From the information given, I see no particularly good reason for using "would". ".
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GPYFrom the information given, I see no particularly good reason for using "would". I don't know why it does not just say "It looks like ...".'It would look like....' is the correct one. It's like saying 'it would seem....'.
Anonymous'It would look like....' is the correct one. It's like saying 'it would seem....'.While "would look like" is not actually incorrect, it is not (in the way it is used here) is such a known idiomatic combination as "would seem".