Realtor.com: Buy, Sell & Rent Reviews

This is the only app available to the public that you can set to automatically eliminate 55+ communities. Therefore, it’s the only app that I could use for my house search in Florida. Plus you can set the HOA fees. The crime map is incredibly accurate which is also crucial in Florida as crime is in what I refer to as “pockets”; unlike most other states crime is typically by area codes. So this the only search app that had these crucial features. I don’t know what I would have done without it. Actually I must say I would have probably bought a home in a safe pocket but found it was 360 degrees surrounded by very high serious crime. So may I be so bold to say this feature probably saved my life as a single handicapped mother, my daughter and I would’ve been easy targets to serious felons since ny realtor sure didn’t mention it. Also, I don’t have the patience to read the entire narrative of each and every home that was strictly 55+…

The only reason I didn’t hit 5 stars is because many times mobile homes came up as single family housing when they clearly were not. And that’s really the only thing that needs a bit of cleaning up.

Definitely a 4 star and just needs that one thing addressed to become a 5 star. That being said it is way better than any other real estate app available to the public.

We had the pleasure of working with Richard and Katie. They helped us sell our home in Reno, NV during the Pandemic. To complicate matters, we were living in Kentucky at the time. We were unable to travel to Nevada to sell or ultimately empty out our house of 35+ years. This could have been a nightmare. However, Richard and Katie found us a buyer and walked through the whole house step by step to assure those items we wished to be shipped to us were marked as such and helped to donate and remove all the items we chose not to bring. They found us people to pack up and move our belongings. After all the paper work was signed and completed we were in for one more act of kindness regarding our beloved home. Several weeks later, right before Christmas, we got an unmarked package. Thinking it was a Christmas gift we waited until Christmas morning to open it. It was a Shutterfly book of our Reno home. Memories came flooding back along with a few tears. What a wonderful keepsake of a home filled with family, friends and lots of love. Thank Katie and Richard you went well beyond the extra mile. Paul and Jeannie Page

I really enjoy Realtorcom. I frequently spend my sleepless nights looking up properties all over the country. It’s an obsession. I live in Florida and I am glad they added the ability to remove 55 plus communities. Helps me sort through local listings a lot faster. There are a few features on the web version that are not on Realtorcom . I also wish you could search multiple counties at once like you can with some of the competitors. I wish they would also add additional sorting options to Realtorcom . Filtering by price per square feet or lot size to name a few. I also wish they would add a pet friendly feature because there are a lot of HOAs in Florida that restrict the size dog and number of dogs someone can own. Even though both my dogs are registered ESAs and one is starting his Therapy Animal training in the next few weeks (it had been delayed due to COVID), I still get harassed by my neighbors who don’t understand that the law protects people with a medical condition and they are exempt from HOA regulations regarding pets. I would like to be able to filter those communities out all together.

I really enjoyed the use of Realtorcom in this day it is nice to have the convenience to view homes for sale at anytime anywhere, and once you narrow down your list after finding a few homes you want to see from the website and a few from whatever sources you have used then you can go look in person I believe that’s vary important there isn’t always a picture of everything and you want to get a feeling for something you are going to commit to. But I will say the ability to see every room and know a general history and what features are on home by simply looking it over for 10 minutes or so was amazing I ended up buying a home I had liked on here and was able to keep my eye on through the whole process was really awesome I even come back now just to see what the market in my area looks like it gives me the ability to see things I may want to add to my home and will definitely help when I’m ready to sell.

