The Home Front

Homeowners: My House Will Appreciate, My Neighbor's Won't

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February 12, 2009 RSS Feed Print
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Here's a striking statistic from Zillow's fourth-quarter Homeowner Confidence Survey:

While 70 percent of homeowners think their own homes' values will increase or stay the same in the first half of 2009, only 52 percent believe home values in their local market will increase or stay the same during the same time period. Nearly half (48 percent) think values in their local market will decrease, but only 30 percent believe the same will happen to their own homes.

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happen to me!!!

Brian Monaghan of VT 11:03PM February 12, 2009

thought that all the children there were above average, too. Perhaps Garrison Keillor knew something about us all.

Muser of NM 5:18PM February 12, 2009

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