Real estate agents will soon lose the ability to manually post listings on Zillow or Trulia.Zillow Group, which operates the two listing portals, will nix the option on May 1, in a move that will put pressure on more MLSs and brokerages that send listings directly to the company.Zillow Group says it’s making the change to promote the accuracy and timeliness of the agent-listed properties that appear on Zillow and Trulia.”We are taking this step to provide buyers and sellers with the highest-quality listings data possible, and to provide agents and brokers with a simple way to market their listings,” Zillow Group announced in an email sent to agents who previously had manually added listings to Zillow or Trulia.”Broker and MLS feeds are the best way to achieve this.”Zillow advised agents to check if their MLS provides a listing feed to Zillow Group on its “MLS Checker site.””If a feed is available, a Zillow Group team member will be able to answer any quest…
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