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I am a buyer and looking for prices that other buyers paid for their properties within the last coupon months in certain areas, so that I can make a reasonable offer to the seller. What websites are best to use to get information like this?
Zillow is not reliable. You can check out Realtor.com, or better yet, have a realtor to a free market anaysis on your home.
i agree about the "zestimates", but if you look up the tax and sale info - that is accurate as it's being taken from tax records.
you can go to NJ.com also and they have a link where you can look up sales of homes anywhere in the state in the past 7 years, searchable by name or street. tax info is there also.
Thanks for all your responses. My concern is that as I am the buyer, the real estate agent is not really working on my behalf (She is representing the seller). If I ask for her market analysis and the current market value of the house that I am interested in buying, she will just give me the listing price, which we all know that it was priced higher intentionally most of the time. How do I negotiate a fair price with the Seller without paying $30 to domania.com? I pay the $30 if I have to but just want to know if there are other alternatives.
If you're talking about the listing agent, yes, she is working with the seller, and cannot represent you objectively. You can work with another agent, that will work for YOU, and you won't have to pay any fees.
Last edited by Global Friend; 06-30-2007 at 10:59 AM..
Zillow is not reliable. You can check out Realtor.com, or better yet, have a realtor to a free market anaysis on your home.
Man, you real estate agents are petrified of zillow aren't you? It's kind of a blanket statement to say its not reliable but it's just not true.
Its always available. The map features are great. It has sales history and tax info for many homes. The zestimates (guess at what a house is worth) are definately accurate in some areas, although admittedly, not in all areas. I find the zestimates are more accurate in developments with recent sales where's there more similar sales data to cull.
Try NJ.com home sales records, they list all the homes (in your chosen zip code) by street, that have sold in the last 18 months and the selling amount.
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