If you’ve ever looked up your home on Zillow, chances are you’ve seen a "Zestimate" attached to your property. For many homeowners, that number feels like a real-time, expert appraisal of their home’s true market value. But here's the reality: Zestimates are often wildly inaccurate —and relying on them could cost you serious money when it's time to buy or sell. Today, we’re pulling back the curtain on why you should never trust your home’s Zestimate and what you should be doing instead to find your true market value, especially here in Charlotte's fast-moving 2025 real estate market. What Is a Zillow Zestimate, Anyway? A Zestimate is Zillow’s automated property valuation tool. It uses publicly available data, tax records, previous sales, and a proprietary algorithm to guess what your home might be worth at a given time. Sounds good in theory, right? The problem is, real estate is local , and Zillow’s algorithm can’t possibly understand the finer details that i...