Need CP expertise - Selling a home: Do you get an appraisal before listing your home?

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Originally Posted by MahiMike

I would never trust Zillow for a true estimate of price.

Yep. Zillow lists my home way above market value because it heavily relies on total square footage. The county only utilize compatibles and last known assessment.

According to Zillow I own the most expensive house in the neighborhood.

[xbarretx]

Originally Posted by 007

Yep. Zillow lists my home way above market value because it heavily relies on total square footage. The county only utilize compatibles and last known assessment.

According to Zillow I own the most expensive house in the neighborhood.

obviously you undervalue your grand mahogany staircase and Tiffany chandler. :P

we had the exact opposite issue depending on the day. some days it would show roughly what it should be other times it was off 90k (again i know this because my wife is a realtor). its annoying because some buyers do think zillow is very accurate and they get upset when the realtor has to explain why its not.

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Originally Posted by xbarretx

obviously you undervalue your grand mahogany staircase and Tiffany chandler.

we had the exact opposite issue depending on the day. some days it would show roughly what it should be other times it was off 90k (again i know this because my wife is a realtor). its annoying because some buyers do think zillow is very accurate and they get upset when the realtor has to explain why its not.

I'm sure Realtors wish Zillow would just disappear. It's a worthless website that only creates problems for them.

[xbarretx]

Originally Posted by 007

I'm sure Realtors wish Zillow would just disappear. It's a worthless website that only creates problems for them.

from a purely "data" perspective yes.... but from a generating a conversation stand point.. its nice. Since unless your a realtor you don't get access to MLS.

I enjoyed looking at it because when we sold our house i was able to see what in our neighborhood was up for sale and i could see how we stacked up against the comp. for example some homes had dated kitchens and maybe a bigger backyard but ours was full of mature trees since we backed up to an old farmer hedge row. Thus, we were able to highlight some things that we knew other homes didnt have. its all a process and i HATE moving. Sold our home in Olathe... roughly 2400 sq ft without the basement which if finished would have added another 800 sq ft or so. were building in Dallas (moved for a great job opportunity) and getting almost double the sq ft (around 4300 total) and only paying 30k more than we sold our house for. its all about location and timing .... and gosh dangit i DO NOT want to have to move again. that was my second family relocation..that first was from Gardner, KS to Munich, Germany....sorry i digress.