For years, the accuracy of Zillow’s Zestimate, the property value estimation tool that appears on every listing on Zillow, sometimes stood as a source of contention for real estate professionals and ...

Zillow’s estimate of a home’s value, called the Zestimate, can be powerful: Some homeowners track them like a stock, and when it gets to a certain point, they may decide to sell. Home shoppers gauge ...

But Zillow wants to do something about it, and it’s offering up a sizable carrot for anyone who can make the Zestimate better: $1 million. Zillow is offering up the $1 million in a contest it’s ...

Barbara Andersen says Zillow’s “sloppy” Zestimate is making it difficult to sell her Illinois home. (Zillow Photo by VHT Studios). Since its inception, Zillow’s home-value calculator, know as the ...