I bought a house a few years back from a person who had another house (his primary house) several towns away.
After the transaction concluded back in 2017, the house was listed as “recently sold” on Zillow: Real Estate, Apartments, Mortgages & Home Values for several months afterwards & then reverted to a standard estimate (on Zillow, referred to as a “Zestimate”). All facts for the house were updated at the time of the sale, and the information for my house remained unchanged in 2018 & 2019.
However, sometime in 2020, my estimate disappeared (but every house around me still had their Zestimates). When I investigated this further, it turns out that my house (with all the updated facts) was listed at the address of the person I bought the house from back in 2017 (along with his current house). When I reached out to Zillow to inquire about this, I received no reply. I also checked Trulia, which also lists my house as being at the address of the person I bought it from back in 2017 (again, several towns away).
So how does Zillow/Trulia obtain their information? Is there some “master list” somewhere that has erroneously listed my house in the wrong town (and/or having the wrong owner)?