Why Can’t You Trust Zillow?

Zillow’s own CEO sold his home for 40% less than the Zestimate.

There are a variety of opportunities in the Phoenix Real Estate Market for both buyers and sellers. If you're a prospective buyer click here for a full home search, or if you're considering placing your home on the market, get a free home value report, right here.

Can you trust  Zillow home valuations?

It’s very risky. All Zillow does is create an algorithm, which is a mathematical equation that is right sometimes and wrong many other times. When looking at different neighborhoods, the type of neighborhood you're in can go a long way in determining how close Zillow’s Zestimate will be.
If you’re on an acre of land in a farm community, the Zestimate may not be as accurate as it would be if you were in a tract home community. Zillow can’t see the inside of your home. They don’t know about things like updates or whether the home was a distressed sale. There are simply too many factors that go into a home’s value, so you need to work with a trusted real estate advisor to get an accurate home valuation.

Zillow’s own CEO sold his home for 40% less than the Zestimate.

In fact, Zillow's CEO himself probably doesn’t trust their Zestimates. He recently sold his home for a staggering 40% less than what that Zestimate said it was worth!

If you have any questions about home values or you’d like a free, accurate valuation of your Phoenix home, give me a call or send me an email. I’d be happy to help.

How to Increase Your Home's Resale Value

There are a lot of ways to increase your home's value when it comes time to sell. They can be large or small-scale projects depending on your individual situation.

There are a variety of opportunities in the Phoenix Real Estate Market for both buyers and sellers. If you're a prospective buyer click here for a full home search, or if you're considering placing your home on the market, get a free home value report, right here.

How can you increase your home's resale value?

To make the best first impression on buyers, you want to bring in a professional to give you advice on decluttering and staging your home. If you don't want to go through a full renovation, there are a number of small improvements you can make to your home in order to increase its value.

In fact, these are the kinds of upgrades we specialize in.

Sometimes, for example, you can just paint cabinets instead of replacing them. Replacing carpet is also a fix that takes less than a day. The same goes for painting a few walls.

You can increase your home's value with small, easy improvements.

These are just a few of the suggestions we might give you if you brought us out to your home for a look at your individual situation.

Once you figure out your home improvements, how can your real estate agent improve your home's value? That's a bit trickier. Most agents put a sign in the yard, put the home on the MLS, and pray that it sells. That's not how we do things at the Altman Group. We have a comprehensive marketing plan to get you more money in less time.

If you have any questions about adding value to your home or how we can help you sell fast for more money, give me a call or send me an email. I'd love to continue this conversation with you!