THE HARD WAY TO FIND A HOME TO BUY,
Go to each site, register an account and setup a search program to run daily/weekly that will email you every house that matches your requirements; size, location, price, and more.
So expect 10+ emails a weeks, listing different houses, as there is no site that lists all the houses. Many sites don’t share their homes with the other sites, they will keep them for their agents to buy and sale.
Homes.com = Has over 1,800,000 house in its database
ZILLOW = Zillow’s database includes, “more than 547,690 homes — including homes for sale which includes reportedly over-inflated Zestimates of Property. But that in our experience the price listed is best case price as if the house is in perfect condition “the new price“. Note: Not all homes on the market appear on Zillow, as certain agents, sellers, or regional Multiple Listing Services (MLSs) may opt out or display inventory elsewhere ” says Reddit.
REDFIN = Has over 1,510,784+ homes listed for sale on its site
REALTOR = It’s also the official listing site of the National Association of Realtors (NAR) and includes houses primarily from its members.
MLS = functions as a directory and portal that links out to hundreds of independent, regional Multiple Listing Services (MLSs) and local real estate agent networks across all 50 U.S. states and Washington, D.C.
REMAX = Over 90,000+ houses listed on its site.
MOVOTO = States that it has over 1,000,000+ homes listed.
CENTURY21 = Has over 81,054 Houses listed for sale nationwide on its site.
COLDWELLBANKER = Lists over 205,000+ for sale on its site.
COMPASS = Lists 89,000+ houses on its site.
BETTER HOME AND GARDEN = Lists 62,000+ homes on its site.
ERA REAL ESTATE = Lists over 195,000+ homes on its site.
SOTHEBYS REALTY = Lists over 892,380+ homes on its site.
COSTAR = Lists 1,335,389+ homes on its site.
KELLERWILLIAMS = Lists over 713,000 homes on its site.
HOTPADS = Lists over 4,000,000 homes on its site.
CORCORAN = Lists over 950,000 homes on its site.
LOOPNET = Lists over 300,000 Commercial/Homes on its site.
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY HOMESERVICES = Lists over 250,000 homes on its site.
FORECLOSURE.COM = Lists 1,283,411 homes on its site.
REALTYTRAC = Lists over 5,063,377 homes on its site.
FORSALEBYOWNER.COM = Lists 3,000 homes in Indiana and 2,068 in Kentucky
FSBO.com = Lists 4,200+ homes listed on its site.
So there are over 15 million houses listed on all the sites, but only 4 million unique houses.
It takes an average of 2 – 3 months to sell or buy a house, so every 3 months the houses listed changes, and any searches that you do will return different options.