Thanks for checking on your home

What the estimate actually is

An automated valuation looks at public records and recent sales near you and produces an average. It is a reasonable starting point and a terrible finishing point. It has never walked through your house. It does not know that you redid the kitchen, or that your lot backs open space instead of the neighbor's fence, or that the comp two streets over sold with a failed roof inspection.

In Southern Utah the gap matters more than most places, because the housing stock is so uneven. A 2004 build and a 2021 build on the same block are different products. Views, elevation, HOA, whether the garage fits a truck, whether the yard is xeriscaped or thirsty: none of that is in the model.

What I'd send you instead

A real comparative market analysis, with the actual homes that sold near you, adjusted line by line for the differences between them and yours, and a recommended price with the reasoning shown. Here's one I put together recently so you can see the format before you ask for one:

See a real CMA, start to finish

No timeline required

Most people who look up their home's value are not listing next month. Plenty are two years out, or just curious, or refinancing, or settling an estate. That is completely fine and it does not change anything on my end. I would rather be the person you already know when the moment comes than the person who pressured you before it did.

While you're here

A few things on the site that are genuinely useful whether or not you ever sell:

The current St. George market report, updated monthly with real numbers.
Property tax calculator for every tax area in Washington County.
Power cost calculator, because summer bills here surprise people.