I wouldn’t have sent in a rating, but it popped on screen. I actually closed it out once-then when I reopened Realtorcom it popped up again. I get notifications everyday throughout the day on properties in the areas i have set, or have searched previously. Everytime I click on one (I for someone reason still do EVERY time) it acts like it is opening and then just takes me to a white, blank page and never opens. I have to wait until I see it’s still not going to open, close out Realtorcom again-then reopen Realtorcom by actually clicking the icon. Then have to go to notifications and open the listing from there. This has been going on for a really long time. I actually looked up a number for you guys online,I think , and told them. While I was on the phone she tried it & the same thing happened to her. I thought got sure since she is employed there, that it would be addressed. I am still experiencing thd same issue, though, so thought I’d try this method now. I’m ok with closing it out and reopening it… still get the same information, just wastes my battery. Hopefully this will be forwarded to the correct department who is knowledgeable enough to correct the issue. Thank you,
Caroline

Realtorcom is not saving filtered housing preferences or allowing me to draw a specific area. I keep seeing a retry window when trying to make changes. I have deleted and reinstalled Realtorcom , but it still is not functioning as before. The issues seems to have started within the last week ( Sept 4-11th). Please correct. Thank you. Additional comments based on response received Sept 14th : I am searching the state of Delaware with a narrow radius between Dover to Wilmington. Filters include, single family homes priced 250,0000 to 500,0000. Please note that I have used these filters with minor adjustments for the past year with no complications.

Addition comments: I am using the draw function. This function is limiting the range I can request. I can search an narrow area along route 1 between Dover and Middletown but when I adjust to include Bear or even Wilmington I get the retry error. This has never been an issue before. The draw function seems to have preset boundaries that cannot be search beyond a set mileage. I realize the draw function has to have some limitations but a change in a search area by 10-15 miles at best have never been an issue in the past.

I’m impressed with Realtorcom . I find it easy to use, great data and description of property. I’m one to view maps to identify locations of interest, and it helps to determine my decision. I find property findings need to be navigated easier. It’s not easy to find, even when I narrow down the search engine. That needs work. I also find that the sale history, should always be listed even when home is off the MLS. It’s easy date to find, so why not keep it on there for all viewers. The data is public and using a site like this, all data, past and present should be listed when property is off the market. Making it a 1 stop shop for all data, information for all viewers. Most viewers, do find there home, land, property on a site like this first before going back to their realtor to discuss it so why not have all data available from the beginning. Cheers. Good luck.

I emailed a local realtor and a property. They sent a email to me telling me that they were too busy to get in contact with me. However I received over 7 calls from realtors that were not even in my state or boarding my state.
I finally reached out to someone in their office and the “home” was in an illegal subdivision. Very misleading and I see a lot of half truths on site. Since I do live in somewhat of a small town, there are so many agents propped up on a real-estate market that most homes, if not all, are not worth half of what they are selling. Individuals should really look at the builders reputation and lawsuits or claims with the state or city/county. The older houses, get tested for mold and especially Meth. The Health Department has that information. Follow up with the City that did the building inspections on the house to see if there was anything shady. You can move into a palace and still live in a squabble/dump. It is the people who decided what they will pay for a home, not the banks or the crappy builders…let them set for so long as they pay interest on a home that they are trying to sell—the price comes down.

This has the best general layout and interface of any of the house hunter apps. Just wish a couple things were different. Information not on the website version is not here, and vice versa. Second, most annoyingly the map pins have TERRIBLE touch sensitivity. I try to select one pin on the map and it chooses a house not even close to what I selected. Try to select the pin again, and the displayed house jumps to another random pin I didn’t select. Try again, and it usually goes back to the first house, and back and forth. Just refuses to select and display the ACTUAL house I was selecting from the map. And finally, the map is slow to update listings after filtering. It will say X amount of houses met the filters, but then the map doesn’t display that. Have to zoom in and out of the map a few times to get it to update and display the correct listings. I do like the new green shading for schools. The previous colors made it seem like there were few good schools anywhere. I take school ratings with a grain of salt like that anyways.

I’ll keep it short and to the point. Most of these apps are similar however there were 3 things that’s stood out about Realtor. First it gives more in-depth information on room sizes, details of extra space and has a list that clarifies if something is included. I often found myself using every app and double checking the facts on Realtor. Another bonus, it’s the first app to send notifications of new listings. You’d think they all update at the same time but I promise this one seemed to alert me immediately. And believe me if your really in the market to buy you want to be on top of things as the best things get snatched up fast. Last and most importantly I got set up with a great Realtor who got in everywhere I wanted to see including suggestions to keep things moving. Now I’m getting ready to close and have to say of all the house hunting apps this one was reliable.

