Comments on: My Home’s Value — Explained. http://pantsinacan.com/2009/11/11/my-homes-value-explained/ A Personal Finance Blog with a Silly Name Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:59:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Networth Update: July 2011 (-$370) » Pants in a Can http://pantsinacan.com/2009/11/11/my-homes-value-explained/#comment-88116 Networth Update: July 2011 (-$370) » Pants in a Can Sat, 02 Jul 2011 11:01:45 +0000 http://pantsinacan.com/?p=1744#comment-88116 [...] Not sure what brought the Zillow number (part of my home value calculation) up so much this month but I’ll take it. Hey — I have the highest valued house on my [...] [...] Not sure what brought the Zillow number (part of my home value calculation) up so much this month but I’ll take it. Hey — I have the highest valued house on my [...]

]]> By: Brainy Smurf http://pantsinacan.com/2009/11/11/my-homes-value-explained/#comment-62162 Brainy Smurf Sat, 14 Nov 2009 13:06:37 +0000 http://pantsinacan.com/?p=1744#comment-62162 LOL -- now *that* would be padding the numbers... I hear ya. I can imagine in some parts of the country that the number fluctuations were/are so up-and-down that the number does seem kinda silly. Sometimes the value of one of my cars does the same sort of thing but the general trend is still downward so it still hold some weight with me... Either way, I have no intention of selling my house so if the value of it drops considerably, it won't bother me. I think a lot of people lose sight of that fact -- if you're not planning on selling, well, who cares what the value is? LOL — now *that* would be padding the numbers…

I hear ya. I can imagine in some parts of the country that the number fluctuations were/are so up-and-down that the number does seem kinda silly. Sometimes the value of one of my cars does the same sort of thing but the general trend is still downward so it still hold some weight with me…

Either way, I have no intention of selling my house so if the value of it drops considerably, it won’t bother me. I think a lot of people lose sight of that fact — if you’re not planning on selling, well, who cares what the value is?

]]> By: DoneToZen http://pantsinacan.com/2009/11/11/my-homes-value-explained/#comment-62129 DoneToZen Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:54:42 +0000 http://pantsinacan.com/?p=1744#comment-62129 What do we do if our zestimate is larger than what the city thinks our house is worth? Do we reverse the weighting? ;-) I stopped trying to figure out what my house was worth b/c the value was fluctuating so wildly. I had no confidence the number I came up with was correct (whether it was smaller or greater than the purchase price). What do we do if our zestimate is larger than what the city thinks our house is worth? Do we reverse the weighting? ;-)

I stopped trying to figure out what my house was worth b/c the value was fluctuating so wildly. I had no confidence the number I came up with was correct (whether it was smaller or greater than the purchase price).

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