Preview, shortlists, and property research

Sign in to the Extension with your PropertyDataLabs account before starting. Research preview supports Zillow For sale, For rent, Sold, and Saved Homes results pages. Individual listing-detail pages use the existing single-listing export workflow and cannot be previewed here.

Preview and export selected properties

1. Open the Zillow results page you want to research and apply your filters.
2. Select Preview in the dock, or open Settings → Property research.
3. Under Fields to include, keep My export settings or choose a task preset available on your plan. Locked presets show a padlock and require a paid plan.
4. Select Preview current page. The table shows the captured rows and capture time.
5. Select a column heading to sort. Use the row checkboxes to keep only the properties you need.
6. Select Export selected to download a file, or Copy rows and paste into your spreadsheet. Copy uses tab-separated columns with a header row.

The preview button is disabled and the table shows loading placeholders while properties are captured. Copy rows starts from your click; the Extension does not request a clipboard permission. A toast confirms when the rows have been copied. If the browser blocks the write, the copy is canceled without using an export or showing a success toast.

Use Refresh preview after changing Zillow filters or moving to another results page. A preview is a captured sample of the current page; it does not automatically combine search pages or retrieve Advanced property details. Use Export pages for the existing multi-page collection workflow.

Expand Field coverage to see the number of present values for each captured field. A dash means unavailable in this capture; zero is a value. Coverage measures presence, not accuracy, and describes the full captured table rather than only the checked rows.

After exporting, an inline receipt reports rows prepared, duplicates excluded, missing values, and captured sources. Copying shows only the success toast, so the table stays in place. Your duplicate-prevention settings still apply, so the output can contain fewer rows than you selected. If every selected property is excluded, review the duplicate settings before exporting again.

Save properties across searches

1. Preview a results page and select the properties to keep.
2. Select Save to shortlist. A success toast confirms how many properties were saved.
3. Repeat on other searches as needed.
4. Open My shortlist to see all four lists: For sale, For rent, Sold, and Saved Homes. Each shows its saved property count. Empty lists are disabled. Use Refresh shortlists to reload the counts.
5. Select a list with saved properties to open its table. Use All shortlists to return to the overview.
6. Select View property on a row to open it in the Shortlisted property tab. The tab also lets you search by address or type and filter results to one property type. Choose a result to see every captured field; those values are read-only and cannot be selected for copying. Edit the research note and comma-separated tags, then select Save notes & tags. A toast confirms the save or explains a failure.
7. Select rows and export or copy them. Shortlist output includes Research note, Tags, Source URL, and Captured at beside the property fields.

Properties saved on different days stay in the same account-specific shortlist. The four property types are views of that ongoing collection, not separate daily lists. Re-saving the same property within the same listing type refreshes its captured data and preserves its notes and tags; it does not keep a prior capture. Changing Fields to include updates an open shortlist automatically and shows a Shortlist fields updated toast. Checked rows stay selected. Use Refresh shortlist to reload saved properties. Shortlist exports use one property type at a time. Refresh buttons show a spinner and stay disabled while the lists or table reload.

Saving a property keeps all of its captured data, including fields hidden by the current configuration. You can choose a configuration with more fields when viewing the shortlist, or open the property detail to inspect all saved fields. Values that were absent from the captured page remain empty; changing fields does not fetch fresh property data.

The shortlist belongs to the signed-in account in this browser. It is separate from Zillow Saved Homes and does not sync to another browser or computer. It holds up to 200 properties total across all types, subject to a 2 MB storage limit. Each note allows 2,000 characters; the tags field allows 200 characters.

Use Remove on a table row to delete just that property, or Remove selected to delete checked properties of the open type. Clear entire shortlist asks for confirmation and removes every type, including notes and tags. Export your research before clearing Extension storage or uninstalling the Extension if you want to retain a copy.

Choose a task preset

Basic and higher plans, including Solo Lifetime, can choose a preset under Fields to include:

Changing a preset updates an already loaded preview or shortlist automatically. A Preview fields updated or Shortlist fields updated toast confirms success, and checked rows stay selected when those properties are still present. Before the first preview, choose a preset and select Preview current page. Presets select supported fields; they do not fetch missing data. Free accounts use My export settings with their existing server-supplied fields. The other presets display a padlock and cannot be selected on a Free plan.

The current-page preview and shortlist remember separate field choices while the workspace is open. Changing one does not change the other.

Continue in Cloud

Use Continue in Cloud after a page preview or after opening a shortlist:

• Export this search opens the Cloud Importer new-job form with the captured search URL and listing type filled in. It is available for sale, rental, and sold searches, rather than Saved Homes or a local shortlist.
• Fetch selected properties once appears for sale, rental, and sold shortlists when every checked property has a supported Zillow home-detail URL. The listing type is filled in, and run frequency starts at Manual. It is not offered for Saved Homes shortlists, which can contain mixed property types.
• Monitor selected properties prepares Cloud Monitoring with the checked properties that have supported Zillow home-detail URLs (/homedetails/.../ID_zpid/). It can use a page preview or shortlist. If any checked property has an unsupported URL, the handoff is unavailable; apartment and building URLs are not supported by this prefill.

Review sources, schedule, delivery, and credit requirements in the web app before creating anything. The link itself creates no job and starts no run. Cloud tools require a Cloud-capable plan, such as Pro, Ultra, Solo Lifetime, or an eligible legacy plan; a padlock appears when your account does not have access. You can open setup to review access requirements. Running a job also requires Cloud credits, separate from Extension export allowances. See Cloud Importer, Cloud Fetcher, and Cloud Monitoring.

Plans, export allowance, and delivery

The 800-row selection limit does not make a page preview collect 800 properties or increase the 200-property shortlist capacity. Downloads and copies follow your account's existing monthly allowance and duplicate filter. Account access is checked again when you act on a capture.

Research downloads are saved on this computer. For configured Google Sheets delivery or Extension export history, use the existing immediate Export page or Export pages workflow. See Extension features by plan for the full access comparison.