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Originally Posted by tc-sacto
*Assuming 6.5%annualized growth from here the house would be valued at $393,000. So It takes me aproximately 7 years to get back to breakeven.
*(6.5% is the average increase in median family homes from 1968-2008. )
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That is a completely erroneous assumption. Your house will see no appreciation at all for many years. It is still depreciating, and will continue to do so for some while. Then it will bounce along the bottom for many years.
It will be a long, long time before there is any significant, sustained appreciation. You'll be lucky if that process *starts* 7 years from now. And you'll be starting from a lower number than you are at today, that is a given.