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Savvy real estate agents look beyond ChatGPT

Housing Wire

Too many real estate agents are watching artificial intelligence (AI) from the sidelines, assuming technology will never replace them. They repeat the mantra “Home buyers and sellers will always need a real estate agent.” So how can real estate agents be so cavalier about their job?

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Zillow: Over half of our iBuying inventory is on the move

Housing Wire

But the division produced a $421 million loss before taxes, and analysis from KeyBanc and industry analyst Mike DelPrete as well as anecdotes from real estate agents indicated Zillow paid more than market value for homes. .

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Is Your “Crazy” Neighbor Lowering Your Home’s Value?

Cleveland Appraisal Blog

Could being located next to a property that is an eye-sore cause a loss in market value to your home? Part of our work as appraisers is to consider whether situations like this are influencing the market value of the home we are appraising. Of course, that’s not the same as market value.

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Seattle’s already-hot real estate market is exploding

Housing Wire

The number of days on the market before an offer is accepted is usually six days, and everyone knows it’s going to sell above market value.” cities determined that Seattle is the top market for real estate agents to currently work in. . “That’s incredibly strong appreciation.

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Zillow to kill its iBuying program

Housing Wire

The prior announcement was stunning in its own right, and led to revelations that the company bought homes for well above market value, and re-listing homes for less than what they were bought for. The purchase has triggered a Federal Trade Commission inquiry regarding Zillow’s array of agent and consumer data.

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What Impact Do Renovations Have on Appraisal Value?

Birmingham Appraisal

Contrary to what you see on the home improvement shows it is not always possible for an appraiser to shoot from the hip and reply back “An updated kitchen will add $50,000 to the value of your house” There are so many factors that must be taken into consideration. appeared first on Birmingham Appraisal Blog.

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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. An error rate refers to the frequency or proportion of errors in a set of data.