Unauthorized and inaccurate property foreclosure listings
🏠 homeproduct problem3 reports ●●●●●
A property owner reports that Zillow has been incorrectly listing their private home as being in pre-foreclosure or auction for over 116 days without any legal basis, which they claim is damaging the property's market value.
What people do today
- Contacting customer support
- Threatening legal action
- Monitoring property records
🔧 Fix this
Ideas a builder, maker or community group could start on:
- A verification portal where homeowners can claim their property and instantly flag inaccurate status data for manual review.
- A mandatory legal-document upload requirement for any listing marked as 'foreclosure' or 'auction' before it goes live.
- An automated alert system that notifies homeowners immediately when their address is added to a real estate platform with a foreclosure status.
- A browser extension that overlays Zillow listings with a 'Confidence Score' based on how many recent, comparable sales data points exist for that specific property.
- A community-driven platform where homeowners can submit verified property improvements (like new roofs) to a public ledger that integrates with real estate data APIs.
Real voices
“falsifying public records by labeling it as "Pre-Foreclosure / Auction" and falsely claiming the rightful owner is selling it.”
“My house has 4 bedrooms 2 1/2 bath my neighbors next door is worth more than mine and I also have a newer roof and more square footage how do you have his house worth morel by$30,000 his is 3 bedrooms 1 1/2 bath how did you figure”
“they will steal your data and refuse to ever take it down”
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