An Unlisted Listing?

[Bill R.]

Just had a quick question.  I'm more curious than looking at this as a purchase and was hoping someone could shed a light on what I'm seeing.  

There's a house in my neighborhood that I keep getting flyers put on my door that says, "Just Listed!!!"  Yet when I check it out on Zillow or Redfin, I don't see the house listed.  

I know, "Well, they don't always update Zillow or those online sites as quickly as the MLS". But this has been going on for about four months now. Surely the house would be on Zillow by now.

And what makes it even more curious is the fact that there is no price.  None of the flyers the agent posts in the neighborhood ever list a price.  

They've had several open houses and we stopped in and someone introduced themselves as the agent and even had a mortgage broker there to "answer any loan questions you might have."  

But the agent refused to quote a price.  She kept asking, "Well, what do you think it's worth?"  "If you had to put a price on it, what do you think this house should go for?"  

Any ideas on what the strategy is here?  Are they just fishing for pricing info for the owner?  

[Mike Cumbie]

As far as not on Zillow. The company I use to work for never allowed any of their listings to go to there. They were unhappy that their agents contact information wasn't listed and Zillow Premier agents were. Something over my paygrade. Once they got purchased those rules changed. It is possible they are dealing with something similar. Do you remember if the flyer had an agents name and picture as well as company? Was the company well known?