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Fred Griffin Florida Real Estate, Licensed Florida Real Estate Broker (Fred Griffin Real Estate)

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Dario Ferreira
Attleboro, MA
Internet Marketing & SEO

According to SimilarWeb, it's Zillow by far.

March 2023:

zillow.com (307.7 M)

realtor.com (132.6 M)

redfin.com (107.1 M)

trulia.com (50.6 M)

movoto.com (25.6 M)

remax.com (10.5 M)

I'm surprised RedFin is that high.

Apr 30, 2023 12:19 PM
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3,590,666
Anna "Banana" Kruchten
HomeSmart Real Estate - Phoenix, AZ
602-380-4886

Clearly it's zillow. I have no stats and I stopped thinking about Z or any other sites years ago and focused on what we do well. That's what matters - keep doing what works. And that my friend is building a strong referral base and network.

Apr 30, 2023 10:57 AM
Ambassador
3,350,764
Kathleen Daniels, Probate & Trust Specialist
KD Realty - 408.972.1822 - San Jose, CA
Probate Real Estate Services

 

Q#1: No clue. 

Q#2: I prefer my website. 

Q#3: Yes, for my website. 

Q#4: Buyers are out there. Homes are selling in my area. 

 

Apr 30, 2023 09:52 AM
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6,426,149
Bob Crane
Woodland Management Service / Woodland Real Estate, KW Diversified - Stevens Point, WI
Forestland Experts! 715-204-9671

I believe that I read recently that Z is still getting most of the traffic, not that it matters to anyone other than Z.

Apr 30, 2023 11:43 AM
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2,459,743
Kat Palmiotti
eXp Commercial, Referral Divison - Kalispell, MT
Helping your Montana dreams take root

Buyers love Zillow - you can see how many people have clicked or saved any listings that are on zillow and it's always a TON!

Apr 30, 2023 11:31 AM
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3,176,576
Liz and Bill Spear
Transaction Alliance 513.520.5305 www.LizTour.com - Mason, OH
Transaction Alliance Cincinnati & Dayton suburbs

Fred, When we were looking for a new home in the WV/VA/MD area, Z is the site that we found the easiest to use.  It wasn't the one that helped us find the land we actually purchased (we used Google maps, county tax records and scouring names to call them to find the off market 10 acres we actually bought).  And I still use Z to track the area sales for the new area we're going to. 

Apr 30, 2023 11:51 AM
Rainmaker
2,785,606
Richie Alan Naggar
people first...then business Ran Right Realty - Riverside, CA
agent & author

Like or not, Zillow has carved out a presence & it is holding. The others are wannabes. Of course, they all feed off the MLS which is due to agents plying their trade. The buyers are always there, wanting to be stirred, encouraged & prodded including getting them prequalified and trigger pulling ready to purchase should something surface. Almost all renters are candidates for purchase if you show them how. Also, let's not forget the trade-up market either. They are always susceptible to change if it favors

Apr 30, 2023 10:27 AM
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Savvy + Company (704) 491-3310 - Charlotte, NC
The RIGHT CHARLOTTE REALTOR!

In my area, it's Z, R.com and Redfin and has been pretty consistently the highest ranking sites in that order, for about a decade. 

Apr 30, 2023 08:18 PM
Rainmaker
588,538
Shayne Stone
HomeSmart - Fulshear, TX
"Your Rock Solid Choice Realtor" RETIRED

According to our MLS service they perform a better job of providing us better exposure! 

 

And since to me Real Estate is a Local business, I concur... 

 

Apr 30, 2023 01:09 PM
Rainmaker
679,404
Diana Dahlberg
1 Month Realty - Pleasant Prairie, WI
Real Estate in Kenosha, WI since 1994 262-308-3563

Buyers are ready, willing and ABLE!  But in my area the competition is still fierce and it is very difficult to win a bid due to the large amount of cash buyers and buyers who have huge downpayments.  I get most of my buyers from referral by past or present clients and on social media or my own website or real estate PhoneAPP.

Apr 30, 2023 09:59 AM
Rainmaker
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Andrew Mooers | 207.532.6573
MOOERS REALTY - Houlton, ME
Northern Maine Real Estate-Aroostook County Broker

Don't panic and go organic. Build your blogs, videos and do a better job than RTZ etc. Local information. No one knows your local market better than you the live and local agent or broker. Also, rural brokers where land is a big and it is not house house house. ZRT are not land sites Fred Griffin Florida Real Estate .

May 01, 2023 04:32 AM
Rainmaker
5,246,557
Wayne Martin
Wayne M Martin - Chicago, IL
Real Estate Broker - Retired

Seems everyone knows Zillow!

