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This is a follow up post from a phone call and then another phone call from Zillow to me on a previous post I did just a few weeks ago.  'The Ruckus'

Zillow provided a data table on my Schaumburg IL area stating the Year over Year market change (-5.8%) which I was in total disagreement with.  I provided closed figures that proved them wrong in my area with the current MLS stats.  The info that Zillow is using is such an unbelievably broad territory it's going beyond ridiculous.  There wasn't any way that I could find (Google Earth) what would show you how large the area is except to say probably half of Delaware!  It encompassed the entire City of Chicago, Northern IL with Naperville and Joliet to the south, Indiana (parts?), and Wisconsin (parts?).   But we all know that all real estate is Local.  That each individual market is different - sometimes even subdivision to subdivision.  So what's with those figures?

Does Zillow want to perpetuate a negative marketplace?

Let's get back to those numberz again - the MLS stats that Zillow does not have.  Again I asked the question, where does Zillow get it's numberz?  No exact answer, too much reply.

A thought ~~ If Realtors do 80% of the business then they would have the majority of closed sales data in the MLS, not to mention the most up to date.  I know that at any given time I can go to the MLS in my area and pull up CURRENT UP TO THE MINUTE SALES stats for my area.  My numbers were also verified by other agents in my office just to be sure that the info I provided was totally correct.  But Zillow doesn't belong to our MLS?  Hmmm.....

SO WHAT SAY YOU ON A COUPLE OF POINTS ~~

1)   I do not believe that I should have received 'harassment' like phone calls from a Zillow coordinator to 'change my numberz'.  I thought that we were not to contact each other in a harassing manner for any reason no matter what the disagreement.  AR, thru email contact and phone, did not seem to feel that this was at all serious.  Hope your seeing what I mean here!

Not to mention that the post had seen alot of activity saying that Zillow's numberz were not correct in my area would basically give them bad press and a black eye.  Wouldn't I change my mind?

2)   There is no contact phone number for the Zillow coordinator in his AR profile.  There is no business address of a brick and mortar building listed on his profile - why not?  Doesn't seem like good business ethics on the part of AR to let that slip by.  Just curious as to why you wouldn't provide all your contact info? 

3)   I really love AR and all the great contacts and info I've received since joining.  But I would have to say I was deeply upset at the corporate response in this regard.  No policing, heck I read them the rules from the website!  Maybe it's just because I'm a women and someone tried to ruffle my 'Midwest Feathers' and make me knuckle under that I mostly object too.  We are all entitled to our opinions no matter what they are.

So here comes another black eye Zillow!