generated: '2026-07-26'
method: searched
source: live host probes + https://support.homes.com/ + RESO organization directory
summary: >-
  Homes.com publishes no API lifecycle policy of any kind, because it publishes
  no API. There is no versioning scheme, no deprecation policy, no Sunset or
  Deprecation header contract, no SLA, and no status page. The one real
  lifecycle event this repo can evidence is a RETIREMENT: the Homesnap developer
  and API surface that CoStar acquired in 2021 has been fully folded into
  Homes.com, and its former developer hosts now redirect to the consumer site.
versioning:
  scheme: none published
  current: null
  docs: null
deprecation:
  policy_url: null
  sunset_header: false
  deprecation_header: false
  note: >-
    No deprecation or sunset policy is published on any reachable Homes.com or
    CoStar Group surface. The Homesnap retirement below was executed as a silent
    HTTP 301 to the consumer marketing site, with no dated notice, no sunset
    window, and no migration guide found.
sla:
  url: null
  uptime_target: null
status_page: null
status_page_probes:
  - url: https://status.homes.com/
    status: 000
    note: DNS NXDOMAIN.
  - url: https://status.costargroup.com/
    status: 000
    note: DNS NXDOMAIN.
retired_surfaces:
  - name: Homesnap developer / API hosts
    predecessor_brand: Homesnap
    acquired_by: CoStar Group (2021)
    merged_into: Homes.com
    status: retired
    evidence:
      - url: https://api.homesnap.com/
        status: 301
        location: https://www.homesnap.com/
        note: >-
          Host still resolves (3.209.217.73) but the API surface is gone — every
          request 301s to the marketing site, which itself 301s to
          https://www.homes.com.
      - url: https://developer.homesnap.com/
        status: 301
        location: https://www.homesnap.com/
        note: Same 301 chain; the former developer portal host is a redirect stub.
      - url: https://www.homesnap.com/
        status: 301
        location: https://www.homes.com
      - url: https://docs.homesnap.com/
        status: 302
        location: https://github.com/pages/auth
        note: >-
          Resolves by CNAME to homesnap.github.io — a GitHub Pages site served
          from a PRIVATE repository (page_id 28792949). It 302s to GitHub Pages
          authentication and is not publicly readable, so no documentation could
          be harvested. A docs host survives the retirement, but access-gated.
      - source: https://www.reso.org/certification/
        kind: reso-directory
        note: >-
          RESO organization row T00000020 (Homesnap) is marked inactive with
          OrganizationStatusChangeTimestamp 2024-11-15 and the explicit comment
          "Merged into Homes.com" — the standards body's own record of the
          retirement.
deprecated_operations: []
current_surfaces:
  - host: www.homes.com
    state: live
    machine_readable_contract: none
    note: >-
      HTTP 403 to every non-browser client behind Akamai bot protection; no
      OpenAPI, OData $metadata, GraphQL, AsyncAPI, or webhook contract is
      advertised on any reachable path.
  - host: support.homes.com
    state: live
    note: >-
      The only reachable Homes.com host (WP Engine). Consumer/agent help centre
      with no API, developer, or data-feed article.
  - host: partners.homes.com
    state: resolves-no-listener
    note: CNAME homes-prod1.t11e.com — marketing automation, not a developer surface.
  - host: listings.homes.com
    state: resolves-no-listener
  - host: pro.homes.com
    state: resolves-no-listener
    note: Resolves via Oracle (srm-emcee.us2.cloud.oracle.com); no listener answered.