Websites for real estate intelligence

[beefwellington]

What sources or websites are out there for getting actual data on real estate transactions in San Diego? Are things like the Sandicor statistics featured on thsi blog available to the public or does it require an in with a real estate agent?

For things like analyzing the attractiveness and risks of a potential property, I’ve found sites like http://www.liveclassy.com/. That will show you a wealth of general statistical information about a property. But it won’t show you things like recent sales and sales histories for properties.

What kind of information is out there for those of us who aren’t real estate agents?

[jpinpb]

I have been using a combination of sites. SDLookup and Redfin They are good at providing sales history of the properties and surrounding properties. I’ve been postings some NODs for houses in many ZIPs, although it’s looking to be more an exercise in futility since banks are taking their sweet time foreclosing on them.

Hmmm. Was I just helping a spammer?

[jpinpb]

I have been using a combination of sites. SDLookup and Redfin They are good at providing sales history of the properties and surrounding properties. I’ve been postings some NODs for houses in many ZIPs, although it’s looking to be more an exercise in futility since banks are taking their sweet time foreclosing on them.

Hmmm. Was I just helping a spammer?

[jpinpb]

I have been using a combination of sites. SDLookup and Redfin They are good at providing sales history of the properties and surrounding properties. I’ve been postings some NODs for houses in many ZIPs, although it’s looking to be more an exercise in futility since banks are taking their sweet time foreclosing on them.

Hmmm. Was I just helping a spammer?

[jpinpb]

I have been using a combination of sites. SDLookup and Redfin They are good at providing sales history of the properties and surrounding properties. I’ve been postings some NODs for houses in many ZIPs, although it’s looking to be more an exercise in futility since banks are taking their sweet time foreclosing on them.

Hmmm. Was I just helping a spammer?

[jpinpb]

I have been using a combination of sites. SDLookup and Redfin They are good at providing sales history of the properties and surrounding properties. I’ve been postings some NODs for houses in many ZIPs, although it’s looking to be more an exercise in futility since banks are taking their sweet time foreclosing on them.

Hmmm. Was I just helping a spammer?

[beefwellington]

I’m not spamming (at least not intentionally). I apologize if it sounded that way. I wasn’t aware of SDLookup. Thanks for the tip! It’s way better than the conglomeration of various real estate agent websites that I’ve played with.

Here’s another question. Any opinions on Zillow? Are their property value estimates any good in your experience? A friend of mine recently sold a house for about 100k over the Zillow estimate (on a 450k house). I guess they are basing their data on recent sales, but I’m not sure how reliable it is.

[beefwellington]

I’m not spamming (at least not intentionally). I apologize if it sounded that way. I wasn’t aware of SDLookup. Thanks for the tip! It’s way better than the conglomeration of various real estate agent websites that I’ve played with.

Here’s another question. Any opinions on Zillow? Are their property value estimates any good in your experience? A friend of mine recently sold a house for about 100k over the Zillow estimate (on a 450k house). I guess they are basing their data on recent sales, but I’m not sure how reliable it is.

[beefwellington]

I’m not spamming (at least not intentionally). I apologize if it sounded that way. I wasn’t aware of SDLookup. Thanks for the tip! It’s way better than the conglomeration of various real estate agent websites that I’ve played with.

Here’s another question. Any opinions on Zillow? Are their property value estimates any good in your experience? A friend of mine recently sold a house for about 100k over the Zillow estimate (on a 450k house). I guess they are basing their data on recent sales, but I’m not sure how reliable it is.

[beefwellington]

I’m not spamming (at least not intentionally). I apologize if it sounded that way. I wasn’t aware of SDLookup. Thanks for the tip! It’s way better than the conglomeration of various real estate agent websites that I’ve played with.

Here’s another question. Any opinions on Zillow? Are their property value estimates any good in your experience? A friend of mine recently sold a house for about 100k over the Zillow estimate (on a 450k house). I guess they are basing their data on recent sales, but I’m not sure how reliable it is.

[beefwellington]

I’m not spamming (at least not intentionally). I apologize if it sounded that way. I wasn’t aware of SDLookup. Thanks for the tip! It’s way better than the conglomeration of various real estate agent websites that I’ve played with.

Here’s another question. Any opinions on Zillow? Are their property value estimates any good in your experience? A friend of mine recently sold a house for about 100k over the Zillow estimate (on a 450k house). I guess they are basing their data on recent sales, but I’m not sure how reliable it is.

[jpinpb]

Redfin will give you options for sales as far back as a year, I think. Type in the address and it will show a map of what’s sold in the area. That should give you a pretty good idea what the comps are. Toss in the address that have NODs (FWIW) and you can see if there’s any weakness in your area of interest.

EDIT: Redfin will indicate sales at the courthouse steps and/or back to bank. Keep that in mind when you see some of the sales as they could (someday) come back on market as a listing for sale by the bank.

[jpinpb]

Redfin will give you options for sales as far back as a year, I think. Type in the address and it will show a map of what’s sold in the area. That should give you a pretty good idea what the comps are. Toss in the address that have NODs (FWIW) and you can see if there’s any weakness in your area of interest.

EDIT: Redfin will indicate sales at the courthouse steps and/or back to bank. Keep that in mind when you see some of the sales as they could (someday) come back on market as a listing for sale by the bank.

[jpinpb]

Redfin will give you options for sales as far back as a year, I think. Type in the address and it will show a map of what’s sold in the area. That should give you a pretty good idea what the comps are. Toss in the address that have NODs (FWIW) and you can see if there’s any weakness in your area of interest.

EDIT: Redfin will indicate sales at the courthouse steps and/or back to bank. Keep that in mind when you see some of the sales as they could (someday) come back on market as a listing for sale by the bank.

[jpinpb]

Redfin will give you options for sales as far back as a year, I think. Type in the address and it will show a map of what’s sold in the area. That should give you a pretty good idea what the comps are. Toss in the address that have NODs (FWIW) and you can see if there’s any weakness in your area of interest.

EDIT: Redfin will indicate sales at the courthouse steps and/or back to bank. Keep that in mind when you see some of the sales as they could (someday) come back on market as a listing for sale by the bank.

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