Zillow vs. cyberhomes. WTH happened to Zillow?

[Daniel]

To follow up on my previous post: I’m fairly certain that they made some recent changes to their algorithm. I bet that what they’re doing now is that the price of a house is influenced more by the prices of nearby houses (say, within a 200 yards radius, for example). The $800K house in my example happens to sit at the edge of the subdivision, with cheaper townhomes on the other side. The identical (actually, sligthly worse) $1M house sits at the other end, a bit closer to more expensive houses. While it makes some sense to consider the prices of nearby houses, it seems that they’re now giving this factor way too much weight in their formula.

[34f3f3f]

Anyone who has visited Zillow a few times should have spotted the inconsistencies, and therefore shouldn’t be using them as a serious tool. If they are making changes for the better to their algorithms or whatever, they will still have an uphill struggle to gain credibility.

[34f3f3f]

Anyone who has visited Zillow a few times should have spotted the inconsistencies, and therefore shouldn’t be using them as a serious tool. If they are making changes for the better to their algorithms or whatever, they will still have an uphill struggle to gain credibility.

[34f3f3f]

Anyone who has visited Zillow a few times should have spotted the inconsistencies, and therefore shouldn’t be using them as a serious tool. If they are making changes for the better to their algorithms or whatever, they will still have an uphill struggle to gain credibility.

[34f3f3f]

Anyone who has visited Zillow a few times should have spotted the inconsistencies, and therefore shouldn’t be using them as a serious tool. If they are making changes for the better to their algorithms or whatever, they will still have an uphill struggle to gain credibility.

[34f3f3f]

Anyone who has visited Zillow a few times should have spotted the inconsistencies, and therefore shouldn’t be using them as a serious tool. If they are making changes for the better to their algorithms or whatever, they will still have an uphill struggle to gain credibility.

[cr]

Zillow has great potential, but they themselves claim their are just estimates. Even still, it’s amazing how enraged people get when their house drops $10k in a week.

http://www.zillow.com/howto/Zestimate.htm

With the recent drop-off in home sales the estimates probably have less data to draw from, and they certainly don’t reflect reduced asking prices for homes that are not selling.

[cr]

Zillow has great potential, but they themselves claim their are just estimates. Even still, it’s amazing how enraged people get when their house drops $10k in a week.

http://www.zillow.com/howto/Zestimate.htm

With the recent drop-off in home sales the estimates probably have less data to draw from, and they certainly don’t reflect reduced asking prices for homes that are not selling.

[cr]

Zillow has great potential, but they themselves claim their are just estimates. Even still, it’s amazing how enraged people get when their house drops $10k in a week.

http://www.zillow.com/howto/Zestimate.htm

With the recent drop-off in home sales the estimates probably have less data to draw from, and they certainly don’t reflect reduced asking prices for homes that are not selling.

[cr]

Zillow has great potential, but they themselves claim their are just estimates. Even still, it’s amazing how enraged people get when their house drops $10k in a week.

http://www.zillow.com/howto/Zestimate.htm

With the recent drop-off in home sales the estimates probably have less data to draw from, and they certainly don’t reflect reduced asking prices for homes that are not selling.

[cr]

Zillow has great potential, but they themselves claim their are just estimates. Even still, it’s amazing how enraged people get when their house drops $10k in a week.

http://www.zillow.com/howto/Zestimate.htm

With the recent drop-off in home sales the estimates probably have less data to draw from, and they certainly don’t reflect reduced asking prices for homes that are not selling.

[Anonymous]

Personally I don’t really care about their zestimates one way or the other. However, I and many others would love to sue Zillow for not responding to requests to correct information on their website. My case:

1. My house has a sold for price that has been there since November 2007. I have been asking them to remove it since November 2007 and at first they responded they would take care of it, it was a technically tough thing to do. Then they never fixed it. Now they wont even respond to my request to remove information that is not true.

2. Zillows automated system keeps putting my house up for sale every month even though it is not for sale. They at firs stated it is their automated system and that they would fix it. They have not and again no longer respond to my requests so every single month I have to go in to Zillow and remove my house as showing for sale.

In my view #2 is illegal. They are not a contracted realtor with me. They have no right to list my house for sale regardless of what automated system is doing it.

Once you complain enough, their staff just ignore you and since Zillow has not phone numbers for customer service there is nothing you can do.

Where is a class action suit lawyer when you need one?

[Anonymous]

Personally I don’t really care about their zestimates one way or the other. However, I and many others would love to sue Zillow for not responding to requests to correct information on their website. My case:

1. My house has a sold for price that has been there since November 2007. I have been asking them to remove it since November 2007 and at first they responded they would take care of it, it was a technically tough thing to do. Then they never fixed it. Now they wont even respond to my request to remove information that is not true.

2. Zillows automated system keeps putting my house up for sale every month even though it is not for sale. They at firs stated it is their automated system and that they would fix it. They have not and again no longer respond to my requests so every single month I have to go in to Zillow and remove my house as showing for sale.

In my view #2 is illegal. They are not a contracted realtor with me. They have no right to list my house for sale regardless of what automated system is doing it.

Once you complain enough, their staff just ignore you and since Zillow has not phone numbers for customer service there is nothing you can do.

Where is a class action suit lawyer when you need one?

[Anonymous]

Personally I don’t really care about their zestimates one way or the other. However, I and many others would love to sue Zillow for not responding to requests to correct information on their website. My case:

1. My house has a sold for price that has been there since November 2007. I have been asking them to remove it since November 2007 and at first they responded they would take care of it, it was a technically tough thing to do. Then they never fixed it. Now they wont even respond to my request to remove information that is not true.

2. Zillows automated system keeps putting my house up for sale every month even though it is not for sale. They at firs stated it is their automated system and that they would fix it. They have not and again no longer respond to my requests so every single month I have to go in to Zillow and remove my house as showing for sale.

In my view #2 is illegal. They are not a contracted realtor with me. They have no right to list my house for sale regardless of what automated system is doing it.

Once you complain enough, their staff just ignore you and since Zillow has not phone numbers for customer service there is nothing you can do.

Where is a class action suit lawyer when you need one?

[Anonymous]

Personally I don’t really care about their zestimates one way or the other. However, I and many others would love to sue Zillow for not responding to requests to correct information on their website. My case:

1. My house has a sold for price that has been there since November 2007. I have been asking them to remove it since November 2007 and at first they responded they would take care of it, it was a technically tough thing to do. Then they never fixed it. Now they wont even respond to my request to remove information that is not true.

2. Zillows automated system keeps putting my house up for sale every month even though it is not for sale. They at firs stated it is their automated system and that they would fix it. They have not and again no longer respond to my requests so every single month I have to go in to Zillow and remove my house as showing for sale.

In my view #2 is illegal. They are not a contracted realtor with me. They have no right to list my house for sale regardless of what automated system is doing it.

Once you complain enough, their staff just ignore you and since Zillow has not phone numbers for customer service there is nothing you can do.

Where is a class action suit lawyer when you need one?

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