Zillow Advice Topics 312675 to 312743

• Why is so difficult to remove agent info from Zillow?
• Why is so expensive for new realtors to start? — School, PSI exam, fingerprinting,Getting license from Board,Joining/mandatory/all the Boards(county,state,national ...
• Why is so hard to get an equity loan if you own your house free and clear and on social security — The payments can be automatically deducted from the bank
• Why is so much sale data from my community missing? — most of the sales from 2010-2011 (and probably other years) do not show up.  None of the acution ...
• Why is so much valuation based on original purchase price? I bought my home undervalued.
• Why is sold abutter home not recognized for comp when houses not relative in location and/or type r?
• Why is some of the data inaccurate? — I rented this home... it only has 2 full baths, not 2.5.
• Why is some of your data so inconsistent? — On May 7, 2011 you emailed me that my home value increased by $6,000 or 1.5%. On June 2, 2011 you emailed ...
• Why is some one else's phone number attached to our home? We're FSBO no realtor involved! — Our home is listed on this site as FSBO and someone has their phone number on top of the picture which ...
• Why is some smaller house has a much higher Zillow Estimate value than the bigger house next door? — Why is some house all of a sudden has a higher estimate from Zillow than few months before?
• Why is southboro an excellent locale? — Southboro is a small town, in the metro west area of Boston, that has a perfect locale ...
• Why is square footage shown as 3,451 when tax records show 2,405?
• Why is square footage wrong? — Tax records show 1282ft.
• Why is street map so out of date? Vacant land has been build for years.
• Why is taking so long to buy a short sale? — We put our offer in on April 16th.  Seller accepted.  Bank did appraisal.  What the heck ...
• Why is tax history missing from my neighbors Zillow listing? Mine is current and four others only s — Why is tax history missing from my neighbors Zillow listing? Mine is current and four others only show ...
• Why is tax history suddenly not on the listings? — Tax history is a critical factor in selecting properties to pursue. Why is tax history suddenly not ...
• Why is th propery sq footage wrong on your website — I have 2 lots with this home for a total of .21 acres. You show 9000 sq ft.
• Why is that I have a listing advertised on Zillow but then the site says that I have 0 listings? — This listing was showing on the zillow site but now it is gone. This listing is still active in GAMLS, ...
• Why is that Zillow has not updated zestimate when comps and improvements show higher value?
• Why is that a listing will only appear when you enter the complete address and not when searching — the city and address?
• Why is that my nice , remodeled house is valued less that my neighbor's across street ?
• Why is that photo so outdated? It must have been taken a few years ago before landscaping was done.
• Why is that property lower in value than the sorounding properties?
• Why is that the estimation jump 3x in the first 3 month of 2009?
• Why is that there are so many mistakes in my Zillow listing? — said, There is a pool.... NO POOLsaid, Sold 2001 for $5,800.00 . . . .SOLD FOR $58,000.00said, Shake ...
• Why is that when I look at a RE/MAX listing an agent from another Broker comes up as the contact???? — RE/MAX listings should not be given out as "leads" to other Broker's/Agents because they bought ...
• Why is that when I receive my "home report" it still says that my home is for sale when it's not? — I've been having problems with Zillow stating that my home is for sale when it's not.  The real ...
• Why is that whenever I answer a question, my photo does not show up? ...randy
• Why is that??? — I am very confused that the house next to ours is smaller and worth 100,000 dollars more. Also in the ...
• Why is the Z-estimate for this property going down while 307 (same bldg) is going up? — There is no difference in the overall units, and, in fact, 201 is bigger.   Same holds for other ...
• Why is the "Create an estimate" button missing from my home's page? Any help would be nice. Thanks. — The button to create an estimate doesn't show up on my home's zillow page, but I can see it on other ...
• Why is the "Make-Me-Move" price so high? — The Zillow "Make-Me-Move" price may not reflect realtor estimates for this property or current market ...
• Why is the "Making Homes Afforable" Program taking sooo long?
• Why is the "Recently Sold For" price off by 100 grand?
• Why is the "Recently Sold" price incorrect? — I recently bought my property for $340,000. However the Zillow recently sold price is $390,000. Why ...
