Go online to get up to date info on homes for sale? Uh oh!

by Paul Cook | No Comments | Contact Paul Cook w/ Questions

I have a somewhat newer client I have been assisting in finding a great home in the Sweet Apple Elementary district in Roswell. They were insistent on making sure they stay in that district since it is where they are currently zoned now. We went ahead and set up a Buyer Gateway/Organic Search for that area and their price point and off we went.

Unbeknownst to me, the client started to open up their area of interest to other parts of Roswell including the Mountain Park and Roswell North Elementary districts. They started to go online to some of the search sites like Zillow and Trulia among others. After a month or so they sent me a list of eight homes they wanted to see. We set a time and I went to the office to begin scheduling. There was only one small problem. Of the eight homes, only one was still currently active on the market. Three had pending offers, a couple has been sold and a couple has been withdrawn from the market.

Here’s the rub and this is what all home buyers should know but few do- online search sites like Zillow, Trulia, Redfin etc etc the list goes on and on have  information that is 100% populated by individual agents. They are not linked directly to the listing services. Agents are more than happy to enter the information on these sites to advertise when a home is first listed. But once the home has an offer or is sold or is taken off the market there is no incentive to update their posts with the new information. Read the rest of this entry »

June 11, 2011 | Filed Under: Must Read for Buyers
Tagged: roswell ga homes for sale