Do you really think that Zillow would demand information from the NAR that it had ALREADY obtained from “open sources”? I doubt it...
Do you really think that such so-called “open source” information includes the age and condition of a house’s appliances? Or the age and condition of its roof? Or the quality and condition of its landscaping? Or whether the floor plan is “chopped-up” or privacy-free “open”? Or whether its basement floods? Or...? I doubt it...
Zillow may be concerned that its minions slaving away in cube-farms in India to massage the “data” they presently receive from “open sources” in America often produce “Zestimates” that are useless JOKES.
Of course, you are free to prefer alien labor to American labor. And free to trust a easily-obtained “Zestimate” to your own well-considered estimate of value to YOU.
But, IMHO, Zillow makes money the old-fashioned way. It STEALS it.
“And free to trust a easily-obtained “Zestimate” to your own well-considered estimate of value to YOU.”
When the founder/owner/leader of Zillow placed his own property for sale, the Zestimate was off by something like 30 percent. true story.
Ain’t algo rythms sumpin special?