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As a buyer, I checked "Make Me Move" for listings. What I saw was all priced way above current comparable listings. As if I'm going to pull up in a Rolls Royce with a checkbook because that was my grandmother's childhood home or something.
That said, if I'd seen a house I liked that wasn't ridiculously priced, I probably would've inquired. I think Zillow has functionality where you can put up info, including maybe contact info.
It's free right? Couldn't hoit.
I had the same experience as Cohdane and I actually even found a house that I really really liked. But it was priced about 50K more than similar houses in the neighborhood. Uh, no thanks.
As a realtor® I’ve posted houses on Zillow at the appropriate price and have received phone calls from people wanting me to show them other listings as well so it can be a good tool for realtors but Zillow does have its problems.
We used Zillow to research a house we found on Craigslist. We didn't like the "Make me move" feature but we do use it as a comprehensive tool for other real estate inquiries. They manage to compile quite a lot of info on one site, which is nice for inexperienced buyers/sellers. I think "Make Me Move" is just another gimmick that isn't working the way they intended.
I click on make me move, haven't seen what I am looking for is all.
I am now in a time zone where I need to start thinking about renting - I see they now have a box for that - but I have never seen one. I would love to see this become really populated as I search using the map.
In this market, the Make Me Move feature isn't worth much. But in a crazy sellers' market like the one 5-8 years ago it would have worked in some areas. I frequently got cards from realtors telling me they had clients who wanted a home just like mine and asking me to sell.
In a buyers' market, though, who would be looking to buy an overpriced home that might be available if the price is high enough?
I did put a Make Me Move price on mine, just for fun.
I did put a Make Me Move price on mine, just for fun.
There are tons of threads on this topic,... but that quote sums it up. The make me move people should understand is merely "for entertainment purposes only" Sure, we would all love to have someone come out of the blue and offer some stupid high amount of money for our house, but the fact of the matter,..It's not going to happen.
I think Zillow values are severely inflated at least here in CA because they are using comps from 2008. Cyberhomes seems to provide a better valuation.
Thank you. I went to Cyberhomes and compared to Zillow and Z is $ 40,000 higher in most cases for the 3 homes I looked at...so CH sounds more accurate ...?
Wow, just for comparision I just did the same. My primary home (a condo) was 51k higher on CH and my other home a SFH was about $25k higher on CH. I know that in both cases the lower number from Zillow is more accurate.
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Originally Posted by WannaliveinGreenville
Thank you. I went to Cyberhomes and compared to Zillow and Z is $ 40,000 higher in most cases for the 3 homes I looked at...so CH sounds more accurate ...?
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I went to Cyberhomes and compared to Zillow and Z is $ 40,000 higher in most cases for the 3 homes I looked at...so CH sounds more accurate ...?
