Are Zillow's Estimates Of Home Prices Accurate?

How accurate is the popular website that offers free estimates of home values?

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February 16, 2007, 8:00 AM PST

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech

"In the year since its launch, Zillow Inc. has made millions of Americans familiar with computer-generated estimates of home values, created a new online addiction and become a staple of dinner-party chatter. But just how accurate is it?"

"Zillow, based in Seattle, operates a Web site that offers free estimates and other online tools for real-estate buyers and sellers. It draws revenue from online advertising....Zillow's estimates come from a proprietary computer program that takes into account sale prices for nearby homes that appear comparable, the size and other physical attributes of the home, its past sales history and tax-assessment data, says Stan Humphries, vice president of data and analytics...Zillow isn't the only site offering such free estimates. Others include RealEstate.com, RealEstateABC.com and Reply.com. But Zillow's site gets more traffic than those rivals."

FULL STORY: How Good Are Zillow's Estimates?

Thursday, February 15, 2007 in The Wall Street Journal

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