Overall this is my favorite app or real estate searches.
There are a few things that I don’t like. #1 The map does not include lot lines. I have to use Zillow’s app for that.
#2 The payment estimator is always off for monthly insurance cost and sometimes off for taxes too.
#3 I wish there was a way to sort homes you save such as a ‘like’ (thumbs up) and a ‘love’ (heart), and that you could select features that you really like to categorize them such as “lot size” “house size” “location” “schools” “nearby attractions” etc.
#4 I wish foreclosures were listed or houses that are for sale by owner like on Zillow

There are a few things I love.
#1 you can look at just interior or just exterior photos or all of them and you can zoom in on the photos a little
#2 The flood plain map feature is awesome! Really helps you picture how much of a risk a property has (when the gps tag is correct)
#3 The payment estimator remembers what you have to put down and what your interest rate is.
#4 Saved searches and real time alerts when a property is listed in your search area or a house you saved has a price change are great.
#5 I love that it tells you if a house has an offer or is pending sale and that you can filter those houses out of your searches if you want.

The accuracy of data in Realtorcom is awful. As a former Realtor, I know that the company called MLS (Multiple Listing Service) requires all Realtors to UPDATE all listings with current status (option, contingent, pending, etc.) within a certain time frame. Many Realtors do NOT do this, because they are “farming for Buyers.” When a Buyer is searching, there is absolutely no way to determine if a property is actually still available. If you are looking to relocate, the lack of timely reporting is frustrating. It is worthless to call every Realtor to find out if the property is still available. Also, when you have “viewed” a listing, there used to be the words “viewed” on the listing within Realtorcom. When you are looking at 20-30 properties in a county, it gets confusing to not be able to remember what you have previously looked at, and maybe bypassed for a reason. The “heart” ❤️ feature is nice,,but again...totally worthless when the listings is not updated to reflect proper status. If the data in Realtorcom is updated every 15 minutes, and actual property status is missing, then the Realtors are playing the system.

New notes:
Most issues I indicated in my original review have been fixed. I really enjoy using Realtorcom. There’s still room for improvement but the developers seem to finally be actually changing things and making it better all the time.

Original review: I have had Realtorcom for years and I’m still waiting for the mobile version to mirror the desktop version. Every other app on the planet is able to master this, so I don’t know how it’s such a problem for this particular app. Also on the mobile app I am able to hide listings. I have hidden many listings but when I go to see those listings it tells me that I have no hidden properties. Yet another area tells me that I have over 700 of them. The trouble is I cannot delete them because I cannot see them in the list of hidden properties. I have requested twice for this to be fixed in my account and nothing has been done.

On my iPhone 11 Pro you can zoom into pictures with ease but you cannot look at the map and see the flood zones the only info i can see is noise level on my map!
On my wife’s IPhone 11 you cannot zoom in the home pictures without great difficulty because you are zooming around inside of a box while the picture moves around inside the box ! Very frustrating for her to try and view a home on her IPhone 11 and view the photos of the homes.
Realtorcom does alert you to new homes as the become available. Each time you close Realtorcom you have to reset your view preferences such as show homes highest to lowest but if you close Realtorcom it goes back to newest first but I guess thats not a huge deal you just have to switch it back to highest to lowest if thats what you like !

I like Realtorcom as it has always seemed a little more up to date than others when it comes to homes being sold. Having said that I’m glad they changed/updated so that when a house goes pending they don’t just remove it. I have been looking for a house out of my state so I have many home saved to my favorites. It is very frustrating when homes are automatically removed, because I don’t know which ones they are. Realtorcom only allows you to save a certain amount, let me delete homes as they are no longer available. Just because a house goes pending doesn’t mean it is sold. I know from very disappointing experience.

Love that Realtorcom allows you to zoom in and that pictures are large. Other apps don’t. However, I wish you could put in “lot lines” when going to maps you can see how large the lot is. Please consider this. When looking for acreage it is very helpful.

