How to Remove Old Photos of Your Home for Sale From Websites
The first question many agents generally hear from buyers after closing is: "How do I remove the photos of my new house from Zillow and all of the other real estate websites?" They think the listing agent will do it for them, but it is not that easy.
Key Takeaways
- New homeowners may think their real estate agent will automatically remove their home's photos from online real estate sites, but that isn't always the case.
- The Multiple Listing Service (MLS) is where homes and photos are posted. It automatically distributes the home's information to other sites such as Zillow and Trulia.
- The single best way to remove photos of your home from real estate websites is to ask for this in your purchase offer. If you've already closed, and you want the photos removed, start by asking the listing agent.
- You can also remove photographs from Zillow yourself by creating an account and "claiming" the home.
MLS Forever
It starts with the Multiple Listing Service (MLS). Sellers want their home advertised everywhere possible online. Increasing the exposure to online shoppers tends to maximize profit potential; their thought process is the more websites, the merrier. Many websites get their feed from the MLS. Sellers don't necessarily care about the ramifications or the buyers' privacy after transactions close.
Photos of Your Home for Sale After It's Sold
A funny thing happens, though, after buyers become homeowners. Although the buyers may have lusted after their new home on their smartphone prior to purchasing, right after the sale closes, they may suddenly feel differently. What was once a fantasy becomes a reality. They now claim ownership, and ownership feelings can be intensely and extremely private. So private, in fact, that they feel invaded by the online photos. They want to stop anybody else's eyeballs from falling upon their built-in dishwasher or six-burner range.
Legally, the photos do not necessarily belong to the homeowner. The homeowner may not have the legal right to demand the removal of the photos. Furthermore, some of them simply cannot be removed.
The Never-Ending Galaxy of MLS
To figure out how to remove photos of your home from real estate websites, it helps to begin by understanding how the photos ended up there in the first place. It starts with MLS. Depending on your local MLS, that system might distribute its contents downline to 20, 60, or 100-plus different websites. Automatically. This includes popular homes for sale websites such as Zillow, Trulia, or realtor.com.
For many years, agents could just post listings to Zillow. However, Zillow no longer offers this as an option. Instead, it has instead negotiated feeds directly from MLS companies across the country.
Each website might also distribute the data to its sister websites. Agents might blog about their new listings on social media—like Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and Pinterest—and post photos. In the case of Pinterest, other users can then snatch the photos to "pin" on their own page. It's like a never-ending galaxy that often leaves the homeowner in a black hole.
Best Way to Remove Photos of Your Home from Websites
The single best way to remove photos of your home from real estate websites is to ask for this in your purchase offer. Make the removal of those photos from MLS a contingency of the sale. This means once you have removed your contract contingencies and are close to funding the loan, you might ask the listing agent to immediately remove all photographs from MLS. Since MLS databases are paid services for licensed agents and brokers, they will be the only ones able to access the listing to remove it. Keep in mind that this doesn't necessarily mean removal from other websites or social media platforms. For example, if you post a listing to realtor.com, the website offers ways for you to remove your photos.
Secondary Ways to Remove Photos
If you've already closed, and you want the photos removed, start with the listing agent. Be polite and nice. State your case. You might even suggest that you realize the request might seem insignificant to the agent, but you would appreciate it if the agent could take a moment to remove the photos from some of the websites to which the agent has access, such as Zillow.
The agent is under no obligation to grant your request; however, many real estate brokerages and—by extension—the agents themselves prefer to foster goodwill in the community and might help you out.
Do It Yourself
You can also remove photographs from Zillow yourself by creating a Zillow account. Then, sign in to your account and claim the home. Once the home has been claimed by you, you have the ability to remove photographs. Zillow customer service representatives can also assist if you find this step challenging. To remove listings to Trulia, you can contact their customer service team directly for help.
Most other websites, with the exception of MLS, will remove photos if you ask their customer service department for assistance. Some will also let you do it online. MLS is fairly strict and does not want to alter its research archives. To find these websites, enter your home address into the search box of your favorite search engine. For example, a random home that sold six years ago may still be listed in 72 entries, some with photos and some without.
Prepare your home for photographs and videos
When buyers are looking at properties online or in estate agent’s particulars, they make their minds up in seconds.
