Confused By Some Data On Zillow? You Are Not Alone! Here Is Why It Happens!


Confused By Some Data On Zillow? You Are Not Alone! Here Is Why It Happens!
By Scott Rogers • October 23, 2020
If you use Zillow to peruse real estate listings or to search for your dream home, you might be baffled at some of the data you are seeing sometimes... a seven car garage? a basement when there is no basement? 3.5 bathrooms = 4 bathrooms? a townhouse = a condo? $600 per month homeowner association fees? If you're getting confused when perusing the details of a property on Zillow, don't spend too much time trying to figure out what is going on. It's much more likely that Zillow is unintentionally creating the confusion than it is that the property is actually that confusing. The details of any given property on Zillow end up being a combination of data from the local real estate records (for example Harrisonburg and Rockingham County) which is then combined with, augmented by, corrected by the data coming from the MLS. It's the latter half of that (data from the MLS) that can end up causing some of the confusion. Basically, our MLS has one set of fields in its database, and the data in those fields is feeding into another set of similar but not identical fields in the Zillow database. Sometimes the data coming out of the MLS doesn't quite end up where it ought to on Zillow, causing Zillow to show some erroneous and confusing property details. So - if you're stumped by some of the details of a property on Zillow - do not fret - just shoot me an email (scott@hhtdy.com) and I'll see if I can sort things out for you. Receive Updates by Email Recent Articles: There Are Plenty Of Types Of Houses That Exist That Just Are Not Available To Purchase Home Sales By Price Range In The City Of Harrisonburg Are You Compromising On Aspects Of Your Next Home That You Can Or Cannot Change Later? How Much Slower Are The Winter Months In Our Local Housing Market? Rockingham County and New Home Sales Drive Surge in Area Housing Market Find The Balance Between Optimistic And Realistic Home Pricing Room Size Is Difficult To Understand Solely From Real Estate Photos How Much Would You Value Not Having To Prepare Your Home For Showings? One Out Of Four Homes Is Taking Longer Than A Month To Sell Consider The Cost Of Your Planned Renovations When Planning Your Offer
Have any questions? Contact Scott Rogers at 540-578-0102 or scott@funkhousergroup.com
Based on information from the Harrisonburg-Rockingham Association of REALTORS® or its MLS, for the period Jan 1, 2000 through Nov 21, 2024 (unless otherwise noted).
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