Clone Builder

Build Your Own Zillow Clone

A property listings site for your area, built from your description

Agents or owners list homes with photos, buyers and renters search and filter them, save the ones they like and ask for a tour. A map view and a feed of listings from other sites are not built in.

  • No coding required
  • Database included
  • Publish on Pro
Key takeaways
  • A Zillow-style property site with listings, search and filters, saved homes, agent profiles and tour requests can be built from a plain-English description
  • A map view and listing feeds from MLS or other sites are not built in
  • On Pro and Max, agents or owners can pay you listing fees through Stripe Checkout into your own Stripe account
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Features a build includes
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Understanding the Original

What is Zillow?

Zillow is a real estate marketplace where people search homes for sale and for rent and contact agents.

Why Build Your Own Zillow Clone?

Listings for one town, area or kind of property

Agents and owners you approve

Your own listing fees and rules

Your own list of buyers, renters and agents

Features

What a Build Includes

Ask for the features marked Included and Fabricate builds them into your Zillow-style app. The ones marked Not built in are here so you know before you start.

Property Listings

Photos, a price, bedrooms, bathrooms, size, features and a description for each home, for sale or for rent.

Included

Search & Filters

Search by town or area, and filter by price, bedrooms, type and for sale or for rent. A map view is not built in.

Included

Saved Homes

Buyers and renters sign in to save homes and see their saved list.

Included

Tour Requests

A form on each listing to ask for a tour or ask a question, kept under Responses in Fabricate with an email to you, up to a daily limit.

Included

Agent Profiles

Each agent has a photo, an area, contact details and their current listings.

Included

Listing Fees

On Pro and Max, agents or owners can pay you to list or for a monthly plan through Stripe Checkout into your own Stripe account.

Included

Map View

A map of listings is not built in; each listing shows its town or area in words.

Not built in

Listing Feeds

Bringing in listings from MLS or other sites automatically is not built in; agents add their listings, or you import them from a CSV file.

Not built in
How It Works

Build Your Zillow Clone in 3 Steps

  1. 1

    Describe It

    Tell Fabricate what features you want in your Zillow clone. Be as specific or general as you like.

  2. 2

    Generate It

    Fabricate builds it as a web app with its own database and sign-in, and on Pro and Max card payments into your own Stripe account. Try it in the preview and ask for changes in the same chat.

  3. 3

    Launch It

    Publish your clone with one click on Pro, and share its link with your first users.

In-depth guide

What goes into a Zillow clone built with Fabricate

A Zillow clone is a property listings site: agents or owners list homes for sale or rent, and buyers and renters search, save and ask about them. Built with Fabricate, it is one web app made from your description, with a sign-in for agents and buyers, its own database and an admin page for you.

Listings and search: each home has photos, a price, rooms, size, features and its area. Buyers search by area and filter by price, rooms and type, sign in to save homes, and ask for a tour from the listing. Every request is kept under Responses in Fabricate and emailed to you, up to a daily limit.

Money: On Pro and Max, the app can take card payments through Stripe Checkout, paid into your own Stripe account, which you connect under More > Payments. That suits listing fees or a monthly plan for agents. Fabricate takes no share of what you are paid; Stripe charges its own card fees.

What is not built in: a map view, listing feeds from MLS or other sites, valuations, and phone apps from the App Store or Google Play. Photos can be shown on listings, up to your plan's storage, and anyone who has a photo's link can open it.

Use Cases

Who Builds Zillow Clones?

Entrepreneurs and businesses building in these spaces

Local Agencies

One agency's homes for sale and rent, with each agent's listings.

Rentals in One Town

Flats and houses to rent from local landlords.

Holiday Homes

Homes for sale in one coastal or mountain area.

Commercial Property

Shops and offices to let, by size and area.

Frequently Asked Questions

Can it show listings on a map?
No. A map view is not built in. Each listing shows its town or area in words, and buyers search and filter by area.
Can it pull in listings from MLS?
No. Listing feeds from MLS or other sites are not built in. Agents add their own listings, and you can bring existing ones in from a CSV file through an import page you ask for.
Will I know when someone asks for a tour?
Yes, once the site is published: every request is kept under Responses in Fabricate, and you get an email for each one, up to a daily limit. On Pro and Max, you can also turn on a confirmation email to the person who asked, again up to a daily limit.
Can agents pay to list?
On Pro and Max, the app can take card payments through Stripe Checkout, paid into your own Stripe account, which you connect under More > Payments. Ask for a fee per listing or a monthly plan for agents. Fabricate takes no share of what you are paid; Stripe charges its own card fees.
Can I add a mortgage calculator?
Yes, if you ask for one: a calculator on each listing that works out a monthly payment from the price, a deposit, a rate and a term. It is an estimate, not advice.
Is it legal to build a Zillow clone?
Building an app that works in a similar way is common, but do not use Zillow's name, logo, design or content. Fabricate writes your app's code from your description and does not copy Zillow's code. Pick a name of your own, and ask a lawyer if you are unsure.

Ready to Build Your Zillow Clone?

Describe the Zillow-style app you want and watch Fabricate build it in the preview. Build free, go live on Pro.