How do I look up the HOA for a property on Zillow or Redfin?

Install Common Elements Brain, open the listing, and open the panel. It finds the association behind the property and shows its registration status, management firm of record and, for Florida condominiums where it applies, milestone inspection status, with a link to the full record. It works the same on Realtor.com and Trulia.

Does it show the HOA fee?

The listing already shows the fee the seller reported. Brain's job is the association behind it: who runs it, whether it is in good standing, and where it stands on inspections. Confirm the fee and any assessments with the estoppel or resale certificate.

Is the information reliable enough to rely on?

Each fact shows its source and date, mostly state registries and licensing records. Treat it as research to verify with the association and in the closing documents, not as a substitute for them.

Which states does it cover?

It looks up associations nationwide, and coverage is deepest in Florida, where the most public records are available. When Brain is not sure of a match, it shows likely candidates instead of guessing.

Do I need an account? Is it only for licensed agents?

No and no. Your first 10 lookups need no account, and a free account keeps them going. Buyers, sellers, owners and agents all use it.

For agents, buyers and sellers

The association behind the listing, beside the listing.

Open a listing on Zillow, Redfin, Realtor.com or Trulia and Brain shows the HOA or condo association's record: registration, management, and inspection status. This part works today.

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Due diligence

An HOA and condo checklist for any listing

Six questions to answer before the inspection period ends.

1
Which association is it, exactly?
How to check: Listings often show a community name, not the legal association, and large communities can have a master association plus sub-associations. Confirm the legal name from the recorded declaration or the seller's disclosure.
Where Brain helps: Available today: Brain finds the association behind the listing, or shows likely matches to choose from when it is not certain.
2
Is the association in good standing?
How to check: Check the state corporation registry for active status and a current annual report.
Where Brain helps: Available today: registration status, with its source and date.
3
Who manages it, and who answers questions?
How to check: The management company handles resale certificates, estoppel letters and approvals. Know who it is before the contract clock starts.
Where Brain helps: Available today: the management firm of record and its license status, where Common Elements holds it.
4
What does ownership really cost?
How to check: The fee on the listing is a starting point. Ask for the current budget, any special assessments adopted or under discussion, and the estoppel or resale certificate, which states what is owed.
Where Brain helps: Brain does not replace the estoppel certificate. The free Florida estoppel fee and special assessment calculators help you check one.
5
For a Florida condo: inspections and reserves
How to check: Buildings three stories or taller need a milestone inspection and a structural integrity reserve study on statutory schedules. An overdue inspection can affect financing and future assessments.
Where Brain helps: Available today: milestone inspection status where Florida law requires one.
6
Rules that change how you can use the home
How to check: Read the declaration, bylaws and rules for leasing limits, pet rules, approval requirements and age restrictions before you commit.
Where Brain helps: Coming in Brain: on the association's own website, the documents Common Elements holds for it.

Run the numbers with the free Florida tools or the national tools. The listing-page panel is described in detail on the Insight page.

Status

What you get, and when

Available today

What works today

Works on property listings on Zillow, Redfin, Realtor.com and Trulia.
Finds the association behind the listing, or offers likely matches to choose from.
Shows registration status, management firm of record, milestone inspection status where Florida law requires one, unit count and year built.
Links to the association's full Common Elements record.
Looks nothing up until you open the panel. Your first 10 lookups need no account; a free account continues.

Coming in Brain

A side panel beside the listing instead of a box drawn over it.
Site-by-site permission, so Brain runs automatically only on the listing sites you choose.
On an association's own website: its full record and the documents Common Elements holds.
Follow an association on Common Elements straight from its website.

Not available yet. This page will say so when each one ships.

Privacy

What Brain reads and sends

Recognized on your device
Brain works out what a page is about inside your browser. It does not send page text, page HTML, images or form contents anywhere.
Only the minimum leaves it
For a listing, the address, ZIP, state, the property's approximate map position, and an association name if the listing shows one. That is what is needed to find the match, and we do not keep it in our database.
It runs where you say
Today the panel looks nothing up until you open it. Brain will ask no site access at install: you click the icon on a page, or allow it site by site.

Full detail on the Common Elements Brain overview and in our privacy policy.

Questions

Agents, buyers and sellers ask

How do I look up the HOA for a property on Zillow or Redfin?: Install Common Elements Brain, open the listing, and open the panel. It finds the association behind the property and shows its registration status, management firm of record and, for Florida condominiums where it applies, milestone inspection status, with a link to the full record. It works the same on Realtor.com and Trulia.
Does it show the HOA fee?: The listing already shows the fee the seller reported. Brain's job is the association behind it: who runs it, whether it is in good standing, and where it stands on inspections. Confirm the fee and any assessments with the estoppel or resale certificate.
Is the information reliable enough to rely on?: Each fact shows its source and date, mostly state registries and licensing records. Treat it as research to verify with the association and in the closing documents, not as a substitute for them.
Which states does it cover?: It looks up associations nationwide, and coverage is deepest in Florida, where the most public records are available. When Brain is not sure of a match, it shows likely candidates instead of guessing.
Do I need an account? Is it only for licensed agents?: No and no. Your first 10 lookups need no account, and a free account keeps them going. Buyers, sellers, owners and agents all use it.

Other ways people use Brain

Know the association before you write the offer.

Install it free, open a listing, and open the panel. Your first lookups need no account.

Add to Chrome

The association behind the listing, beside the listing.

An HOA and condo checklist for any listing

Which association is it, exactly?

Is the association in good standing?

Who manages it, and who answers questions?

What does ownership really cost?

For a Florida condo: inspections and reserves

Rules that change how you can use the home