The home value number for my zip looks about right at $695,000. Most houses are in the half-million rage with a few in the multi-million. I think its a matter of what else is in your zip code. If as I recall you are down by the university your neighborhood my be quite high in value (Nob Hill? North Campus?) but if your zip includes oh part of Zuni say it would make a difference.
The thing that got me was that I put in my zip and it gave me the statistics about my neighborhood (Foothills) as though they were for the city. Population 17,000. Median household income in Albuquerque is $112,000? Median housing age ten years? Population 89% Anglo? Um, not.... I also have to question the air and water quality numbers. We have our own water up there and I just looked over the stats the company sent out. They do not jive with this at all. Still, not sure how to do a better algorithm. This might be most useful for someone trying to decide from out of town what houses they want to look at when they relocate, but it does not tell the whole story. For example, my neighborhood is not for someone looking for a sense of local community. The selling points are the view and the access to the wilderness trails. Downsides -- a car is a must, there are almost no stores, and you do have to watch out to keep your pets safe from coyotes, eagles and hawks. For Nob Hill, to pick a neighborhood I am familiar with, the upside is interesting shops and restaurants within walking distance, proximity to events at the university, public transportation, and trees. Downside would be noise, congestion, air quality. Coyotes are non-existent but you might have to contend with traffic, concerts and homeless people. Very different as you see, but I suspect the home values are not very different. On Wed, Jul 9, 2008 at 1:41 PM, denstar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I wonder where they get their data from. Seems sorta like that one > for home value a-la google maps... just hit and miss for accuracy. > > Fun, but t'would be more fun if I felt the data was more accurate. > > I bet it comes from the census. heh. > > -- > stix and stones > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;203748912;27390454;j Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:263670 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
