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by loftyai 2501 days ago
Totally understandable that $100/month may be steep for a nationwide list when you would only want Atlanta. We do plan to add a cheaper tier where you can select just one or a few cities.

As far as having a Zestimate like tool - most of our models have focused on predicting future appreciation. That being said, our instantaneous pricing tool often gives similar estimates to Zestimate but differs from Zestimates a decent amount of the time. I know Zestimate reports having quite a high accuracy but anecdotally it can be way off, especially when comparing the Zestimate for a property to what it ends up being listed and sold for. Part of that is i think is, as you mentioned, there data is better than nothing. We have recently begun tracking our internal instantaneous pricing estimate VS zestimates for properties before they go on the market and comparing who was closer to the sale price so that will be interesting to see.

Appreciate the feedback though as we are looking for the best balance between sharing insights and data and protecting it so as to generate the strongest leads with the highest conversion rate.

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You should track your internal estimates against Redfin instead/also. They tend to be more accurate, at least in the Bay Area.
That's interesting, we'll take a look. Thanks for the suggestion!