Homes.com

Homes.com is an online real estate platform that provides comprehensive property listings and services for home buyers, sellers, and real estate professionals across the United States. The platform, owned by CoStar Group, aggregates data from various sources, including Multiple Listing Services (MLS) and public records, to offer detailed information on properties, such as value estimates, sales history, and neighborhood characteristics. Its primary customers are prospective home buyers and real estate agents who use the platform for lead generation and client collaboration. The extensive collection of personal and property data on Homes.com presents privacy and security risks to individuals. Information such as property ownership details, sales history, and location data, when combined with other personal information collected by the platform, could be exploited for purposes like identity theft, fraud, or stalking. To protect yourself from data brokers and potential misuse of your information, it is important to be mindful of the data you share online and to utilize privacy settings and opt-out procedures offered by such platforms.