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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 and it gave me 1972 data--long since outdated by my father's renovation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.
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> 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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