Sell your home with confidence

Start your home selling process by gathering information and considering your options. After choosing a selling path that works best for you, take the first step; contact an iBuyer, a real estate agent or begin home prep.

Today, you can get a cash offer in the following markets:

Midwest
Detroit, MI; Indianapolis, IN; Kansas City, MO; Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN; Saint Louis, MO

Northeast
Boston, MA; Long Island and sections of the Lower Hudson Valley, NY; North and Central New Jersey, NJ; Washington, DC

Southeast
Atlanta, GA; Birmingham, AL; Charlotte, NC; Cincinnati, OH; Cleveland, OH; Columbia, SC; Columbus, OH; Daytona Beach, FL; Durham, NC; Fort Myers, FL; Gainesville, FL; Greenville, SC; Jacksonville, FL; Knoxville-Morristown, TN; Lakeland, FL; Miami, FL; Naples, FL; Nashville, TN; Orlando, FL; Raleigh, NC; Richmond, VA; Sarasota, FL; Tampa, FL

Southwest
Albuquerque, NM; Austin, TX; Dallas-Fort Worth, TX; Houston, TX; Killeen, TX; Las Vegas, NV; Oklahoma, OK; Phoenix, AZ; San Antonio, TX; Tucson, AZ

West
Boulder, CO; Colorado Springs, CO; Denver, CO; Fort Collins, CO; Los Angeles, CA; Northern Colorado, CO; Portland, OR; Riverside, CA; Sacramento, CA; Salt Lake City, UT; San Diego, CA; San Francisco Bay Area, CA

In select markets, Zillow partner agents offer Showcase, a premium listing experience. Showcase listings include increased exposure on Zillow, marketing to interested buyers, and a virtual tour and interactive floor plan – all designed to help you sell your home faster and for more. Showcase listings are more likely to have an offer accepted in 14 days and sell for 2% more – that’s $9K more on a home sold at the average home sales price in the US¹.

When you list a home publicly on an MLS, the MLS will syndicate your listing to public sites like Zillow or Redfin, providing maximum visibility and fairness for all. This gives all buyers visibility to your listing and helps you reach the highest sale price.

A multi-state study by BrightMLS and Drexel University from 2023 found that homes listed on the MLS sold for 17.5% more than off-MLS listings, representing more than $53k for the typical seller. These homes also sold faster. Therefore, listings with maximum exposure get the maximum price.

With private listings (also known as pocket listings, hidden listings, exclusive listings and off-market listings), sellers miss the opportunity to have their property shown to as many buyers as possible. When you list with an agent, your property must be included in an MLS in order to show up on Zillow, which has one of the largest audiences of home buyers shopping on any real estate platform.

On average, homes in the U.S. spend about one month on the market before going under contract, and another month or more to close. In 2020, the average time to sell a home was 55-70 days from list to close.

Common mistakes when selling a house include overpricing, poor sale timing, incomplete home repairs, unprofessional marketing photography and forgetting to factor in all of the closing costs as a seller. Learn more about your likely home sale net proceeds.

A Multiple Listings Service (MLS) is a local database of homes for sale. After a home seller works with an agent to list a home to an MLS, the MLS will then syndicate listings to public sites like Zillow or Redfin, giving all buyers access to them. By definition, pocket listings don’t appear on the MLS — they’re accessible only through the agent or brokerage representing the seller.

The Clear Cooperation Policy (CCP) is a policy from the National Association of REALTORS® (NAR) designed to promote the sharing of real estate information and ensure that publicly advertised properties are available on a Multiple Listing Service (MLS) for all agents and buyers to see. Learn how CCP impacts sellers.

A pocket listing is a property that is sold privately, without being listed on an MLS. These listings are also known as private listings, hidden listings, exclusive listings and off-market listings. Learn more about pocket listings.