https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 04 May 2026 03:19:41 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-has-your-home-increased-or-decreased-in-value-since-you-bought-it/page/3#post-1823609 Tue, 19 Aug 2014 13:11:52 +0000 Rainbow Sprinkles 1823609@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@sunny: mortgage is more than the house is worth. Majorly sucks. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-has-your-home-increased-or-decreased-in-value-since-you-bought-it/page/3#post-1823427 Tue, 19 Aug 2014 11:37:37 +0000 AmandaB8 1823427@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ours has fallen 16%, but the home market in our city is about 2 years behind the rest of the country :p </p> <p>Our schools are about to get re-accredited, and we're hoping our value skyrockets at that time. Plus, we've put a lot of work into it (mostly for us, but just basic upgrades and repairs). Zillow can't really pinpoint our price anyway, because it doesn't take into account our addition, carport, or finished basement. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-has-your-home-increased-or-decreased-in-value-since-you-bought-it/page/3#post-1823425 Tue, 19 Aug 2014 11:36:36 +0000 sunny 1823425@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Rainbow Sprinkles: Underwater as in the mortgage is more than the home or underwater as in the home is less than what you paid, but worth more than the mortgage?</p> <p>Either way sucks, but the first one sucks way more!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-has-your-home-increased-or-decreased-in-value-since-you-bought-it/page/3#post-1823417 Tue, 19 Aug 2014 11:31:44 +0000 Rainbow Sprinkles 1823417@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@BananaPancakes: We are in a suburban area south of Seattle and are underwater, and some of our friends are up to 100k underwater. Yikes. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-has-your-home-increased-or-decreased-in-value-since-you-bought-it/page/3#post-1822672 Tue, 19 Aug 2014 07:04:40 +0000 littlek 1822672@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@septca: that's awesome! When I bought my first condo, in 2000, it more than doubled in value as well. It really helped when I bought my next place a townhouse.</p> <p>We bought about 3 years ago and it's gone up about 15% - 20% in value. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-has-your-home-increased-or-decreased-in-value-since-you-bought-it/page/3#post-1822661 Tue, 19 Aug 2014 06:46:42 +0000 Hoots 1822661@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We are up about 21% in a little over a year. But, we bought a foreclosure in a underappreciated neighborhood. We also got an interest rate that was really low. I hope that it will continue to increase as the area keeps building farther and farther out. If we stay in the area, it's going to be hard to find something comparable in the same price range (which I am completely fine with). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-has-your-home-increased-or-decreased-in-value-since-you-bought-it/page/3#post-1822646 Tue, 19 Aug 2014 06:36:19 +0000 Adira 1822646@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Rainbow Sprinkles: Mine's decreased! And it really hit us because we refinanced it and were almost underwater, which would've sucked. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-has-your-home-increased-or-decreased-in-value-since-you-bought-it/page/3#post-1822632 Tue, 19 Aug 2014 06:16:43 +0000 Mrs Hedgehog 1822632@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Beebug: ours has increased significantly. To start with it was a HUD home so by buying it we increased its value in addition to since upgrades we have done, modernizing and fixing it up, it has jumped. We added around 40K to the value avoiding to the last appraisal we got. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-has-your-home-increased-or-decreased-in-value-since-you-bought-it/page/3#post-1822609 Tue, 19 Aug 2014 05:33:07 +0000 BananaPancakes 1822609@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Rainbow Sprinkles: The home we live in has increased only because my husband bought it for a steal during the boom. But I just paid the bank $5k to sell the house I owned with my sister. We sold it for $70k less than we bought it for and it took 2 years to sell. We also own a piece of lake front property that is heavily upside down. We planned on building, but there is such a huge surplus, it's nearly impossible to get a construction loan. I know very very few people who are living in a house that is not underwater. Central FL is going to take forever to recover. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-has-your-home-increased-or-decreased-in-value-since-you-bought-it/page/3#post-1822566 Mon, 18 Aug 2014 23:28:04 +0000 Mrs. Jacks 1822566@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our home value has increased nearly 25% since we bought in 2012. We bought at the perfect time and I'm sure the property value will continue to fluctuate... But we're at a very good point right now. I feel very fortunate. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-has-your-home-increased-or-decreased-in-value-since-you-bought-it/page/3#post-1822557 Mon, 18 Aug 2014 22:58:31 +0000 HLK208 1822557@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It's decreased on Zillow (it was built a little over a year ago though) but comps are selling for about 7-10% more than our purchase price. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-has-your-home-increased-or-decreased-in-value-since-you-bought-it/page/3#post-1822531 Mon, 18 Aug 2014 22:22:26 +0000 pastemoo 1822531@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Beebug: NONE! We bought our first house this week! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-has-your-home-increased-or-decreased-in-value-since-you-bought-it/page/3#post-1822495 Mon, 18 Aug 2014 21:40:34 +0000 sunny 1822495@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Rainbow Sprinkles: Ours was under our purchase price up until about 6 months ago! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-has-your-home-increased-or-decreased-in-value-since-you-bought-it/page/3#post-1822309 Mon, 18 Aug 2014 19:15:02 +0000 Smurfette 1822309@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Rainbow Sprinkles: our condo did!! We still can't sell it to break even. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-has-your-home-increased-or-decreased-in-value-since-you-bought-it/page/2#post-1822270 Mon, 18 Aug 2014 18:52:21 +0000 chopsuey 1822270@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>our condo dropped like crazy, but now it's back up! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-has-your-home-increased-or-decreased-in-value-since-you-bought-it/page/2#post-1822206 Mon, 18 Aug 2014 18:18:31 +0000 Rainbow Sprinkles 1822206@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>So I am the only person on HB who's home value decreased when the market crashed? WOOHOO! ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-has-your-home-increased-or-decreased-in-value-since-you-bought-it/page/2#post-1822190 Mon, 18 Aug 2014 18:09:37 +0000 erinpye 1822190@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We bought at the absolute bottom of the market, just over 2 years ago, we also bought a short-sale, so it's increased quite a bit in just a little time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-has-your-home-increased-or-decreased-in-value-since-you-bought-it/page/2#post-1821857 Mon, 18 Aug 2014 14:49:43 +0000 Anagram 1821857@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@loki: nope. Outside Manhattan. So strange! Maybe some states don't disclose recently sold info? I have no idea. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-has-your-home-increased-or-decreased-in-value-since-you-bought-it/page/2#post-1821828 Mon, 18 Aug 2014 14:38:46 +0000 MaryM 1821828@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I bought when the market completely bottomed out and it was a short sale, so mine has increased by almost 50%</p> <p>To buy a 3 bedroom (what we need next) though will be a significant price increase, so while it's making it a little more possible, it still won't be a piece of cake. But I'd like to buy before prices improve too much more. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-has-your-home-increased-or-decreased-in-value-since-you-bought-it/page/2#post-1821759 Mon, 18 Aug 2014 14:19:26 +0000 loki 1821759@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Anagram: are you in canada? it's not available in canada apparently. i was looking it up cuz i was curious what it would say and i read an article stating that land info isn't public data or something so it's not possible for them to estimate? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-has-your-home-increased-or-decreased-in-value-since-you-bought-it/page/2#post-1821753 Mon, 18 Aug 2014 14:17:01 +0000 Anagram 1821753@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@2PeasinaPod: hmm...maybe they don't have it for my area, because I put in my address and it says not found. I also put in a few friends' addresses here and they say "not found". Weird!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-has-your-home-increased-or-decreased-in-value-since-you-bought-it/page/2#post-1821413 Mon, 18 Aug 2014 11:46:19 +0000 travellingbee 1821413@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ours has gone up about 20% since we bought it two years ago according to Zillow but I think it is more than that. I think it's closer to 25% per recent sales and a neighborhood that is flipping fast. We aren't planning to sell anytime soon unless something awesome just fell into our laps (a larger home in the same area) but since it is a seller's market here, I can't see that happening... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-has-your-home-increased-or-decreased-in-value-since-you-bought-it/page/2#post-1821394 Mon, 18 Aug 2014 11:42:00 +0000 MrsTiz 1821394@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ours has gone up roughly 40% since we bought it two years ago. At the start of this year we got our tax assessment in the mail and it was 37% higher than what we paid for it. I know that if we went to sell we could sell it for a good deal more than that because we've done upgrades and completely renovated most parts of it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-has-your-home-increased-or-decreased-in-value-since-you-bought-it/page/2#post-1821384 Mon, 18 Aug 2014 11:37:47 +0000 808love 1821384@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>75k increase in five years, dropped our interest rate by 2.3% and cut term in half through refinance </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-has-your-home-increased-or-decreased-in-value-since-you-bought-it/page/2#post-1821377 Mon, 18 Aug 2014 11:34:18 +0000 charmed 1821377@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>According to Zillow, ours has gone up about 40% in value since we bought it 3 years ago. I'd guess that is probably a little lower since Zillow can't take into account the remodeled kitchen and bathroom and other upgrades we've done. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-has-your-home-increased-or-decreased-in-value-since-you-bought-it/page/2#post-1821351 Mon, 18 Aug 2014 11:23:40 +0000 Mrs. Jump Rope 1821351@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@CupQuakeWalk: similar situation here. We bought in summer 2009 and the market was so bad. Our house had been on the market, and vacant, for three years. The asking price was decreased $40,000 and we low balled our offer and they took it. I always say we were at the right place at the right time. </p> <p>Similar houses in our neighborhood are currently selling for $80k more than what we paid 5 years ago. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-has-your-home-increased-or-decreased-in-value-since-you-bought-it/page/2#post-1821333 Mon, 18 Aug 2014 11:18:16 +0000 PawPrints 1821333@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Increased 25-30%. We plan to refi to a 15-year mortgage soon. We've been paying about 150% of the mortgage payment each month for a long time now, in an effort to pay it down faster. We could make a killing if we sold it but we love it here so, so much. I think we are more likely to rent it out someday when we do move to a bigger home, rather than sell it, since we could get nearly double the mortgage payment from renters. Our rental market is insane right now. For now though, it's the perfect size for our growing family, and in a complete dream neighborhood. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-has-your-home-increased-or-decreased-in-value-since-you-bought-it/page/2#post-1821322 Mon, 18 Aug 2014 11:14:15 +0000 Rainbow Sprinkles 1821322@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My DH purchased our home in 2006 when the market was super high, right before it crashed. He was advised that this home was an "investment." However, the value of the home has decreased since 2007 when the market crashed. It only recently started climbing back up. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-has-your-home-increased-or-decreased-in-value-since-you-bought-it/page/2#post-1821311 Mon, 18 Aug 2014 11:09:24 +0000 skipra 1821311@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We were in our old house for 4 years and it increased 20% but we made some major improvements. Our new house I have no clue. Kind of don't want to know in case it is lower! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-has-your-home-increased-or-decreased-in-value-since-you-bought-it/page/2#post-1821301 Mon, 18 Aug 2014 11:04:53 +0000 Modern Daisy 1821301@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We are about to list our home for 23% more than we paid for it in 2011. Apartments in my building have been trading for even higher than that, but since ours is smaller i am hoping to get at least 20%. Of course after broker fees, flip tax and closing costs we will be lucky to walk away with 10% but i'll take it! </p>