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Looking for Real Estate website in Seattle?

i heard of some website that shows you home price sales using those google map thingies. something like Zillow? perhaps HomePriceMaps.com?

Public Comments

1. Zillow is extremely inaccurate. Don't rely on it! Actually no matter what they do, they can't make it as accurate as someone seeing your property in person and taking the position of your home or condo, upgrades, current repairs and history, maintenance items, damages, disclosures, neighborhood noise and comparable sold properties into consideration before pricing your home accurately. Pricing your home even just 5% over market value can cause you to lose 80%+ of the buyers because either you home won't show in their radar or your home will be compared with a more valuable competition. So be careful when it comes to pricing. The market will determine the value of your property only if you initially set the correct price. Otherwise, if you don't, people will wonder why a property has been sitting on the market so long. The first two weeks your home is in the market is the most important! So what's the point getting the wrong value for your property? If you are serious in selling, speak to a professional. Most Realtors will tell you your home's value for free. Just ask!
2. Maybe this will help? http://marketplace.nwsource.com/realestate/?from=nwsnb ...and yes, Zillow is not very accurate now. I hear that it doesn't factor in the improvements made to the homes after they were purchased. But it is a cool idea though!
3. If you are looking for home values, consider this: 1. What you paid for your home does not affect its value. 2. The amount of cash you need from the sale of your home does not affect its value. 3. What you want for your home does not affect its value. 4. What a real estate agent says your home is worth does not affect its value. 5. An agent physically seeing your home doesn’t affect its value. 6. What a mathematical algorithm produces does not affect its value. The VALUE of your home is determined by what a BUYER is willing to pay in TODAY’s MARKET, based on COMPARING your home to others currently on the market.