Yes! Communities: Zillow Listing Sync for Manufactured Housing
Project overview: listings that match the homes
Yes! Communities operates manufactured housing communities. We built property management software with a Zillow API integration so rental listings, availability, and pricing stay in sync.
About Yes! Communities
Yes! Communities owns and operates manufactured housing communities. Prospective residents look for a home the same way they look for any rental: on a listing site, with a price and a clear answer on whether it is available.
The challenge: listings that trailed the communities
Updating those listings by hand meant availability and pricing reached Zillow after they had already changed in the communities. Every manual update was also a chance to enter the wrong rent, the wrong home, or a home that was no longer open.
Property managers needed the listing to follow the property system. Renters needed the page they opened to match a home they could actually lease.
What we built
We built property management software for Yes! Communities with a Zillow API integration. Rental listings synchronize in real time, and property updates are automated, so a change in availability or price is the change Zillow shows.
The work included the interface for the people using the system: UI and UX design, full-stack development, and the API layer that talks to Zillow.
What the sync has to get right
- Availability. A home that is leased has to leave the public listing. A home that opens has to appear.
- Price. The rent on Zillow has to be the rent the community is offering.
- One source for the listing. The property system stays the source. Zillow receives updates from it.
- People on both sides. Property managers need a clear way to see what will be published. Renters need a listing they can trust.
Property software and the feeds around it
Need your listings on the sites where people search? We can design the screens and build the integration, including the backend, for real estate software.
Listings and a property system that do not match?
Tell us where availability lives today and which sites have to show it. On a 30-minute call we will tell you how we would sync them.
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Frequently asked questions
What is Yes! Communities?
Yes! Communities owns and operates manufactured housing communities and lists rental homes to prospective residents.
What did Maxiom build for Yes! Communities?
Property management software with a Zillow API integration, real-time rental listing synchronization, and automated property updates, including the user interface.
Why connect the property system to Zillow?
Listings were updated by hand, so availability and pricing lagged the communities and manual entry introduced mistakes. The integration publishes those changes from the property system.
What stays in sync?
Rental listings, including availability and pricing, through the Zillow API.
Who uses the software?
Property managers working in the communities, and renters who see the resulting listings.
What is a Zillow API integration?
A connection that sends listing data from a property system to Zillow, so the public listing updates when the home, the rent, or the availability changes.
Can Maxiom connect a property system to a listing site?
Yes. We build the property software, the API integration, and the interface around it. See real estate software and backend development.
How do engagements start?
With a 30-minute call about where availability lives today and which sites have to show it. After that we send a written scope.