Proposed legislation in Arizona that would have formally legalized Zestimates -- the home-value estimates generated at Zillow.com -- failed in the state House of Representatives today according to Inman News sources - click here.
Senate Bill 1291 had already passed the state Senate, and a House amendment sought to exclude Zillow and other automated home-valuation sites from the need to have an appraisal license to offer value estimates in the state.
Arizona state Rep. Michele Reagan, R-Scottsdale, proposed the amendment to the legislation that would have clarified what constitutes an appraisal and exempt Web sites like Zillow from securing an appraiser's license to offer home-value estimates in that state.
A spokesman for state House Republicans said that the amendment may be added to another appraisal-related bill.
The Bloodhound blog had earlier report the bill and the proposed amendments: one, two and three. For comparison: The proposed legislation prior to these amendments.
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