I stumbled on this stat while browsing Zillow comps last week, and it blew my mind how much a messy storage space can tank your value - has anyone else noticed listing photos making or breaking a sale?
I was dead set on a fixer-upper in a cheaper part of town for months, then my agent showed me the comps on a tiny house near the new light rail stop in Denver. It appraised for 15% more than the ask just because of that stop. Has anyone else been surprised by what a transit line actually does to value?
Last month I had this listing in a 1950s ranch in Austin, nothing special. But every single person who walked through kept talking about this one walk-in closet off the master bedroom. It was maybe 6x8 feet with some custom shelving. I had back to back showings for 5 days straight and 12 out of 14 couples said the closet was their favorite part of the house. One guy even said he'd buy it just for that closet. Has anyone else had a random feature totally sell a house?
Man, I used to spend whole Saturdays driving to 5 or 6 open houses around Raleigh just to get a feel for a neighborhood. Now I just scroll Zillow for 30 minutes and I've seen 40 properties. But last week I walked into a place on Glenwood Ave that looked perfect online and the basement smelled like a swamp. Anyone else find online listings miss the whole vibe of a house?
I was looking up a house on Zillow in Austin last week and noticed the property tax history link. Clicked into it on the county appraisal site and found out the previous owners paid $87k in 2019 but the current owner bought it for $215k in 2021. That kind of flip data is gold for figuring out if a seller has room to negotiate. Has anyone else dug into those records for comps?
Hey guys, I'm trying to navigate the crazy 2026 housing market and looking into houston down payment assistance . Champions Mortgage keeps popping up in my research. Has anyone here actually used them to buy a house?