Perry I am not sure what inactive means on Zip. The categories for our (Sandicor) MLS are
active – actively for sale (or in escrow with 72 first right of refusal, sales contingency)
pending – in escrow
sold – closed escrow and sold
expired – listing period of the contract has expired
cancelled – broker and seller mutually agreed to cancel the contract
withdrawn – seller is still under contract with broker but the home is not actively for sale
For the sake of zip I bet inactive is expired, cancelled or withdrawn.
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Also remember, Zip, Realtor, Housevalues, all of the on line providers get downloads daily from each MLS that they advertise. There is always a time lag. Usually it is only a day or two but I have seen 72 hour lags at most.
Finally even when you go to a brokers site, big guy, little guy, full service or limited service, all of those listings are provided by a service called IDX. IDX also receives thier downloads from the MLS in the exact same manner as the sites we listed above.
In ALL cases some of the information is distilled by the MLS before being downloaded. This of course is the CBB, confidential remarks and a few other but less important items.
