author: Kaitlyn Short

LAST UPDATED: September 21st, 2024

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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Teresa Sanders Dumas, TX

I’ve had the app for over a year. Recently it quit updating homes within my chosen area. I don’t know what’s going on but if I can’t see new homes on the market I don’t need the app. Right now I’m just wasting space in my phone.

5 years 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.

1 year ago

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Rosemarie Marotta Spring Lake, NJ

Realtor.com publishes information that is no longer viable. Then they shoot your information off to realtors who pay to get leads....then you are called and tested by strangers who have little to no knowledge and it never stops....do your research...call a local realtor meet with the person, and then decide if you want to sue them. Realtors are a dime a dozen, and they are worse than used car salesmen.

3 years ago

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Natalie

The site gives a ballpark figure of property value and not even close to actual appraisal. They are overpriced and realtors seem to make up a price as they go. Their information is very misleading.

2 years ago

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Kassandra Roberts Indianapolis, IN

This site allows a lot of scammers to post their fake listings. When you make a inquiry you start with one one person and one guy them swap to a whole different representative and account and number. Scammers love this website to fish for peoples money.

3 years ago

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buggy crazy Clatskanie, OR

no way to filter the listings for what I am looking for, not good enough parameters they have for selection. I have wasted much time looking at listings, very few deserve even a click and no lot size selection is offered for even less of thos eclicked on is suitable

3 years ago

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Jesse and MaryAnn Hewett FL

Not very good 8 wasn't pleased with service or neverending poor quality calls and I will have to be honest with you the representatives I dealt with weren't professional at all

2 years ago

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Nicholas Pinkney Dallas, TX

App is not updated for me to use can't 😕 it but if improve it will be good

2 years ago

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RTA 07 Walton, KY

No good houses for sale and all overpriced

1 year ago

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Elijah Wood Anniston, AL

To many emails that didn't pertain yo my search

3 years ago