Comments on: Zillow Ain’t Got Nothin’ On Cyberhomes, So We Got The Latter

By: thefrontsteps

thefrontsteps — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 16:24:11 +0000

Gary,

It’s our understanding that Reggie is no longer with Cyberhomes, so don’t expect a reply. Regardless, we appreciate your comments.

By: Gary

Gary — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 23:11:33 +0000

Reggie,
Your post from 1/15/09 is total B.S. There’s no “contact” link and no place on the CyberHomes web pages to leave feedback. The only reason I was able to get in touch with your support department is because I saw the “Company Info” link, and that page said you were affiliated with http://www.ListingBook.com. I had to go to the ListingBook web site to ask for support…..which was fruitless. Nothing ever gets fixed anyway.

Cyberhomes is totally useless at finding valuations. It only finds about one in thirty homes.

By: Gary

Gary — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 22:52:57 +0000

Cyberhomes is totally useless at finding valuations. It only finds about one in thirty homes. I’ve written their support department a couple of times, but nothing gets fixed.

I get values from four other sites and average them. Sometimes, I’ll throw out one or more, if they’re too far off from the others. I use Zillow.com, eppraisal.com, HomeGain.com and City-Data.com. With City-Data, do the zip code search first. When you get the demographics for that zip code, move down a little and input the address. Then just click on “estimate”.

By: Micah

Micah — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 21:37:58 +0000

I also found Cyberhomes to be inaccurate. The information is over a decade old – apparently because it relies upon public records which haven’t been updated despite the fact that the information has to be at least 3 sales transaction old (major remodel several transactions ago). One of the major fallacies of their method is that they depend on county assessors to keep this information accurate.

Another issue is that the site lists “comparables” in undesirable neighborhoods that are geographically near, but don’t take into account realities (inner city living sometimes means desirable neighborhoods are near less desirable neighborhoods and one nearby listing may be relevant while another is completely irrelevant).

Nice to see another competitor to Zillow, but I wish you could update the home facts (can’t find any info whatsoever on their site with directions on how to change the basic facts to be considered for its valuation).

By: Renee

Renee — Mon, 10 May 2010 02:35:29 +0000

Just discovered CyberHomes, and found that my house is listed as “distressed” with a list price that’s $70K lower than what we paid for it when we bought it. Oddly enough, they have a record of the sale, less than two years ago, but our house has been “listed” at that price for 690 days. I think we’d know.

Zillow’s estimate seems to be much more in line with what I’ve seen, by closely monitoring what homes are going for around me, and the condition they are in. We bought during the decline, and while we got a great price, it’s worthwhile to have some notion of what prices are doing. I guess I’ll keep using Zillow and my local resources.

By: dmitryb

dmitryb — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 19:41:44 +0000

As of now Cyberhomes shows my property at 75% the price it should be (based on recent sales of similar units in the very same complex, which don’t even show up in Cyberhomes’ outdated list of comparable homes). Zillow is more on target. Since Mint.com has chosen to use Cyberhomes as their only real estate engine, this is a bit annoying.

By: Tony

Tony — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 05:51:23 +0000

I think the last post is bias ether a Realtor or under water seller, ether way there’s no way their 50% off . the issue I have with zillow is it seems to be now controlled and even heard \funded by the NAR and we all know they what to keep the prices up to keep their outrageous fees intact

By: DAVID

DAVID — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 20:55:45 +0000

I HAVE COMPAIRED SALE VALUES BETWEEN CYBERHOMES AND ZILLOW IN MY LOCAL NEIGHBORHOOD, USUALLY HOMES SALE FOR AS MUCH AS TWICE THE EST. OF CYBERHOMES, ZILLOW IS ABOUT 25% OFF…BEING TOO LOW. NEITHER ONE OF THSES SITES ARE GOOD IN A HISTORIC OR OLDER NEIGHBORHOOD, IN WHICH THERE IS A GREAT DIFFERENCE IN HOUSING STYLES AND CONDITION.

By: Anthony

Anthony — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 18:33:11 +0000

Cyberhomes has the square footage of my home half the actual size. How come the data is wrong, and how can it be fixed?

By: Louis Cammarosano

Louis Cammarosano — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 22:41:59 +0000

Good idea, sorry I am a year late contact me
louis at homegain.com