Legal
Acceptable Use
The uses of PropertiesAPI and its data that aren't allowed. It's part of the Terms of Service.
Draft: pending legal review. This document hasn't been reviewed by a lawyer yet and may change before launch.
Last updated 19 October 2026
No FCRA uses
PropertiesAPI is not a consumer reporting agency, and its data isn't a consumer report. You may not use the service or any data from it, alone or combined with other data:
- for tenant screening, or deciding whether to rent to someone;
- for credit decisions, including lending, underwriting or collections;
- for employment screening, or hiring, promotion or retention decisions;
- for insurance screening, underwriting or eligibility;
- or for any other purpose covered by the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) or a similar law.
No harm to people
- No harassment, stalking, doxxing or intimidation of owners, residents, agents or anyone else.
- No discrimination that breaks fair housing or other anti-discrimination laws.
- No marketing that breaks do-not-call, anti-spam or similar contact laws.
- Nothing unlawful where you or the people affected are.
No misrepresenting the data
- Don't present the data as official, licensed or endorsed by Zillow. PropertiesAPI is an independent service and is not affiliated with Zillow.
- The data is provided as-is. Don't present it as verified or guaranteed.
- Respect the copyright in listing photos and other content. We return photo links; using the images is your responsibility.
No abuse of the service
- No sharing, selling or publishing API keys, and no reselling raw API access.
- No getting around rate limits, quotas or billing, for example with multiple free accounts.
- No attempts to break, overload, probe or reverse-engineer the service, or to reach other users' data.
What happens if a use breaks this policy
We may block requests, revoke keys or close the account, as set out in the Terms of Service. To report misuse, email support@propertiesapi.com.
Zillow is a trademark of Zillow, Inc. PropertiesAPI is an independent service and is not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by Zillow.