Stupid question about Trulia, Zillow

[TrudyCampbell]

When you bought a house was it on one of these real estate sites? Or are there more houses that are "secret"? I want the answer to be that there are way more than what I see

[charlielove]

We have a local listing site and between that and Zillow I think it showed all listings in the area.

[betsyray]

I use Trulia and have found it to be pretty comprehensive.

[TrudyCampbell]

I was hoping you'd say that the realtor showed you tons of houses you'd never seen on the internet before.

[monkeybabe]

If it's put on the MLS, it'll be on those sites. I know zillow is often a little behind some of the other ones. Portland's an incredibly competitive market, and houses are often pending sale before zillow gets them up. A good place to look is NY's multiple listing service website (I'm assuming they have one). They often look and operate like a government website, so not pretty, and kind of clunky, but they'll have all the listings.

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May 12, 2016 15:05:27 GMT -5 TrudyCampbell said:

I was hoping you'd say that the realtor showed you tons of houses you'd never seen on the internet before.

Before we moved to our current place a realtor sent us listings through mls rentals and to buy

[ruby412]

We are currently house hunting and I most prefer Redfin. Get the app! They'll send you daily emails for your search zone as well.

[ruby412]

We also get MLS listings through our realtor.

[TrudyCampbell]

May 12, 2016 15:15:57 GMT -5 ruby412 said:

We are currently house hunting and I most prefer Redfin. Get the app! They'll send you daily emails for your search zone as well.

Now there's an app I don't have! Thanks!

[irishsara]

Zillow is super slow to update. There were tons of houses that appeared to be available but were under contract already. We used Redfin if you have it? Its updated in almost real time of new listings and when things drop in price or go under contract. If its in your area, I would definitely check it out

[lolaburns]

We worked with a buyer's agent and we had a special log in to see MLS listings, but most MLS listings are on Zillow, Trulia. Redfinand realtor.com. I've found that new construction yet to be built is usually on realtor.com and not on Zillow or Trulia. Like others I found ( and find) Zillow to be inaccurate in it's listing and it's home value algorithm.

[TrudyCampbell]

How cute is this house!? I love the outside. But it's 850k and really small, so kill me now.

[shevacc]

Ditto Redfin though I use the desktop site, not the app. I sometimes see a few on Zillow and not Redfin but more often see things first on Redfin and later Zillow.

[teamhayes]

That's a pretty good deal for ny! Scoop it up its darling

[mcburglar]

Omg that house is so cute! But holy shit 850k.

[laurack]

That house is adorable! It's not in queens right?! I assume not since it's too cheap lol

[laurack]

I normally use zillow but now I'm browsing Redfin and getting depressed lol

[laurack]

This place is 850 in our area. It's perfect for us. someone give us money! Lol

www.redfin.com/MA/Beverly/202-Greenwood-Ave-01915/home/11284683

[TrudyCampbell]

May 12, 2016 15:53:35 GMT -5 laurack said:

That house is adorable! It's not in queens right?! I assume not since it's too cheap lol

No, it's in Chatham, NJ. Which is where our geneticist thinks we should move because of some amazing school program. It's a cute town and mostly all the houses are walking distance to town and train, which is great. But the houses are old, small and expensive.

[TrudyCampbell]

May 12, 2016 15:55:22 GMT -5 @tambcat said:

Here's what that gets you here. www.homes.com/property/2655-wharton-circle-tallahassee-fl-32312/id-200007770082/

But you have to convert the price to Tallahassee money. It's probably the equivalent of like 4M New York dollars.

Holy shit! A mansion!

[TrudyCampbell]

This is the listing. There's not even a real family room which I really want, especially for 850k.

www.trulia.com/property/3232303069-32-Coleman-Ave-E-Chatham-NJ-07928

I WANT TWO CHRISTMAS TREES, OKAY!?

[thedahliharpa]

May 12, 2016 15:50:50 GMT -5 @destinationunknown said:

Buy this instead TrudyCampbell
It's in the best school district in town and walking distance to the best elementary in the district.
The pics actually don't do it justice- I've been in it during the parade of homes!

www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/10032-Coyote-Song-Ter_Colorado-Springs_CO_80924_M17634-97297

The main floor and views are glorious!

[TrudyCampbell]

WHOA @destinationunknown!! That mantel set up!

[TrudyCampbell]

May 12, 2016 16:08:36 GMT -5 @tambcat said:

May 12, 2016 15:59:34 GMT -5 TrudyCampbell said:

This is the listing. There's not even a real family room which I really want, especially for 850k.

www.trulia.com/property/3232303069-32-Coleman-Ave-E-Chatham-NJ-07928

I WANT TWO CHRISTMAS TREES, OKAY!?

Aw, I love it though. Totally my style! 

I love it too. I'll just put a large addition on the back . I don't have money for any of this, just dreaming!

[laurack]

How many square feet is that TrudyCampbell ? It's weird I'm not seeing it I see it lists the lot as 4k square feet but not the house?

3 bed is ok and it looks nice! 4k is a small lot but then to you it will seem big because you have not had a lot/garden before ?

[TrudyCampbell]

May 12, 2016 16:10:54 GMT -5 laurack said:

How many square feet is that TrudyCampbell ? It's weird I'm not seeing it I see it lists the lot as 4k square feet but not the house?

3 bed is ok and it looks nice! 4k is a small lot but then to you it will seem big because you have not had a lot/garden before ?

I don't see the square footage on that one. Actually a small lot is a huge plus for us! We really don't even want a house or a yard because of the maintenance so a tiny yard is totally fine with us. As long as it has enough for a small patio area and room for like a little play house for the kids and a little room to run around, I'm good!

[TrudyCampbell]

May 12, 2016 16:10:27 GMT -5 @tambcat said:

May 12, 2016 16:09:24 GMT -5 TrudyCampbell said:

I love it too. I'll just put a large addition on the back . I don't have money for any of this, just dreaming!

lol yeah I do that too. I like to look at old houses that are small and outdated and dirty and dream about how I'm going to make them over like an HGTV show.

Yea, does anyone happen to know the property brothers? Please text them my info.

[ladydi]

Zillow has most listings but here some are on realtor.com that aren't on Zillow. That house is so cute!

[Deleted]

We bought during a hot market and had 24 hours to buy. Our realtor did show us several houses that weren't yet listed yet when we looked.

[muppetinma]

Redfin says it's 1,626 sq feet. It also says it went off the market. Weird.