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Ask HN: Zillow and redfin estimates overtime, comparison?

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Re: Ask HN: Zillow and redfin estimates overtime, comparison?

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Zillow is not accurate at all. In my market, Redfin has been accurate to within 5% of the price, up or down. However, Redfin is a real estate agency, so they use their estimates and have access to data that Zillow doesn't, and they will adjust the algorithm at a neighborhood level. Zillow is merely a real estate value estimator (they don't use sufficient data to earn the right to call themselves an appraiser nor do t…

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Re: Ask HN: Zillow and redfin estimates overtime, comparison?

#12
Ideally, I want a report which alerts me when zillow modifies my home estimates.

So sign up with Zillow and "claim" your home, then subscribe to email updates. You'll get mailed weekly with your "estimate". Using quotes there because, like gamblor956 says, the values are complete bullshit.

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