Our House Is Listed On Zillow/Trulia As Foreclosure! (RE agent, documents, preforeclosures)
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We had just found out that our house is listed on Zillow & Trulia as a foreclosure. It WAS a foreclosure when we bought it 4 years ago. In fact, on the listing it does say when we bought it and how much we paid. It also says that it is bank owned-we bought it out-right. The bank does not own it. It also has the same description as it did 4 years ago. On Realtor.com it says "off market" on those two sites it says "contact for estimate" or "contact foreclosure agent."
The person who told us that it is on there said that he called his real estate agent about it. I wondering how many other people are asking about it.
How did these sites make such a mistake and how do we get the house off of these sites?
when you typed through to your address, it should have popped up a "Are you the homeowner" box. If not, then look around on the page to see if there's any reporting function.
also, given ourmodern tech society, you could probably Twitter-shame them into changing it.
But I know of MANY Zillow "foreclosures/preforeclosures/short sales" in my area that are not at all in those categories.
It is more fun to wait and see how long it takes them to get it right. We are retired and not planning to sell so it doesn't really matter to us.
That's a good point. I guess people will just notify their real estate agents and their agents will tell them that it is not for sale. I think the only way we will be affected by it is if people knock at our door to check out the house.
That's a good point. I guess people will just notify their real estate agents and their agents will tell them that it is not for sale. I think the only way we will be affected by it is if people knock at our door to check out the house.
Cat
You may get letters or other contact from idiots who took a class in birddogging, and then troll "pre-foreclosures" so their "mentors" can try to scam the owners out of their properties.
It's just a third party site, why do you care so much? You're not listed for sale, so don't worry about it. The agents who pay money for leads from buyers who are looking at properties on those sites that sold years ago are the ones who should care and should be upset with the out-dated information as they're paying money for the leads.
We had just found out that our house is listed on Zillow & Trulia as a foreclosure. It WAS a foreclosure when we bought it 4 years ago. In fact, on the listing it does say when we bought it and how much we paid. It also says that it is bank owned-we bought it out-right. The bank does not own it. It also has the same description as it did 4 years ago. On Realtor.com it says "off market" on those two sites it says "contact for estimate" or "contact foreclosure agent."
The person who told us that it is on there said that he called his real estate agent about it. I wondering how many other people are asking about it.
How did these sites make such a mistake and how do we get the house off of these sites?
Cat
Claim the home as your own then email Zillow about the information being incorrect. The problem with Zillow is that they often get information from public records but they don't read that information correctly or fail to update properly after the fact. They did that with a neighbor's house. They bought land in the same subdivision but Zillow shows the sale of the land as the sale price of the house which is about $200K less than what the house is worth because the public documents showed their mailing address as the house address not the land address.
As to why you might be concerned, neighbors may be looking up home values in the area and see your house as preforeclosure and think you are in financial trouble. Claiming the house though you could put in the description that the house is NOT in foreclosure that Zillow is idiotic ;-)
Edited: Just checked my neighbors house and they correct it.
It's just a third party site, why do you care so much? You're not listed for sale, so don't worry about it. The agents who pay money for leads from buyers who are looking at properties on those sites that sold years ago are the ones who should care and should be upset with the out-dated information as they're paying money for the leads.
You are right. When I posted this thread, I was just in shock at the thought of our house being listed. But, after thinking about it for a while, it really isn't any big deal for us.
Cat
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