George McDuffee

Oct 21, 2008 23 Replies

Interesting web site. They say my house is worth $338,000. I've got the county appraiser talked down to $240K as of last year.

My next door neighbor had his house listed for months, asking $325,000 for a 2-bedroom one bath house on roughly one acre. Zillow lists it at $310K. Just a coupe days ago a sold sign went up. It will be interesting to see the assessor's listing of the actual sale price.

These numbers may sound tame to others, but we have much lower values here in MO than a lot of other places. (Just comparing the two Zillow listings, our place is 4 Br, 3.5 bath, 2100 Sq Ft, the neighbor's place is 2 BR, 1 bath, 1100 Sq Ft. So, is that ALL land value? $300K per acre of land? 1000 more Sq Ft of house and several baths, etc. is only worth $28K?)

Hmm, my neighbor on the other side has a relatively new, very fancy castle, Zillow lists it at $917K. I know they bought it about 4 years ago for $450K. Maybe zillow hasn't heard that the bubble has popped, yet.

Jon

In MO, every two years, we get re-appraised, by state law. That gives us an opportunity to contest the appraisal. I always go, and always get some reduction. One year, they just gave me the value I wrote down. Other years they offer to split it halfway between my number and theirs. I will have LOTS of ammo for the next year it comes up (2009). I've been arguing their was a ridiculous bubble for years, it shouldn't be a hard sell this time.

The tax records are open, and on computer via the web. It is INSANE to see two nearly identical next-door houses, one getting apprased at $350K the other at $210K. You have to assume the guy who's paying less must have been actively contesting his appraisal.

Jon

Yikes! Gives a current market value for my house of $224k. In January of '06 it was $397K!

-Frank

I think that your Lompoc area is almost in the middle of the housing storm...

My area did not experience any big swings in home prices. maybe 20-30% or so beyond fair value and some return now.

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