Update: seeing more of the same, Realtorcom is catering to realtors only who will boycott anyone who tries to sell without a realtor. I am looking for a house so my only dog in this fight is it doesn’t show all of them! Realtorcom is helping realtors corner the market against you. They will not show FSBO homes just like the realtors won’t show you FSBO homes but you can clearly see them in other apps such as the one that starts with Z. I discovered this using the other app and then to be sure I wasn’t mistaken I then typed the address into Realtor and it shows as Not for sale. The other app shows it’s been listed for 3 days but you won’t see that in Realtor! For the Dev that may respond to this review, the house I’m looking at is in MLS otherwise the other app which isn’t associated with FSBO wouldn’t show it either. I would list the other app but I’m trying not to so I keep it objective.

Update: we are still looking for a house and I am still seeing properties that are not listed bc they are FSBO. Do NOT trust Realtorcom to show you all properties for sale.

Used Realtorcom and Redfin to find our dream house. Great with updates in the market, amenities in the area, and map overlays with helpful info about the area in which a person is looking at moving to. I definitely recommend this one AND the other one, simply because they both actually complement each other with the comparison information. Also, both apps are considerably in sync with the MLS listings that are ONLY available to agents and brokers (unless they share the listings, or you get the insider information which is hit-or-miss). The only drawback, is that available houses that haven’t been actively listed won’t show up until the seller agent activates it. Still five-star though, because I’m certain that this is a legal thing that keeps the MLS as the official real estate directory.

You asked ...I miss being able to get the mileage & time from my place of work to the houses I’m looking at...And it really bothers me a lot that the living & family room sizes are not listed... to me, these are much more important than the bedroom sizes...It also would be helpful to be able to Have the option for the buyers to search homes with First floor bedrooms ..Or master suites... The most current taxes should be a requirement, currently we have to go to several websites to get accurate information ..the list agent’s website or Zillow to get current tax records (or do a tax records search, by address)...You should also add another field for additional taxes when there are multiple lots involved in a listing... none of these items are too much to ask for! And I think the association should consider offering a class on photography because some of the pictures are awful… I don’t want to see a blurry corner of every room in the house - I want to see the rooms! Thanks!

I enjoy watching the market thru out the US for patterns and trends both for sale and rent. As I have been watching this for several years I've noticed an undeniable trend in the fires, floods, and pandemic with homelessness as a shortage throughout the USA has triggered a ridiculous spike in rents and home prices which can be attributed to greedy landlords/property owners/management. This is illegal and called price gouging and should be legally challenged in court by all states and their representatives.
Example of ridiculous appraisal values on properties when they compare homes in a nearby neighborhood to those in a mobile home park. Mobile homes DO NOT APPRECIATE THEY ARE LIKE VEHICLES AND DEPRECIATION STARTS AS SOON AS THEY ROLL OF THE LOT.
So because of this ridiculous practice by Appraisors and Realtors as well as Real Estate sites like this people are placing mobile homes on your site and others with escalating prices on trailers that are 20 to 50+ years old and this is dishonest. Who in their right mind would pay more than $200K for a trailer even a brand new one when you don't even own the land?

I love Realtorcom better than all the other realtor apps. easy to navigate from one area to another. Realtorcom has a Map showing you exact location where the house is located and the neighborhoods surrounding the house. I love the notification option. You can set it up so that Realtorcom will notify you that the house price has gone down, when the open houses are in your area.
I have been using Realtorcom for a year now no glitches. The last month the zoom feature was removed. I liked how the option of zooming in on the property helped to see the surrounding areas, inside features of the home and floor plan.
Other than disappointment of removing the zoom feature I am still enjoying Realtorcom and continues to carry the most information and easy to navigate and user friendly over all the other apps out there.

