Verification and Trust

Our team checks, for every listing:

• The seller's phone number is real and belongs to them
• The photos are of the property described, not stock images or another unit
• The details are consistent with the ownership documents shown to us
• Whether the lister is an owner or an agent, and labels the listing accordingly
• That it is not a duplicate of a listing already on the site

This is a genuineness check, not a legal one. For the legal questions, see legal verification and the next answer.

Seven checks, written by an advocate who reads the actual documents. Every report covers all seven — none of them is an optional extra:

1. Title verification — clear ownership, and the chain of transfer traced back
2. Encumbrance check — loans, mortgages or charges against the property
3. Litigation search — any case pending on it
4. Government approvals — the sanctions the building should have
5. Property tax clearance — whether dues are outstanding
6. Zoning compliance — that the use matches what the land is zoned for
7. Sale deed review — the document you are about to sign

This is the check worth paying for before you part with a token amount. Details and current turnaround are on .

Open the listing and use Report this listing at the foot of the page. You do not need an account.

Pick the closest reason — already sold or rented, does not exist, wrong price, wrong location, photos are not of the property, duplicate, broker posing as an owner, or offensive content — and add anything you know.

Reporting is anonymous to the seller. They are never told who reported them.

It reaches our moderation queue and a person reads it.

What happens next depends on what you reported. An "already sold" report is checked with the seller and the listing comes down if confirmed. A report that a listing is fake, or that a broker is posing as an owner, is treated as urgent.

When several different people on different networks report the same listing, it is automatically raised for review — one person cannot get a listing taken down by reporting it repeatedly, and that limit is deliberate.

We do not usually write back, because most reports are anonymous. If you want a reply, leave your email.

Three ways, and none of them is perfect on its own:

• Every lister's phone number is verified, and we ask for proof of ownership before an owner listing is approved
• The same number listing many unrelated properties as "owner" is a pattern we look for
• Buyers tell us, and a report of this is treated as urgent

If you call about an owner listing and the person who answers is clearly an agent, . That is the signal we act on fastest, and it is the single most useful thing a buyer can tell us.