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05-12-2017, 01:05 PM
Homeowner sues Zillow for allegedly undervaluing her home
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Zillow's housing price estimate tool is facing its first legal challenge.
An Illi**is homeowner filed a lawsuit against the online real estate database this week, claiming the company's "Zestimates" feature lowballed the value of her house.
SEE ALSO: 13 U.S. cities where millennials can't afford to buy a house (http://mashable.com/2015/06/14/cities-millennials-afford-home/)
Since Zillow obviously can't take a tour of every house in the country, "Zestimates" are based on tax data and other public records that are fed into the company's proprietary algorithm. That means they don't directly account for factors like remodels and the individual merits of each home. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/05/11/zillow-lawsuit-homeowner/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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Zillow's housing price estimate tool is facing its first legal challenge.
An Illi**is homeowner filed a lawsuit against the online real estate database this week, claiming the company's "Zestimates" feature lowballed the value of her house.
SEE ALSO: 13 U.S. cities where millennials can't afford to buy a house (http://mashable.com/2015/06/14/cities-millennials-afford-home/)
Since Zillow obviously can't take a tour of every house in the country, "Zestimates" are based on tax data and other public records that are fed into the company's proprietary algorithm. That means they don't directly account for factors like remodels and the individual merits of each home. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/05/11/zillow-lawsuit-homeowner/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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