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Subject:        Re: MAPS-L: Zillow: Instant Home Valuations
Date:   Wed, 22 Feb 2006 11:59:57 -0600
From:   Salim Mohammed <[log in to unmask]>
To:     Maps, Air Photo & Geospatial Systems Forum <[log in to unmask]>
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>> It's only as good as the input data...  I tested it on my folks' place
>> and it gave me 1972 data--long since outdated by my father's renovation
>> of the place after 1980.
>
>
> I checked on a familiar location, too.   The valuation is
> not correct: it's higher than I know the assessment to
> be.

Also folks, remember too that these are valuation values, based on
publicly available information.  Often, depending of the place, the
sale/asking price can be much higher than valuation.  That's certainly
true in Madison, Wisconsin.

--
G. Salim Mohammed
Graduate Student, School of Library & Information Studies
Field Project Student, Wendt Library
University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA

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