• Why is the "See listing website" website, NOT THE LISTING AAGENT WEBSITE? This is very "misleading". — .
• Why is the "See listing website" website, NOT THE LISTING AAGENT WEBSITE? This is very "misleading". — I believe teh fact that agents that are not the listing agents and are swooping in on all of these homes ...
• Why is the "Zestimate" for my house 15%, or more, lower than nearby comps that are for sale? — If I search for homes for sale using the following criteriasame number of bedroomssame number bathssame ...
• Why is the "Zestimate" so far off from the asking price of the property? — This property has had the same ownership since 1967. The actual size of the property is approximately ...
• Why is the "Zestimate" so low? — Zillow isn't calculating the value of the additional square feet added, and probably not the acreage, ...
• Why is the "Zestimate" value $50 K LOWER than the "CYBERHOMES" value estimate???
• Why is the "call my phone" always not available? — I have tried for several weeks to list my house on Zillow as FSBO. When I get to the last where it says ...
• Why is the "last sale price" used to formulate the zestimate? This doesn't make sense. — We're in a similar situation as bclark1129 where our home has more amenities and a larger lot than the ...
• Why is the "make me move" price quote so low on this listing?
• Why is the "make me move" price so low in comparison to your estimate? — This represents the Comparative Market Analysis facts for my neighborhood.
• Why is the "neighborhood" so wildly inaccurate? "Preston Hollow" is one tiny part of this area. — Zillow identifies WAY too large an area as being a certain neighborhood. I realize it probably would ...
• Why is the "neighborhood" wrong? — These condos are in SUMMERLIN. The Desert Shores streets are not technically in Summerlin. Why not ...
• Why is the "recently sold" price incorrect?
• Why is the "three" and "Local" so important? — Why do I see so many post where most every RE Agent advises people to interview three Local ...
• Why is the "view" of a house listed as a "pre-foreclosure" shows the GoogleView of our house? — Who do we contact at Zillow to resolve an error in the associated Google View of a neighbor's house?
• Why is the "zestimate" on my home so low. — The first "zestimate" you gave on it was 209,000 -you then changed it to not for sale - altho it is ...
• Why is the "zestimate"on our house so low compared to neighboring homes? — Our home was "zestimated" at $284,000.  Suddenly, it took a plunge to $266,500, but neighboring ...
• Why is the $ per sq ft so far below its comps? — So I am curious why the price per sq ft this house is being estimated at is $168 vs. the comps which ...
• Why is the $/sqft for my house significantly less than all the houses on the street — The $/sqft for my house is estimated to be $172/sqft, which is significantly less than the 11 other ...
• Why is the 'street view' of 2423 NE 11th in Portland, OR, of a house around the corner on Brazee St
• Why is the 1-year and 5-year Zestimate chart for my home incomplete? — The Zestimate chart for my home is incomplete. It used to show up fine, but now it only covers the last ...
• Why is the 12/99 40k purchase not figured into the zestimate?
• Why is the 15 year mortgage down today when the 30 year is up almost 25 bps?
• Why is the 19 Commodore Ct. house still listed on zillow when it has been sold?
• Why is the 1986 purchase price much higher than what I actually paid? — In 1986 I paid $91,500.00 and your site list $305,000.00 I cannot locate where the error is listed on ...
• Why is the 2000sf unfinished basement with an open trench counted in this home's sf?
• Why is the 2008 property tax so high, when rates are about 1% to 1.5% of the selling price?
• Why is the 2008 tax value erroneous? I did not put this value in there and it is wrong. — Also... the website shows that the home has been on Zillow for 205 days and this is incorrect.  ...
• Why is the 2008 taxes paid amount incorrect? Does it effect the valuation of my home?
• Why is the 2009 Property Tax information listed wrong on my home. — In the Charts & Data section of my home the 2009 Property Taxes are listed at over  $2,000.00 ...
• Why is the 2009 property tax not listed under Home Details? — I was checking Zillow's info on our house per recent email you sent regarding property taxes; the tax ...
• Why is the 2009 propery tax on this home so low ($838?)?
• Why is the 2011 tax assessment not shown for my property? — The tax assessment for my property went up between 2010 and 2011 yet your Zestimate has the value going ...