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5.5

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Author: Kalicia Bateman

LAST UPDATED: April 12th, 2022

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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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good company to find realtors and see listings. my home value feature is similar to zillow estimate and is not a reliable value that can replace an appraisal. The site is a good resource though for market research, matching a lender best, knowing current/average interest rates. I found some interesting tips on how to stage a house. In my experience, the way to find a good realtor is word of mouth, but if you have to rely on a site, look for most active realtor with most closings. good luck!

4 years ago Edited January 26, 2022

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Cam Hall Palmyra, VA

Realtor is another great resource like Zillow and Trulia, but does often have out of date data (homes have already sold, are slightly different geo, etc.). The user interface is ok, but seems more mid-2010s. As a free MLS data aggregator it’s a good addt’l option.

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Gabe Burton Riverton, UT

Realtor.com is super helpful. I used it when searching for my first house. It was easy to find homes in the area I wanted, but some of the listings were inaccurate, I called one of the listings and the listing price was almost $10,000 more!!!

5 years ago

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Holly Ware Atlanta, GA

I was not very impressed with the website and did not find their service reps that nice to deal with. They do have some nice properties that they advertise for but they just aren't that great of a site to my likings.

4 years ago

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James Lapeyre Bryan, TX

Very uneven. We've requested a realtor and waited days, and then at other times been contacted within seconds. The realtor who finally helped us out came from realtor.com. Worth a try!

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Whit Orem, UT

I often use Realtor.com for work to look up customers homes but have found that not all homes can be found. I feel like they could do a better job at providing more.

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Gail Salt Lake City, UT

I've used realtor.com to look at available houses, mostly just out of curiosity. While I don't think their site is as easy to use as Zillow, it is still pretty good.

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Sue Matawan, NJ

Accurately advertises home. If it is on the site, it's available. But site is poor and not vibrant like many others. They sell leads.

4 years ago

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Ashlee Bair Los Angeles, CA

They seem to try and stay as accurate as they can with current markets but sometimes can be slow posting Under Contract and Sold properties.

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Tagg Ogden, UT

Realtor.com has a decent product that allows you to see the homes for sale in your area. The site is sometimes a little confusing though.

6 years ago

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Matt Clark Provo, UT

Great site, but the mobile app struggles a bit, some work there would make it amazing

4 years ago

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DeAnna Hoskins Xenia, OH

They have been very helpful in trying to find the homes that I am looking for.

4 years ago

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Hannah Barth Tallahassee, FL

I did not find very many leads on Realtor.com unfortunately.

4 years ago

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Tiffany Robinson Richmond, VA

They say the will help you but I never see or get help

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Jwat1213 New Market, MD

I feel like the selection is not as great

5 years ago