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Home Appraisals vs Online Home Value Calculators

D Fritz Appraisals

Home Appraisals and Online Home Value Estimates Are NOT the Same Thing. On-site vs. Online: Proper Home Appraisals Need to be Done in Person. With so many types of transactions solely being handled online these days, it’s tempting to want to complete your required home appraisals entirely online and leave it at that.

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How to Price Your Home for the Current Market

Eppraisal

Knowing how to price your home correctly isn’t rocket science, but it’s still tricky.    Property Valuation Your home value is the primary determiner of your asking price. Your biases toward certain home qualities may skew your calculations, so be aware of such tendencies.  Better

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That Zestimate is NOT Accurate

Lamacchia Realty

“The Zestimate® home valuation model is Zillow’s estimate of a home’s market value. A Zestimate incorporates public, MLS and user-submitted data into Zillow’s proprietary formula, also taking into account home facts, location and market trends. What exactly is a Zestimate?

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Fluffing, decreases home values

Town & Country Residential Appraisals

Why are real estate agents among the top 10 most hated professions? We’ve seen 1 bedroom homes “fluffed” into 4 bedrooms, and 0 bath homes “fluffed” into 1 bath homes - BY BROKERS?! But to the original claim that fluffing decreases home values, lets explore how. Where is the standard?

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Should Home Sellers Get an Appraisal Before Listing? Here’s Why It’ll Cost You

Realtor

“Appraisals aren’t done at the beginning because the lender wants to assign the appraisal company that they work with,” says Julie Upton , a Realtor® in California’s Marin County. Appraisal value isn’t always the same as market value. So how is market value determined, if not with an appraisal?

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Should Home Sellers Get an Appraisal Before Listing? Here’s Why It’ll Cost You

Realtor

“Appraisals aren’t done at the beginning because the lender wants to assign the appraisal company that they work with,” says Julie Upton , a Realtor® in California’s Marin County. Appraisal value isn’t always the same as market value. So how is market value determined, if not with an appraisal?

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What’s a House Worth? Wall Street Turns to Drive-By ‘Appraisals’

Realtor

Luke Sharrett for The Wall Street Journal When Blackstone Group LP wanted to borrow hundreds of millions of dollars to buy foreclosed homes after the housing crash, it needed a quick, inexpensive way to value thousands of houses the investment firm already owned and was offering as collateral. It never did, said Ms.