How Accurate Are Zestimates?
FEB 24, 2017-1 MIN
How Accurate Are Zestimates?
FEB 24, 2017-1 MIN
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-4be7cdb2-7171-c5b9-25ef-d7a66da64208"><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>Are Zestimates accurate? Sellers like to think that they should price their homes according to this number, but these valuations are usually not exact.</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Interested in buying a home? </span><a href="http://www.searchspringshomes.com/search/advanced_search/" style="background-color: white; color: #790831; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; text-decoration: none;">GO HERE to perform a Full Home Search</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">, or if you're considering selling, </span><a href="http://www.searchspringshomes.com/cma/property-valuation/" style="background-color: white; color: #790831; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; text-decoration: none;">CLICK HERE to receive a Free Home Value Report</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">. For any other questions, please reach out to me at </span><a href="http://%28719%29%20299-5778/" style="background-color: white; color: #790831; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; text-decoration: none;">(719) 299-5778</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">, or email me at </span><a href="mailto:[email protected]" style="background-color: white; color: #790831; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">[email protected]</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I’m often asked whether Zillow’s Zestimates are an accurate way to determine the value of your home. Here’s the thing: Zestimates are a software that takes square footage and recent comparable sales into account in order to arrive at a value. As a former appraiser, I’m here to tell you that pricing your home just isn’t that simple. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">Zillow’s Zestimate does not factor in specific features of your home, your home’s view, or any other renovations you may have made to the home to improve its value. </span></div>
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Zestimates are not the final word on your home’s value.
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The best way to determine your home’s value is to talk to a licensed professional agent to give you a free equity evaluation. </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Zillow is a great tool to get a base price on your home to begin with, but is not the end of the conversation. An experienced agent will do the research, find comparable sales, physically assess the property, and then analyze the data in order to properly price your home in today’s rapidly changing market. There is no way for Zillow to account for all of the factors that give a property its value. </span></div>
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