Should You Trust Zillow and Trulia Real Estate Estimates?

There’s no denying the popularity of Zillow and Trulia. The question is should you trust in Zillow and Trulia Real Estate Estimates? If you just love looking at homes online and are not actually considering buying or selling a home this might not be an issue for you. If you’re seriously getting into the research phase of your home search you may want to look a little closer at the accuracy of their data and zestimates for home values. In fact, take a look at what their own sites say about the accuracy of their data. Check out the infographic below and the video where we recorded a visit to Zillow’s site:

How Accurate Is Zillow for St Louis Real Estate?

The most direct way to answer this question is to visit Zillow’s web site where they disclose their accuracy rates for each state and county.
Zillow uses a star rating system.

4 Stars = Best Zestimate
3 Stars = Good Zestimate
2 Stars = Fair Zestimate
1 Star = Tax Assesor’s Value or unable to compute Zestimate accuracy

Video of Zillow’s Accuracy Rating for St Louis Real Estate

Click here to see Zillow’s accuracy rates by area (Updated August 2016)

If you clicked the link, or watched the video you found out that Zillow’s accuracy rate is only 1 star out of 4. Basically, not much above the data at the tax assessor’s database.

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