ah, I see, you do have the option to put in a city name.... Still, this really doesn't tell me what it is like to live here. Just that the real estate market is reasonably healthy.
On Wed, Jul 9, 2008 at 3:23 PM, Dana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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:263676 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