While zillow's estimates are hugely inaccurate, Realtor misses the mark by not including FSBO listings, and direct links to the county records.
Also, when a house sells, it just disappears now, where it use to say "recently sold" for a time. While I prefer the format and map drawing etc to others, it could be improved.
I also wish that it would add the option to search my school district!
UPDATE: where it use to say “recently sold” now it shows active way past when it is pending and then disappears. Also, less previously sold at information has been available for some time. It’s gotten worse instead of better. 😞
UPDATE after programmer response: I don’t believe it is because incorrectly labeled, but not updated and out of date information. I have not seen a “recently sold” for many many months. I have turned to other apps more frequently. Maybe with all the celebrity ads you can’t afford to keep Realtorcom relevant?

Update 2: Finally fixed and working like it used to. No errors and able to easily search for homes in specific areas that I draw on the map. Great app again!
Update: Realtorcom is still buggy and frequently tells me that something is wrong. But if I delete and reinstall, I can get it to work for those settings and for days it will work properly. If I want to change any of the filters o the map then I have to delete and reinstall again. It has improved
The update broke my app. It can’t find properties. If it does find properties it completely ignores the map you’ve drawn. It also refuses to let you change any filter before it gives you the “oops... something’s wrong” sign. So annoyed
Update: Deleted and reinstalled three times. Same issues. I won’t reinstall until it’s fixed

It’s the perfect app for anyone on the hunt. Picture quality is excellent- listing details, property history and school info, etc., are spot on. App is also extremely easy to use without ANY pressure to buy or annoying phone calls. They really leave all control in our hands and let us set the pace. Love it! Map is interactive, listing and search radius are helpful. The only drawback is increasing number of 3D tour listings. I’d like to see an option to view pictures OR tour the listing. The 3D aspect isn’t all that user friendly and is time consuming. Viewing pictures is my preferred method. If I’m ready to tour a home, I’d just as soon tour in person. Still, this is my absolute favorite house shopping app. And, I love knowing I can find a house before a “Not Me” finds it. :)

Very easy to use app. My husband and I share it, that way we have one list.
Dislike:
The first problem is getting rid of homes we are no longer interested in, if you remove the heart “like” button, they still continue to show up in your list and you continue to receive updated information, even when they are in contingent status or off the market. So I had to give it a 4. Also , in my iPad more than one house details will be open at one time, one left and one on right , and it’s annoying and distracting.
One last thing: if you fond the 360 videos bothersome, let’s face it sometimes a god send , sometimes horrible waste of time. If you see 360 available, and you don’t want to deal , just go directly to the second photo and start your photo image search there, the first photo is a 360 looping trap, you’re welcome. :)

Likes:
I do like to open the 3D and satellite view at the same time ( oddly found under the nearby school area, should be just an option right on the photo area). This ( 3D/satellite) viewing option gives me an idea of roads, highways, bridges, town center, and immediate neighborhood configuration; because I love a birds eye view of my next home. Yes, I know about Google, but I don’t want to have to go out of Realtorcom ( while searching) to view my potential new home.

Great app to search homes all around. Used it to find the home we bought just about a year ago. Our realtor actually said this is one of the few online real estate sites/apps that are actually up to date as far as properties going on sale and also being taken off the market. The only reason I gave 4 stars and not 5 is because it would be better if there were some changes to the filters you can apply. For example we’re looking at a home in Florida. We would like a home with a pool or a home in a community that has a pool but it seems like you can filter only one or the other. Also with that same search we keep coming across what look to be great homes only to find out they are 55+ communities so a filter to exclude those types would be helpful. Even with that though still a great app and tool.

I’ve used Realtorcom so much over the past decade. A couple of things that could be improved are that sometimes not all schools are listed, sometimes a home will appear available but hasn’t actually been built yet. I also see homes for sale in our area that do not show up on the map. I was using it intensely for a while when making a long distance move about 4 years ago and noticed that after so much use it would log me out and not allow me back on for about a day without any explanation, just kind of like my time was up. I do like how everything else works. It would also be nice if realtors weren’t allowed to submit photos where they have altered the pic by widening a room. It’s dishonest. It can usually be spotted but in some cases it wasted our time with showing for narrow kitchens and baths and bedrooms.

