Pictures for houses that just sold instantly scrubbed from the internet

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Nobody owes you pics of their interior space. They go up strictly to sell the home. You can figure your comps knowing the inside of a home isn't always available for your perusal.

This is the answer. Maybe you would like to see the inside of someone else's house, but that does not mean they are obligated to show it to you. This is true whether the house sold yesterday or 20 years ago.

Wrong. The inside is what it looked like to the previous owners not the new owners so the pics shall remain.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Nobody owes you pics of their interior space. They go up strictly to sell the home. You can figure your comps knowing the inside of a home isn't always available for your perusal.

This is the answer. Maybe you would like to see the inside of someone else's house, but that does not mean they are obligated to show it to you. This is true whether the house sold yesterday or 20 years ago.

Wrong. The inside is what it looked like to the previous owners not the new owners so the pics shall remain.

How shall they remain? They can be taken down by the various listing websites at request.

[Anonymous]

The minute I bought my house I removed photos from all online sites I could find. Tough for you cheapskate... my guess is you are trying to bid down a house and looking for excuses.

[Anonymous]

I assumed it was for privacy, but maybe it is also realtor’s protecting their industry but having less information out there to buyers who are trying to figure out the comps themselves.

Dunno, but I’ve also been frustrated when the interior photos are gone but that doesn’t mean I’m entitled to see them. As a recent buyer/seller, I’m glad the interior photos came down immediately. Just because someone wants comps does not make the interior of my home their business.

[Anonymous]

Maybe the realtor/buyer/seller reads DCUM and other sites that mock the interior photos and that’s why they take them down

[Anonymous]

I (buyer) asked my agent to take them down and he said he couldn't. How do I do this?

Ours absolutely were relevant to our tax assessment. Maybe they shouldn't have been, but when I called about an appeal it was clear they were a factor.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I (buyer) asked my agent to take them down and he said he couldn't. How do I do this?

Ours absolutely were relevant to our tax assessment. Maybe they shouldn't have been, but when I called about an appeal it was clear they were a factor.

What’s the reason? As the buyer, it not your furniture etc. in the listing pictures.

[Anonymous]

I had my home’s old photos removed from Zillow. I also requested that Google remove photos from its street view.

If/when I decide to list it I will include my photos.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I had my home’s old photos removed from Zillow. I also requested that Google remove photos from its street view.

If/when I decide to list it I will include my photos.

How did you get them to remove anything? They just blur part of the photo.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I had my home’s old photos removed from Zillow. I also requested that Google remove photos from its street view.

If/when I decide to list it I will include my photos.

How did you get them to remove anything? They just blur part of the photo.

Google I mean.

[Anonymous]

Thanks for the reminder to get our pictures taken down.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't get it why are the interior pictures of houses which just sold instantly removed off the internet? If you are looking at comps to see the inside this is important. Why do they do this? Is there anyway to see/find the interior pictures for that recently sold? Thank you.

I could see realtors doing this so you can’t run your own comps (quality of finishing, flooring, deck, fireplace, layout) and “need them.”

I have also seen this in zero state income tax/ high property tax states. You don’t want the govt running comps willy nilly for assessments and sale value and new tax base

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don't get it why are the interior pictures of houses which just sold instantly removed off the internet? If you are looking at comps to see the inside this is important. Why do they do this? Is there anyway to see/find the interior pictures for that recently sold? Thank you.

The inside is irrelevant for comps

Not for buyers!

I realize there are a lot of stupid buyers who are swayed by decorating and staging but the interiors truly are not relevant to the establishment of comparable a used to value, price or appraise a house.

R u dense?

Of course I pay more for a property if the kitchen and bathrooms are upgraded, or there is an open floor plan, or 10’ ceilings, or new windows, or a nice or new paint job, or a functional layout, or keepable window treatments, built ins, or chandeliers.

Less stuff I need to do or renovate.

And how do I measure the quality of the property inside? With photos.

And if 4 similar houses come up and are priced different, which one do I pay less for or skip? The krappy one.

And when I go to bid and have 5 comps and no photos do I know what’s driving the value besides # of BRs, fireplaces, and a garage and sq footage? No I don’t, I don’t have photos showing quality of the home build and features.

[Anonymous]

By the time the house you’re selling is listed it’s been semi-staged and photos taken down and splashy art put up. It’s pretty sterilized and de-personalized before the photos are taken.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Because people want their privacy. The new owners don't care about your comps.

But it takes months for anyones name to be associated with the house via updated tax records so if the pictures remain for let's say 30-60 days after the sale no one knows who bought it yet so they will still have their privacy. After that sure remove it, before that fair game for comps.

The interiors aren’t relevant to comps at all. The only things that matter for comps are square footage, location/lot size, number of bedrooms and bathrooms. How a house is decorated or updated don’t really factor in.

You can't be serious. Do you really think a property with original everything is valued the same as a property with a brand new top of the line kitchen, bathrooms and flooring? Some of this different might be extracted from the description, but not always.

Yes. It is. For one thing, top of the line is subjective. For another, cheap flips are more common. More to the point, no appraiser will consider those things. New systems, yes. Quartz countertops? Naw, bruv.

You seemed fixated on appraisal math. Not quality. Good luck.

Appraisers tally the garage, fireplaces, acreage, # of bedrooms & bathrooms, and then spit out a figure for the home insurer or mortgage provider.

But that’s not what someone will pay for the property- whether they’re looking for upside via a fixer upper or turnkey hime for the family.