To Zest or not to Zest? Can you trust the Zestimate? I’m Eric with Eric Andersen Homes, and I want to help you put this into perspective. Would you marry someone without ever seeing them? Seriously. Let’s say you knew where they were from, maybe you knew their height and weight, but you never spoke to them or saw them. Would you marry that person? That’s sort of like trusting Zillow to value your home.
Sure, Zillow knows where your house is located, and they may even know how many bedrooms and bathrooms you have. But Zillow has never been inside your home. They come up with a generic number based on what other homes in the neighborhood are selling for. Zillow is an algorithm based on public data. But there are often errors in the public data, and it is not a complete record.
Zillow has no idea if your home is updated, what kind of views it has, and how your specific location might impact value. All of these factors have a huge impact on the value of your home. Zillow even admits that they are only within 10% of the final sale price 71.5% of the time, and even they encourage sellers to get a more accurate evaluation by an agent. That’s where I come in. If you’re thinking of selling, contact me today and I, a real, live person, will be happy to provide you with a free assessment of your home’s current market value along with a custom marketing proposal so you can sell for a great price. I’m Eric with Eric Andersen Homes, and I’m here to provide you with a smarter approach to real estate.