That’s why having the very best photographs of your home is so important. Get the photos right and it could mean higher offers and a quicker sale. Why? Well, because first impressions count. Now more than ever buyers are also looking for videos and virtual tours of a property to see if they like the look of it before they visit in person.
The easiest way to get the very best photographs and videos is to invite a professional to come and take them. Your Move can help with a professional photography and video service that’s sure to wow buyers. But even if you have the professionals coming round, there are steps you can take to prepare you home for photographs and really show your property at its best.
Take a look at our Seller Guide to find out more about the process of selling your property.
The Public Information Center (PIC)
The Public Information Center (PIC) is the authoritative source for Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) program data. This site allows fuel economy data to be viewed in report and/or graph format. The data can be sorted and filtered to produce custom reports which can also be downloaded as Excel or pdf files. NHTSA periodically updates the CAFE data in the PIC and, therefore, each report and graph is date stamped to indicate the last time NHTSA made updates.
The reports NHTSA is publishing at this time are as follows. For more details, please see the specific reports.
Fleet Fuel Economy Performance Report
This report provides fuel economy performance, standards and production sales volumes for the industry as combined fleets of domestic passenger cars, import passenger cars and light trucks. Fuel economy performance and standards can be graphed, on a year-by-year basis, to compare different fleets over time.
Manufacturer Fuel Economy Performance Report
This report provides fuel economy performance, standards and production sales volumes for each manufacturer’s fleet of domestic passenger cars, import passenger cars and light trucks. Fuel economy performance and standards can be graphed, on a year-by-year basis, to compare different fleets over time.
This report displays each manufacturer’s credit balance. Credits are an earned or traded allowance. Manufacturer compliance with the fuel economy standards is calculated in credits. Starting with model year 2011, manufacturers have been able to trade credits with other manufacturers and transfer credits within their own fleets, which provides additional compliance flexibility.
This report provides data on all of the civil penalties collected by NHTSA, since the inception of the CAFE program.
The production of flexible fueled vehicles is incentivized in the CAFE program by allowing manufacturers to increase their fleet’s fuel economy performance values, within specific limits. This report shows which manufacturers have produced flex fuel vehicles and the impact those vehicles have had on their fuel economy performance values.
CAFE Overview
NHTSA’s CAFE program requires manufacturers of passenger cars and light trucks, produced for sale in the U.S., to meet CAFE standards, expressed in miles per gallon (mpg). The purpose of the CAFE program is to reduce the nation’s energy consumption by increasing the fuel economy of cars and light trucks. Fuel economy standards improve our nation’s energy security, address climate change and save consumers money at the pump. NHTSA establishes separate passenger car (including domestic and import passenger cars) and light truck fleet standards at “the maximum feasible average fuel economy level that it decides the manufacturers can achieve in each model year.” See the United States Code provisions governing the CAFE program. Manufacturers’ compliance obligations are based on the vehicles that are produced for sale in the U.S. in a model year within each of the three fleets: domestic passenger cars (DP), import passenger cars (IP) and light trucks (LT).
Once a manufacturer’s CAFE standard is calculated for each of its fleets, NHTSA compares each of the fleet’s actual mpg performance against the applicable standard. If a manufacturer’s actual average mpg level for a given fleet exceeds the applicable standard, then the manufacturer earns “credits.” A credit is earned for each 1/10 of an mpg in excess of the fleet’s standard mpg and the actual average mpg. Total credits are calculated as the number of tenths of an mpg (1/10 mpg) times the number of vehicles produced for that fleet. On the other hand, if a manufacturer’s actual average mpg level for a given fleet does not meet the applicable standard, then the manufacturer has a “shortfall” for that fleet. Shortfalls can be satisfied by using one of the following compliance flexibilities:
- Carry forward - credits earned in a particular model year can be carried forward and applied for up to five model years after the year in which the credits were earned.
- Carry back – credits earned in a particular model year can be carried backward and applied for up to three model years before the year in which the credits were earned.
- Civil penalty – manufacturers can pay a civil penalty equal to $5.50 per credit shortfall
- Trade – manufacturers can acquire credits from other manufacturers or credit holders.
- Transfer – manufacturers can transfer credits from one of their fleets (DP, IP, or LT) to one of their other fleets
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