I’ve been using Realtor for well over two years now to browse homes and of the five different sites I’ve used this is by far the most functional and up to date of any. The layout of information and the way the maps work make for great ease of use but it is the accuracy of the listings that makes it hands down a first class site for those searching for homes. I’ll always use Realtor first and foremost if I’m really seeking information I can be confident in when home searching. I just wish the front picture when signing on would get changed more often to varying beautiful homes. Gets really boring and old for us who use a lot to see the same thing for months on end.

Out of all the real-estate apps (and as an app developer) this is one of the best. It’s a bit lower to update than others but it’s worth it. The information is presented is a good format.
There are some features missing. Hiding houses would be great. Houses that i exclude even though they are with my search params would be great. This would minimize repeat clicking.
Comparison: would be better to have an ability to compare listings side by side.
Dynamic view: allow me to see the information i want first.
Creat different lists not just search/saved lists. I’d like to be able to save houses based on what I’ve seen with filter ability to liked/disliked as well as not show in search results unless changes to listing made. A list of those I’m scheduled to see and able to order by location so i can map a route to see them in.
The website has a key feature; to map out a school district that the mobile app does not. It would be great to have this feature in Realtorcom .
Notes are great, lists are better. A pro/con list would be idea. As well as a way to upload pictures against that pro/con list as a reminder why. I have seen 20 houses in the past few weeks and although i remember the jist of many i can’t remember it all. Having it all in Realtorcom would be great.

I really enjoy having the convenience of Realtorcom , however we are looking at properties out of town and we are relying on the accuracy of the listed properties on Realtorcom and have come across several listings that are still showing active on Realtorcom and come to find out the home is either under contract or has been sold. We recently took a trip to one of the locations we are considering moving too and ran into those circumstances on two out of the five homes that interested us, which overall isn’t very good odds. So I am not sure if it’s the realtors who aren’t communicating or ??? But if this could be updated to represent the commercials that are being aired that would be a wonderful improvement. Because I seriously doubt we are the only ones relying on the accuracy of the listings being provided on Realtorcom .

I have had Realtorcom for years just playing around dreaming of a time when I can buy a beautiful new home. About a year ago my husband and I decided to upgrade to a larger home, so we started looking through the Realtor app. We used a highly awarded local realtor as well but found more success in Realtorcom. I was able to locate our new home before it went on our realtor’s radar. Because of this, we were able to prepare our mortgage preapproval and put in an offer within 2 days of the home going on the market. We won the bid, obviously, and were in our home in less than a month. We commend our realtor but owe our happiness in this new home to the Realtor app. I still find myself browsing homes on Realtorcom just for fun.

The best of the best!
Realtorcom has so many useful features.
The search feature is so well
Designed it crushes any other
App hands down.
The my listing feature stores your favorite homes; specific searches
You choose. Homes you have made
Contact for more information and or
Viewing. As information on homes
Available change ie:price reductions
Or whether it has a pending offer
Or is no longer available for sale
It updates and allows you to view new information on stored properties.
Your favorites are sorted by recently
Added lowest or highest or if you choose by city. It even gives you
The sold price as property is marked
As not for sale.
The notifications feature if chosen
Will send a notification to you as
Price reductions happen.
The news feature is especially useful for those moving to a new
City or state. With articles on renting
Verses buying trends. Endless information for investors or buyers
And renters!
Another feature found under the more section is sign snap where
That is just what you do take a picture of the realtor for sale sign
And it takes you to the property
Information!
I Highly recommend Realtorcom

It’s kinda slow. Also, MANY established listings are not included with no obvious reason that I can figure out. The filters need an update from IT or the developer as they are not reliable and need more applicable options such as keywords or ways to search “beach” homes with more ease regardless of where the homes are located.... just give me ALL my beach options throughout the country! What I do like is the aerial view that shows price and location.

Many Americans are approaching retirement and looking for attractive options outside of our areas or regions. We want to search the USA. We want to MOVE, but don’t know where? Looking for properties based on desirable lifestyles. Can the developers add more filters such as “beach” or “farm” or “cabin,” etc., that populate results per the whole USA vs. certain zips and radius?