[Nikki]

Really cool website to check the value or your home, a neighbor's home, a home you plan on buying. It compares the value to other homes in the area, let's you add upgrades, and shows the change in value within the past 1, 5, 10 years or the last sale. It's awesome.

Here's a screencap from an area a couple miles north of where i live, lol and the reason i am not buying a house down here.

[Nikki]

here's how you can pair it with realtor.com

i look up houses in cary, north carolina on realtor.com (one area where i am considering buying a house) and i find one that appeals to me:


$238,000

http://realtor.com/FindHome/HomeList...3&lnksrc=00002


I put the address into zillow.com and find the value estimated at $216,951 with the correct info and sq ftage, so unless there are some upgrades such as a remodeled kitchen, or something else, i should only offer $215k or less. i can also see the current trend, if it is going up or down and value and i can see it peaked in 2004 at $300,000 and has since gone down-which may be a bad indicator, maybe not. it's good to be able to easily research something on your own since it is such a huge investment.

[puck724]

thats kinda fun..im puttin in random places now..lol

[Nikki]

I want this house! It's perfect. If you check the location with Zillow, it's like right on a lake.

$269,900
3 Bed, 2.5 Bath
2,230 Sq. Ft.
0.19 Acres

http://realtor.com/FindHome/HomeList...3&lnksrc=00002

[BellasBmw]

Originally Posted by Nikki

I want this house! It's perfect. If you check the location with Zillow, it's like right on a lake.

$269,900
3 Bed, 2.5 Bath
2,230 Sq. Ft.
0.19 Acres

http://realtor.com/FindHome/HomeList...3&lnksrc=00002

Wow that is so freaking cheap! If you place that house where i live its EASILY $900-1mil

[puck724]

yeah no shit...f-ing SoCal...

[Enroutte]

Originally Posted by BellasBmw

Wow that is so freaking cheap! If you place that house where i live its EASILY $900-1mil

yeah agreed! geeze so cheap! houses are so expensive here

[Enroutte]

ahh cool! i put in my address i blocked out the street names though. just for safety reasons hehe ;]

[Nikki]

Yeah that's how pricing is in South Florida too, no way I'm staying here when I need to buy a house.

[RBBMWE46M3]

I tried all three of my houses and two of them came up..."we currently do not have the information(data) you are suggesting" My house in Valparaiso IN, My condo in Maui, bummer..The only one to come up was my place in Lighthouse Point Fl.

[Enroutte]

Originally Posted by RBBMWE46M3

I tried all three of my houses and two of them came up..."we currently do not have the information(data) you are suggesting" My house in Valparaiso IN, My condo in Maui, bummer..The only one to come up was my place in Lighthouse Point Fl.

maybe your neighborhood is too new.

i tried doing it to one of my parents' other houses and because the area is only a year or two old, they dont have it on there yet.

[vladinecko]

will you marry me? or your sister? or anyone else from your family?

just kidding...

Originally Posted by Enroutte

ahh cool! i put in my address i blocked out the street names though. just for safety reasons hehe ;]

[Enroutte]

Originally Posted by vladinecko

will you marry me? or your sister? or anyone else from your family?

just kidding...

i have a younger brother. i'll let him know you were interested.

[vladinecko]

Originally Posted by Enroutte

i have a younger brother. i'll let him know you were interested.

hmmm....nevermind....

[gmcwv]

Nice idea for a site, but not so accurate though. It doesn't list the value of my house but it says my neighbors house is only worth 30k. I mean I know I live in West Virginia, property and homes are really cheap here....but it is not that cheap.

[Enroutte]

Originally Posted by gmcwv

Nice idea for a site, but not so accurate though. It doesn't list the value of my house but it says my neighbors house is only worth 30k. I mean I know I live in West Virginia, property and homes are really cheap here....but it is not that cheap.

lol lol i agree with you actually

its a bit inaccurate.

[shimshimhada]

omg my home's value came in at $997K, is this a sign that I need to get a 997?

[marcus330i]

A house around the block from me just closed escrow and set a record for the 'hood. Zillow has a current market value for it of $1.8 M. But it just sold for 3.15M.....

The site works well for tract homes and condos but is way off in older neighborhoods and where views add value. (the above house has an amazing view of SD harbor....and the views of all the neighboring homes go from "none" to "wow"...something Zillow isn't programmed to evaluate.

[BellasBmw]

Originally Posted by marcus330i

A house around the block from me just closed escrow and set a record for the 'hood. Zillow has a current market value for it of $1.8 M. But it just sold for 3.15M.....

The site works well for tract homes and condos but is way off in older neighborhoods and where views add value. (the above house has an amazing view of SD harbor....and the views of all the neighboring homes go from "none" to "wow"...something Zillow isn't programmed to evaluate.

I agree its a bit off. I searched my address and it said the house up the street is $989K, but it sold for $1.3 mil. And mine house is worth $850-9, but it listed it as $700.

[shragon]

yea, i checked mine, and it wasn't accurate in terms of the stats (amount of bedrooms, bathrooms, and sq footage). i believe they're running on public records which may not be up to date? i checked on a neighbors house, and it wasn't accurate in the amount of bedrooms. i guess it could be used as a guide.

[longtran]

Originally Posted by Enroutte

ahh cool! i put in my address i blocked out the street names though. just for safety reasons hehe ;]

we know where you live.

[shragon]

^ i have an idea of where.

did you guys have a meet in that area of sj?