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jenny
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Mommy
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How much has your house gone up...
since you purchased it? We could probably get about $100,00-$125,000 more than what we payed and we have been in the house less than 3 years. Although we have NO plans on moving anytime soon. It's nice to know we made a solid investment.
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My2Boys
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Re: How much has your house gone up...
We closed in Nov. '02 and our house has increased about $160-$175K.
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| Posted 6/26/06 7:24 PM |
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CunningOne
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Re: How much has your house gone up...
We closed October 2000 and our house is appraised at more than double what we paid for it 
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| Posted 6/26/06 7:42 PM |
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mommy2Alex
3 babies for me :)
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Re: How much has your house gone up...
Our house has more than doubled but DH bought in 1996 before the boom.
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| Posted 6/26/06 7:46 PM |
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hazeleyes33
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Ginger
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Re: How much has your house gone up...
We paid $110 and could probably sell for close to $400
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| Posted 6/26/06 8:04 PM |
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MegZee
My bunny
Member since 5/06 8777 total posts
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Meaghan
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Re: How much has your house gone up...
too bad I was only 14 in 1996!
what is a 24 year old to do these days to buy a starter home?
eta: I can't friggen spell tonite!
Message edited 6/26/2006 8:46:44 PM.
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| Posted 6/26/06 8:41 PM |
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jenny
L O V E
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Mommy
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Re: How much has your house gone up...
Posted by Meaghan729
too bad I was only 14 in 1996!
what is a 24 year old to do these days to buy a starter home?
eta: I can't friggen spell tonite!
It is scary to have to buy a 1st house today. DH and I say if we had to buy our house today we wouldn't be able to afford it!
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| Posted 6/26/06 9:08 PM |
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2Pisces
Life Coach
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Paige
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Re: How much has your house gone up...
We feel so lucky to have bought last year when we did....it is so scary.
I think our house has gone up about $75-$100,000....maybe even more  .We need to have it appraised.
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| Posted 6/26/06 9:11 PM |
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MsG
Should be working
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Re: How much has your house gone up...
We bought one year ago...not sure it's gone up very much. Some, but nothing outrageous.
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| Posted 6/26/06 9:20 PM |
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Teri
my girls!
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Teri
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Re: How much has your house gone up...
hmm, no clue! I'd estimate at least $80K? We've completely remodeled the kitchen so that is nice for re-sale, but we've only owned it for 2 yrs.
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| Posted 6/26/06 9:20 PM |
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Buttafli1277
LIF Adult
Member since 8/05 2638 total posts
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Jennifer
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Re: How much has your house gone up...
about $160K, we just had it appraised.
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| Posted 6/26/06 9:37 PM |
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giggles
LIF Adolescent
Member since 5/05 584 total posts
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Colleen
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Re: How much has your house gone up...
Ours has gone up about $50,000
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| Posted 6/26/06 10:07 PM |
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MommaG
Yay Spring!
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Gloria
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Re: How much has your house gone up...
Not sure but I bought at the end of 1997 for $179k and I believe it's between $425k-$450 now.
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| Posted 6/26/06 10:15 PM |
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Chatham-Chick
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Re: How much has your house gone up...
We refinanced about a little over a year after we purchased and it appraised for $100K more.
The homes in the area are now selling for $500K more than we paid 5 yrs ago and they're not even as updated as ours.
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| Posted 6/26/06 10:26 PM |
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Bxgell2
Perfection
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Beth
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Re: How much has your house gone up...
We just sold our house - we bought it in 2004 and we made approximately $90k
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| Posted 6/27/06 8:10 AM |
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MrsSchwags
Soccer Baseball Lax Mom
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Jennifer
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Re: How much has your house gone up...
i don't know if our house has gone up...haha we have only owned it for 1 day.
My DH and I are both only 23 and its not going to be easy to pay for this mortgage, however, we are willing to do whatever we have to. There aren't too many 23 year olds out there that can say they purchased a house on their own. It makes us proud to have accomplished that at such a young age.
I am against renting and know it would be impossible that would take us, plus the baby and 2 black labs.
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| Posted 6/27/06 8:15 AM |
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joenick
Us
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Valerie...aka...Do Me A Favor?
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Re: How much has your house gone up...
Posted by MrsSchwags
i don't know if our house has gone up...haha we have only owned it for 1 day.
My DH and I are both only 23 and its not going to be easy to pay for this mortgage, however, we are willing to do whatever we have to. There aren't too many 23 year olds out there that can say they purchased a house on their own. It makes us proud to have accomplished that at such a young age.
I am against renting and know it would be impossible that would take us, plus the baby and 2 black labs.
I'm with you. When dh and I purchased our current home 8.5 years ago, I had JUST turned 24 the week before closing. My dh (which was my fiance at the time) was 28. We made $45,000 combined!!
We bought our house for $200,000 (which was the going rate 8 and a half years ago- sad but true). We've done MANY renovations over time. We could now sell our house for about $600,000. Owning a home is such an awesome investment. I'm glad we did it when we did- BEFORE KIDS!!
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| Posted 6/27/06 9:03 AM |
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~Colleen~
my loves...
Member since 5/05 9129 total posts
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guess
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Re: How much has your house gone up...
We've only been in the house for 14 days but we bought it for $14k below the appraised value 
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| Posted 6/27/06 9:10 AM |
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Blu-ize
Plan B is Now Plan A
Member since 7/05 32475 total posts
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Susan
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Re: How much has your house gone up...
It appraised at about $180k over what we paid. We bought at the end of 2002.
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| Posted 6/27/06 9:50 AM |
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wilandnet
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Re: How much has your house gone up...
Posted by joenick
Posted by MrsSchwags
i don't know if our house has gone up...haha we have only owned it for 1 day.
My DH and I are both only 23 and its not going to be easy to pay for this mortgage, however, we are willing to do whatever we have to. There aren't too many 23 year olds out there that can say they purchased a house on their own. It makes us proud to have accomplished that at such a young age.
I am against renting and know it would be impossible that would take us, plus the baby and 2 black labs.
I'm with you. When dh and I purchased our current home 8.5 years ago, I had JUST turned 24 the week before closing. My dh (which was my fiance at the time) was 28. We made $45,000 combined!!
We bought our house for $200,000 (which was the going rate 8 and a half years ago- sad but true). We've done MANY renovations over time. We could now sell our house for about $600,000. Owning a home is such an awesome investment. I'm glad we did it when we did- BEFORE KIDS!!
We are in the same boat. We bought a month ago at the ages of 23 and 25. We are proud we were able to buy, but it will be hard managing the mortgage. Hopefully it will work out for the best. We plan on selling and moving further west in about 2 years.
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| Posted 6/27/06 11:16 AM |
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4monkeys
boys will be boys =)
Member since 9/05 7205 total posts
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Re: How much has your house gone up...
Its just about doubled and we've done lots of updating the past few years.
bought in 2000
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