Probably. Zillow's Zestimate uses a national algorithm that has no idea your home sits on 5 acres in Oxford, has 200 feet of Lake Orion frontage, was renovated in 2023, or backs to protected farmland. Their median error rate on off-market homes in our area runs 6–11% — that's $50,000 to $150,000 wrong on a $750K property. The real number depends on three things their algorithm cannot see: your specific land, your specific upgrades, and what's actually selling within a half-mile radius of you in the last 60 days. I pull all three for you, by hand, in 24 hours. Free, no obligation, no spammy follow-up. Just the number.
Why my number is different from Zillow's
-I walk your comps. Zillow can't tell that the house that sold for $850K down the road has a finished basement and yours doesn't. I can.
-I price the land separately. In acreage and lakefront markets, the land carries a huge chunk of the value. National algorithms blend it into the structure value and miss badly.
-I factor in pending sales and pocket listings. Zillow can only see closed sales. I see what's under contract right now and what's about to hit — which tells you where prices are going, not just where they were.
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