Finding Comparables
Does anyone have insights on how Zillow gets their comps? I’m too cheap to pay for Property Shark ($60/month???) but Zillow’s comps seem awfully high. Are there other good sources for comps?
Does anyone have insights on how Zillow gets their comps? I’m too cheap to pay for Property Shark ($60/month???) but Zillow’s comps seem awfully high.
Are there other good sources for comps?
For $10/mo you can get a Street Easy account which gives you recent sales info. That is what I finally did.
Maly’s right, but you only get to do three comps searches with your free Property Shark account and I used those up.
There was an article in the NYT about 3 or 4 years ago about Zillow which said just what you are suggesting: comps are too high. You may want to locate that article for the needed insight. I’ve checked my own house on Zillow a few times and to tell you the truth, if I thought I could have gotten what they were suggesting, I’d probably be gone already.
Steve
You can use Property Shark for free, by tailoring the comp search until it only returns 3 sales ( the free amount). You should restrict the search parameter in terms of use (ie 1-3 family) and space (ie 2,800 to 3,600sf) and radius (<.5 mile), until you have the most relevant comps listed.