SpotandStalk
Senior Member
I'm in the market to buy my 1st home but have no clue as to what to start an offer at. How accurate are the home values on qpublic?
Zillow is a reasonable place to check, and it will list all the historical sales prices of the home. You can also check the same for the surrounding houses and other houses in the area with similar features. If a home is for sale, it will show it's listing price alongside the "Zestimate". Any not for sale homes in the area will just show the Zestimate along with historical sales prices for the home.
In general, Zillow's Zestimate Zucks.
In a home with cookie-cutter homes they may value the first 4 on a street at $200K and the fifth one will come in at $150K. They are a lot better than they used to be, but they do have a consistency problem.
I'm in the market to buy my 1st home but have no clue as to what to start an offer at. How accurate are the home values on qpublic?
not accurate...qpublic, zillow,et al...consult a Realtor to figure that out. If I rep the buyer I always start with asking the Listing broker, how did you come up with the price? Some use science and are quickly able to explain themselves...some respond with "I told the seller it should be around X amount, but the seller insisted on listing it at the amount their cousin sold their home for 6 miles away and 4 months ago".
If you are in metro Atl I can help with a number, just pm me the subject property and your thoughts.
# always write an appraisal contingency into every purchase, regardless if you feel the price is accurate or not. I encounter issues monthly were I show 42 houses in a small area to a buyer, we settle on one, get it under contract for say 200k, then the appraiser from 60 miles and 5 counties away shows up to hopefully agree with our price, but doesn't go inside the other 41 houses, just the 42nd home..
Now you can look at the previous sales of the home and others in the neighborhood to get an idea of the market in that area. Should be listed on the bottom of the card.
Use the map to bring up the adjacent properties and others in the neighborhood.
one thing you need to do ,be sure you go to what ever property you are looking at during all times of the day and weekends. you never know what goes on around there after hours or on weekend days and nights. i'v been about to buy a property and decided to go back on a weekend afternoon and found the place entirely different than during a week day.I'm in the market to buy my 1st home but have no clue as to what to start an offer at. How accurate are the home values on qpublic?
one thing you need to do ,be sure you go to what ever property you are looking at during all times of the day and weekends. you never know what goes on around there after hours or on weekend days and nights. i'v been about to buy a property and decided to go back on a weekend afternoon and found the place entirely different than during a week day.