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Why retrove.com 


7 reasons to start your real estate search on retrove.com


Simplicity.

We have a simple yet powerful real estate search interface to help you simultaneously find all the real estate listing sources and community information in the least amount of clicks as possible. 

Focused.

We are the only true vertical real estate search engine. Our vertical search indexes only millions of real estate listing sources not trillions of web pages like traditional search engines. This focus of technology and human review on only real estate sources insures the most accurate and complete results for users. 

Save Time.

A single location search on retrove.com returns localized results across hundreds or thousands of real estate websites. Eliminate hours of “search and sift” associated with major search engines to find all the local real estate sites.

After all, how long will it take you to type “Marina del Rey, CA” and the URLs of 8 your favorite real estate sites? 

Comprehensiveness.

We think you want to see 100% of all real estate for sale in your area, regardless of whom, how or where it’s listed. It’s estimated that there is over 7 million listings currently (and climbing quickly) when you combine existing homes, new homes, foreclosures and homes for sale by owners.

The largest real estate website displays only about 4 million or 57% of available real estate in you area. We don't think you would use on online trading company if they only provided research on 57% of the available stocks.   

Our real estate index contains 11,990,740 real estate sources which practically guarantees you access to every single listing in your area. This direct access to information allows you to make intelligent financial decisions for one of the largest investments of your life . 

Accuracy.

Most real estate websites aggregate or are provided individual listings from multiple sources and attempt to consolidate into a single database. Although logical, it's nearly impossible to manage the data that is changing on an hourly basis.  For users it’s difficult to know if the listings are updated and exactly who the actual listing contact for a particular real estate listing is. 

Retrove search results take you directly to the actual individual sources of the real estate listings which will have the most accurate information and typically be the easiest to reach. Additionally our "report link status" feature allows us to refine results directly from user feedback.     

Unbiased.

Most real estate sites are owned and operated by either real estate companies, local multiple listing services or websites that sell real estate advertising. We are a 100% transparent real estate search engine with no filters between you and the actual data source. This simple fact automatically creates a bias of which real estate listings are displayed. Typically, the listings provide are those that will benefit the site owners the most.

Some display only their own in-house company listings, others the highest paying advertisers or only listings provided to them. Most will not display homes for sale by owner, which make up well over 12% of all available listings due to conflicts with the real estate community.

Our goal is to help you find all possible real estate listing source without bias as quickly and efficiently as possible. 

Starting Point.

We are the starting point not a destination in your search for real estate information. Most sites primary goal is to be the destination, trying to keep you on their site as long as possible, forcing you to visit multiple pages to get to the information you want most. 

Our goal is help you search your favorite real estate sites and possibly discover new ones as quickly as possible. We know if we get you to where you want to quickly, we will become your starting point for all your real estate searches.

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