{"id":1710,"date":"2007-07-29T15:35:46","date_gmt":"2007-07-29T22:35:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=1710"},"modified":"2007-07-29T15:35:46","modified_gmt":"2007-07-29T22:35:46","slug":"cyberhomes-vs-zillow-dueling-valuation-tools-for-your-san-diego-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/1710\/cyberhomes-vs-zillow-dueling-valuation-tools-for-your-san-diego-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Cyberhomes vs. Zillow – Dueling Valuation Tools for Your San Diego Home"},"content":{"rendered":"

For the uninitiated, the title is a bad joke<\/a>. Moving on…<\/p>\n

At our most recent office meeting, between the property pitches and the vendor pitches, our office manager promoted our company’s new affiliation with Cyberhomes<\/a>. Now, being too lazy to do a site search this morning, Cyberhomes has undoubtedly been talked about ad nauseam here. And, as I have confessed many times lately, I have been too time-challenged to be the good little feed reader “reader” I should be of late, so the subject of Cyberhomes has probably been beat to death elsewhere. That’s the beauty of ignorance – I will barrel bravely ahead.<\/p>\n

Prudential California Realty is in Beta with their Cyberhomes affiliation. For now, a home valuation feature has been added to the Prudential website<\/a> but, ultimately the feature will be included in all individual agent pages. It is being promoted to us as superior to Zillow<\/a> in that (according to our office manager) it incorporates “MLS data as well as public records”. I found this confusing. Aren’t MLS sales ultimately a matter of public record and, therefore, inherent in the Zillow model as well? With the help of a colleague, we stumbled on what he meant.<\/p>\n

My colleague and I decided to play a little Zillow. In our version of investigative reporting, we proceeded to embark on some exhaustive comparative analysis. By exhaustive, I mean, we decided to look up the value of both of our own homes on both Zillow and Cyberhomes. Elbow to elbow, armed with dueling computers, undaunted by the challenges which might lay ahead, we Searched.<\/p>\n

In each case, our homes were valued approximately $150,000 lower on Cyberhomes than on Zillow. Bummer. Being blessed with the keen eye for detail, we suddenly realized that we live in the same<\/em> subdivision and in the same<\/em> model, one block apart. Where scientific method is concerned, we are the Suxors. What about a different neighborhood? I threw out the address of an active listing I have a mile away. Ready, set, show us the money! His “Zestimate” returned a number in the ballpark while my CyberValue (back off, I’m copyrighting that) Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

For the uninitiated, the title is a bad joke. Moving on… At our most recent office meeting, between the property pitches and the vendor pitches, our office manager promoted our company’s new affiliation with Cyberhomes. Now, being too lazy to do a site search this morning, Cyberhomes has undoubtedly been talked about ad nauseam here. 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