Zestimate Home Values

Zestimate home values are terribly unreliable on pricing home sales and home values in general. As a broker I have know this since Zillow first started showing up on the web over 6 years ago. Though this site is accessed by many buyers and sellers alike it is inaccurate in estimating home values. Buyers as well as sellers get confused. I am not surprised. Check out this recent online valuation that was generated on sold listings while I was doing an Comparative Market Analysis (CMA) with my business partner, Phillip Bailey, for a property we will be listing at the exclusive Peninsula Point area of Newport Beach. The sold Zestimates ( Z for Zillow ) are 18% to over 30% off from the actual closing price.

Zillow Valuation 11 2014

Location, interior finishes and views can not be put into a formula. It still takes a professional agent or broker to do it right! Contact me for an evaluation anytime. I hope you had a great Thanksgiving.

Author: Melanie Berlind

Malibu broker for over 20 years selling homes, renting homes and consulting with buyers and sellers. UCSB graduate in theater arts, short sale and REO specialist, designer, artist and speak Spanish, German and English fluently.