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Photo: Realtor.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Realtor.com, one of the largest listing sites in the US, is in the business of putting homes on the market. Recently they did exactly the opposite \u2014 if only symbolically.<\/p>\n

As part of a Realtor.com ad campaign targeting competitor Zillow, a for-sale home in Austin, Texas<\/a>, was wrapped with a black cover. \u201cSearching for a home to buy on Zillow? You\u2019re missing out on thousands like this,\u201d bold white text printed on the exterior treatment reads cheekily.<\/p>\n

The campaign, which also includes online ads and tweets with #SearchMore, plays off Realtor.com\u2019s internal analysis from October. Realtor.com, whose operator Move, Inc. was bought out by News Corp last year, said it found it had about 20 percent more MLS-listed for-sale homes posted nationally than Zillow.com.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis advertising campaign draws attention to the fact that, unlike our competitors, Realtor.com provides the most comprehensive view of MLS-listed, for-sale homes,\u201d said Nate Johnson, Realtor.com\u2019s chief marketing officer, in a news release.<\/p>\n

Responding to Realtor.com\u2019s numbers, Amanda Woolley, a Zillow spokesperson, told HousingWire<\/a> in a statement that \u201canyone can selectively pull data to tell the story they want to tell.\u201d<\/p>\n

Woolley said the breadth of listings on Zillow and Trulia, its former competitor that Zillow acquired earlier this year, \u201cis more comprehensive and accurate than it has ever been, with more than 350 direct MLS partnerships signed in just the past year.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Zillow brand continues to be the most favored consumer brand by far, with more than half of all real estate category visits coming to Zillow, which is nearly double the size the nearest competitor,\u201d Woolley said in the statement.<\/p>\n

Zillow says its database covers 110 million homes, including rentals, for-sale homes and properties not currently on the market. Through the site, users have looked up four out of five homes in the US, according to Zillow.<\/p>\n

Realtor.com says it works with 800 multiple listing sevices (MLS) across the US and has over three million listings, about 97 per cent of MLS for-sale homes.<\/p>\n

The wrapped three-bedroom home at 8600 Dulcet Drive will be blacked-out until Saturday. On Sunday, from 1pm to 4pm, Goodlife, the realtor brokering its sale, is hosting an open house.<\/p>\n

The home is not listed on Zillow.com.<\/p>\n

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