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Homes.com Review: A Direct Line to Listing Agents, a Shaky Android App

Your Listing, Your Lead: Where the Contact Button Actually Goes

Every for-sale listing shows the listing agent's name, photo and brokerage beside an orange Contact button, and CoStar's policy is that the message reaches that agent alone; the company says it never sells those leads to other agents and takes no commission. Zillow works the other way. Its own buyer page says the contact form pairs you with a Premier Agent partner who pays Zillow an advertising fee up front or a referral fee at closing, and who then calls the listing agent for you. Keep in mind who answers here: a listing agent is hired by the seller, and CoStar's CEO wrote in 2024 that these leads can turn into dual agency where states allow it. Buyers wanting their own representative can browse the built-in agent directory.

Four Valuation Models, Niche Grades and Bylined Neighborhood Guides

Instead of one in-house estimate, listings plot four automated valuation models on a one- or five-year chart; the store screenshots name Collateral Analytics, Black Knight, First American and Quantarium, with an average line and the list price for comparison. Owners can use Claim Your Home, added in August 2026, to follow a value range and month-over-month change in the Dashboard. Neighborhood guides carry a named writer and videographer, school cards show Niche letter grades, and bike, walk and transit scores out of 100 come from Local Logic. A developer reply on Google Play points to a Flood Factor layer under Map Details.

Homes.com Membership: Agents Pay About $3,400 a Year for Placement

Agents foot the bill instead of buyers: CoStar's sales page says member listings get priority placement in search results, extra exposure on neighborhood and school pages, and retargeting that follows interested buyers onto thousands of other websites. CoStar put the average subscription at $3,400 a year in April 2026 and raised prices for new members on May 1. By the second quarter, more than 36,000 subscribers were paying to promote about 305,000 active listings, which the CEO put at 9.3% of US homes for sale. Unpaid listings still appear and their agents still receive the inquiries; member listings simply get the better slots. Agent prices are US figures and may change.

Sold or Used for Targeted Ads: What CoStar's Privacy Notice Says

Google Play's Data safety form lists voice recordings shared with third parties for app functionality, which matches the voice input in Homes AI, plus user IDs, app interactions and device IDs shared for analytics; it declares no location data. Apple's label says identifiers may be used to track you across other companies' apps. The CoStar privacy notice, updated September 21, 2026, goes further: in the past year the company sold, or used for targeted advertising, contact details, online identifiers, IP addresses, non-precise geolocation and information about properties you considered. Sending an inquiry also passes your contact details to the listing agent. Opt-outs go through CoStar's privacy request form or the contacts the notice lists.