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FAQ IV: Why is the Zestimate So Much Different Than The Asking Price?
FAQ IV:  Why is the Zillow Zestimate So Much Different Than The Asking Price?
As alchemists struggled to find ways of turning lead into gold, real estate professionals and the industries that support them have tried to find an automated way to determine property value.  The biggest challenge to that end is that in many markets, no two homes are exactly the same.  There are so many variables to consider that even the most sophisticated of algorithms, pulling information from the most comprehensive databases can only approximate the market value of any given property.  The question remains, how close can these auto-generated values get?
More and more consumers are relying on sites like Zillow and Trulia for their personal research on real estate and properties in their area.  Zillow in particular was one of the first listing syndicators to provide automated opinions of value called “Zestimates”.  Originally, these Zestimates were based solely on tax assessment values provided in the public record.  Since most tax assessments are notoriously inaccurate with regard to actual market value, Zillow’s original Zestimates were off the mark both high and low by a large margin (15% or more of the eventual actual sales price).
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