May 01, 2023 03:51 AM
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1,625,353
Inna Ivchenko
Barcode Properties - Encino, CA
Realtor® • GRI • HAFA • PSC Calabasas CA

Z and Redfin are the most used in my area. I never heard of Yahoo homes. 

May 02, 2023 12:10 AM
Rainmaker
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Peter Mohylsky, Destin BeachPro
PMI. Destin - Miramar Beach, FL
Call me at 850-517-7098

How much of this is national and how much is regional.  redfin is not in my market to the best of my knowledge

May 01, 2023 07:42 AM
Rainmaker
1,847,901
Lyn Sims
Schaumburg, IL
Real Estate Broker Retired

My buyers always said RF was better. No one ever mentioned R.com which is a shame. Worse yet - no one like the R/M website.

May 01, 2023 06:37 AM
Rainmaker
907,777
Carla Freund
Keller Williams Preferred Realty - Raleigh, NC
NC Real Estate Transition & Relocation 919-602-848

I agree with what Debe said. I have clients who send me the listings they find and they often go to Z. It's just easy to use as is R.com. I do have people who use my website but nothing like those numbers.

May 01, 2023 05:56 AM
Rainmaker
5,117,178
Nina Hollander, Broker
Coldwell Banker Realty - Charlotte, NC
Your Greater Charlotte Realtor

I mostly see people using Zillow and Realtor.com. Don't know anyone who uses Yahoo or Redfin (well, maybe one who used Redfin). Once I put my own clients and prospects into my mls search process, they seem to use that to search for homes.

May 01, 2023 01:22 PM
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Silvia Dukes PA, Broker Associate, CRS, CIPS, SRES
Tropic Shores Realty - Ich spreche Deutsch! - Spring Hill, FL
Florida Waterfront and Country Club Living

I really don't use any of them so I don't have a preference. My go-to for up-to-date listing and property information will always be the MLS and public records. 

May 01, 2023 08:26 AM
Rainmaker
1,202,697
Doug Dawes
Keller Williams Evolution - 447 Boston Street, Suite #5, Topsfield, MA - Topsfield, MA
Your Personal Realtor®

I'm sure Zillow is #1. 

May 01, 2023 08:26 AM
Rainmaker
1,507,073
Ryan Huggins - Thousand Oaks, CA
https://HugginsHomes.com - Thousand Oaks, CA
Residential Real Estate and Investment Properties

Zillow and it's properties is the most common, sadly.  NAR sold us out when they didn't see the value of realtor.com

May 01, 2023 08:14 AM
Rainmaker
1,574,421
Gary Frimann, CRS, GRI, SRES
Eagle Ridge Realty / Signature Homes & Estates - Gilroy, CA
REALTOR and Broker

Sadly, I think Z leads the group.  Not a fan, but I cannot discount their impact and continuing innovation.  

May 01, 2023 08:05 AM
Rainmaker
766,969
Tony Lewis
Summit Real Estate Group - Valencia, CA
Summit Real Estate Group Valencia & Aliso Viejo

I was a Redfin Partner Agent during the great recession and those leads helped me survive.

May 27, 2023 03:01 PM
Rainmaker
1,242,204
Sam Shueh
(408) 425-1601 - San Jose, CA
mba, cdpe, reopro, pe

My brokerage offer free leads from Realtor.com,  now rotate on Zillow. Can not complian.

May 21, 2023 01:33 PM
Rainer
341,400
Adam Feinberg
Elegran - Manhattan, NY
NYC Condo, Co-op, and Townhouse Advisor

We don't have an MLS in my market (likely one of the last markets not to have one. As a result, the site that gets the most traffic in my market is Streeteasy - built specifically for NYC and about 11 years ago bought by Zillow. Since we don't have an MLS- many agents use Streeteasy like a default tool and while we have an internal brokerage system- as a listing agent, most of the broker inquiries I receive are originating from Streeteasy. It's a consumer facing web site- so buyers use it as well. 

 

I have a love/hate relationship with Streeteasy/Zillow- but I can say this much, it's a much better site for NYC than all the other big public facing listing sites because it was built specifically for our market - i.e. condo vs. co-op (and condop- that category isn't as well defined), common charges and property taxes vs. maintenance charges, whether a building is friendly for pets, parents buying for children, W/D capable apartments, etc. 

I don't have stats- but in my last listing almost all buyer inquiries- whether it be a buyers agent or the buyer direct- was coming from Streeteasy and I had strong traffic for that apartment. It was probably at least 95% of traffic from that one source.   

May 10, 2023 12:16 PM
Rainer
381,787
Don Baker
Lane Realty - Eatonton, GA
Lake Sinclair Specialist

I just don't care.

May 01, 2023 10:29 AM