https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 04 May 2026 10:59:11 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/any-realtors-home-values-on-zillow#post-1776913 Wed, 23 Jul 2014 17:35:32 +0000 MamaMoose 1776913@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@littlek: thanks! Trying not to get too excited until we get through inspection and appraisal and it's really a done deal! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/any-realtors-home-values-on-zillow#post-1776760 Wed, 23 Jul 2014 16:03:18 +0000 littlek 1776760@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MamaMoose: congrats!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/any-realtors-home-values-on-zillow#post-1776711 Wed, 23 Jul 2014 15:42:33 +0000 ninja 1776711@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MamaMoose: ah...ok! I knew the county assessor's info was public, but didn't know that a private appraisal was too! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/any-realtors-home-values-on-zillow#post-1776669 Wed, 23 Jul 2014 15:29:25 +0000 photojane 1776669@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think Zillow prices are notoriously low. I actually found our current home on Zillow &amp; it was listed for quite a bit higher than the Zillow estimate. We'll definitely be selling it for more than the current estimate. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/any-realtors-home-values-on-zillow#post-1776661 Wed, 23 Jul 2014 15:25:48 +0000 sunny 1776661@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MamaMoose: Fingers crossed for your inspection and that the sale closes quickly and without any hiccups! :) :goodluck: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/any-realtors-home-values-on-zillow#post-1776650 Wed, 23 Jul 2014 15:22:31 +0000 MamaMoose 1776650@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@ninja: I'm pretty sure appraisals are public record. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/any-realtors-home-values-on-zillow#post-1776644 Wed, 23 Jul 2014 15:21:45 +0000 MamaMoose 1776644@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@sunny: Thanks. The inspector is out our house right now. It's a newish home and as far as we know everything is in working order and good shape for it's age but man, I'm SO nervous for some reason. We've already bought our new house and I just want this sale to be a sure thing so I can start packing and looking forward!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/any-realtors-home-values-on-zillow#post-1776643 Wed, 23 Jul 2014 15:21:36 +0000 ninja 1776643@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I noticed with our house, the value on Zillow immediately went to exactly the assessor's value that our bank had commissioned. I don't know HOW they get that information, but it does happen for a house that just sold! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/any-realtors-home-values-on-zillow#post-1776603 Wed, 23 Jul 2014 15:13:29 +0000 sunny 1776603@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MamaMoose: Woohoo! Congrats!</p> <p>Zillow only provides a guessimate. It looks at comps but ultimately it is a proprietary computer algorithm. It also doesn't update every single day, so it may not account for recent sales. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/any-realtors-home-values-on-zillow#post-1776340 Wed, 23 Jul 2014 14:16:54 +0000 littlek 1776340@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't trust zillow. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/any-realtors-home-values-on-zillow#post-1776334 Wed, 23 Jul 2014 14:15:18 +0000 Mrs. Pickle 1776334@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Zillow isn't accurate at all.</p> <p>Eta: I am an agent. I tell my clients not to look at Zillow or Trulia. A comparative market analysis is the best way to find out what your home can sell for. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/any-realtors-home-values-on-zillow#post-1776328 Wed, 23 Jul 2014 14:14:24 +0000 cascademom 1776328@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would trust a site like Blockshopper more than Zillow. With Blockshopper, it lists the selling price for real estate and nearby. I find that to be more accurate for prices around our neighborhood. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/any-realtors-home-values-on-zillow#post-1776320 Wed, 23 Jul 2014 14:10:35 +0000 Mamaof2 1776320@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MamaMoose: That's what we are hoping cuz geesh that is a HUGE price difference! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/any-realtors-home-values-on-zillow#post-1776309 Wed, 23 Jul 2014 14:09:24 +0000 MamaMoose 1776309@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mamaof2: If the other house just sold than zillow will be much more on target for that house than for your house because they are factoring the recent sale price into their estimate. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/any-realtors-home-values-on-zillow#post-1776306 Wed, 23 Jul 2014 14:08:40 +0000 MamaMoose 1776306@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We just accepted an offer on our house for almost $30K higher than the zillow estimate. And it's a pretty inexpensive house so percentage wise that's a HUGE difference. Zillow can only access very limited information. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/any-realtors-home-values-on-zillow#post-1776303 Wed, 23 Jul 2014 14:08:15 +0000 Raindrop 1776303@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mamaof2: Oh if that's the case... zillow is notorious for under estimating the value of a house... aka being conservative. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/any-realtors-home-values-on-zillow#post-1776299 Wed, 23 Jul 2014 14:06:49 +0000 Mamaof2 1776299@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Anagram: it just sold a month ago - that's how I saw the pics of the inside </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/any-realtors-home-values-on-zillow#post-1776297 Wed, 23 Jul 2014 14:05:35 +0000 Raindrop 1776297@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Zillow isn't prefect. They can't personally value each and every house or know every exact detail of every house even. They use a formula based on very few facts to give you an estimate (maybe not even a good one) of how much that formula thinks it's worth.</p> <p>I'm going to guess that the formula doesn't account for upgrades but sees that the other house is a corner house and gave it a little bit more. </p> <p>Don't worry though when you sell your house they don't use zillow for how much your house is worth. :D </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/any-realtors-home-values-on-zillow#post-1776296 Wed, 23 Jul 2014 14:05:22 +0000 Anagram 1776296@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mamaof2: is the neighbors house a house currently for sale? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/any-realtors-home-values-on-zillow#post-1776290 Wed, 23 Jul 2014 14:04:23 +0000 snowjewelz 1776290@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't go by our # on zillow.. We pretty much renovated the whole house after we bought it and added so much value to it, but they wouldn't know that cuz they've never been inside our house! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/any-realtors-home-values-on-zillow#post-1776286 Wed, 23 Jul 2014 14:03:20 +0000 immabeetoo 1776286@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mamaof2: I'm not a realtor but we just bought a home and our old one is on the market and zillow is no where neAr either homes list price or value- one is way over and one was way under </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/any-realtors-home-values-on-zillow#post-1776285 Wed, 23 Jul 2014 14:03:19 +0000 Smurfette 1776285@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I just trust Zillow at all. When were looking at houses they had houses listed that didn't exist. We drove up and down the street while looking at the app, and there was no house numbers for the 2-3 they listed. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/any-realtors-home-values-on-zillow#post-1776283 Wed, 23 Jul 2014 14:02:46 +0000 swedishfish 1776283@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I remember my MIL, who "worked" as a realtor, told me that the home values on Zillow weren't necessarily correct. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/any-realtors-home-values-on-zillow#post-1776278 Wed, 23 Jul 2014 14:00:30 +0000 Mamaof2 1776278@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We aren't moving for another 3 years but DH was looking online at Zillow and how much our house was worth.</p> <p>The house caddy corner to us which is exactly the same as ours with LESS upgrades is valued at 90K MORE than our house - how is that even possible???? </p>