Some buyers really like Zillow and so I thought I would go check it out by narrowing in on one community, one zip code, and see what is going on. Zillow is known in the Real Estate community to be inaccurate. They even have a chart on their site which gives percentages of accuracy/inaccuracy. I went and checked out zip code 10530 and this is what I found.
They say that there are 115 single family homes available in the 10530 zip code. When I go to the Westchester MLS it says 63 active and so I went listing by listing to see if I could figure out the discrepancy. They include some co-op's but not all, there are properties that are in contract included, and there are houses in the surrounding zip codes included. Quite a few have "undisclosed address" and you need to click through to the listing office web site for more information.
WHY DO BUYERS LIKE THIS SITE WHEN THEY CAN GET ACCURATE and COMPLETE INFORMATION AND ADDRESSES ON OTHER SITES????? Just askin?
Miriam Bernstein can be reached at 914-907-1922
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