Zillow tells you the price, the beds, the square footage. What it does not tell you is whether the place is a reasonable drive from your office, a walk from a grocery store, or an hour from everyone you know. For most people, that is what actually decides a home.
What people usually do
They open Google Maps in another tab, paste the address, and check distances one at a time. It is fine for one house. It falls apart when you are comparing a shortlist.
Do it on the listing instead
ListingMap is a free Chrome extension that overlays your own places on the listing's map and shows the real travel time to each.
- Save the places that matter (work, gym, a relative) into a list.
- Open a Zillow, Realtor.com or Redfin listing and click the ListingMap button.
- Apply your list. The property and your places appear together on one map.
- Click any place for the driving, transit, walking or biking route.
A better way to compare
Because your places stay saved, every listing you open is measured against the same set of anchors. Two homes at the same price stop looking equal once one is 12 minutes from work and the other is 40.
- See the commute before you schedule a tour.
- Catch homes that are technically in a good area but a pain to get around.
- Compare neighborhoods on what your week actually looks like.
It is free for up to 10 saved places and 30 searches a week, and works across US, UK, European and Australian listing sites.