[Eawrig05]

Realtors pull a similar trick: instead of dropping the price on Zillow (which flags it), they delist and relist at a lower price. Zillow treats it like a new listing, so the price history looks clean. Totally skews market transparency.

[_dark_matter_]

I follow our local market very closely because we're considering moving and have never seen this. I've even seen houses delisted and relisted, and the full pricing history remains on Zillow. Can you share an example?

[Eawrig05]

This is an example of a listing removed and relisted

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/825-E-Washington-St-Louis...

this is an example of a price cut https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/1435-Mellwood-Ave-Louisvi...

Although both listings display full price history, there’s a key difference in how the information is presented. For the Mellwood Avenue example, a “Price cut: $16K (8/1)” notice appears directly above the listed price, making it immediately visible to users. In contrast, the East Washington listing does not show any price reduction at the top. Instead, users must scroll down to the Price History section to find that detail, easy enough to do but it is an attempt by realtors to obscure the market.

Also when the listing is removed and added, it resets the Days on Market count. This can obscure how long the property has truly been listed, which is a critical indicator of whether the current price is sustainable or if the buyer should negotiate down.

[guessmyname]

Zillow probably has an incentive to not fix this “bug”, because they could easily track prices based on the address.