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It's worth it to create a login & enter in your upgrades, so your ZESTIMATE goes up.

Very nice, thank you, my Zillow estimate is now $5965 higher. We have no intention to sell but if we do, at least I can start the negotiations at a higher price point by pointing to Zillow.

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Incredible -- I just did the same, and my house's "zestimate" went up about $20,000.

Of course, if I compare my house to actual sales in the neighborhood over the past few months, that's probably 10% high, so correcting Zillow's data about my house made the zestimate less accurate, not more.

Try changing the number of bedrooms. That used to have an effect, even for the same square footage. In one case, 2 bedrooms came out higher than 3.

You just have been 'rewarded' for your interaction with the platform. Thank you.

Ooooor, Zillow has no way of knowing that you've renovated your kitchen unless you tell them you have...

But yeah, your conspiracy theory nonsense is probably just as legitimate.

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