The 1,700 sqft tract home I grew up in is worth slightly more than my current

Apr 16, 2023
8:09:41am

vagabonder All-American

home. My dad being able to buy it and pay it off quickly on one income and pay for his housing, food, and tuition for college by washing dishes during the summer is an idea gen Z can't imagine.

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POLL: Which home has a higher Zillow today: the home you grew up in or your current home?

Odysseus Truly Addicted User

4/16/23 7:46am

My parents built the house I grew up in for $300K in 1991. Today they can sell

wildlandfireguy

4/16/23 7:49am

RE: My parents built the house I grew up in for $300K in 1991. Today they can

russkiejedi

4/16/23 7:54am

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kapcreations

4/17/23 12:50pm

One million dollars

eysikal

4/16/23 8:05am

Got that beat. Bought childhood home for $42.5 k in 1974. Now $5.67 M

bluelands

4/16/23 8:27am

Interest rates make it just as affordable now though.

vagabonder

4/16/23 8:28am

Wow

zerome4sooners

4/16/23 8:39am

My parents are CB rich…….

JohnnyC

4/16/23 7:49am

The 1000 sqFt house I grew up in CA is worth more than my 3500 sqFt house in AZ.

tevye

4/16/23 7:56am

It’s actually not worth more. It just costs more…

Refugee

4/16/23 9:21am

I can add 3 of the 4 houses I lived in growing up and it would be equal to the home I live in now.

Swag Kazekage

4/16/23 7:58am

RE: I can add 3 of the 4 houses I lived in growning and it would be equal to the

Shihan

4/16/23 8:38am

Grew up in mainly 5 homes, all of them are worth more than my current home.

brazilcoug

4/16/23 7:58am

Keep grinding 😤👊🏾

TCuz

4/16/23 8:05am

RE: Keep grinding 😤👊🏾

brazilcoug

4/16/23 8:46am

RE: Keep grinding 😤👊🏾

CougarTailDevourer

4/16/23 9:45am

So some interesting changes. We bought a 3200 sq foot house in Utah in 1994 with

Nat Gas Man

4/16/23 8:05am

Parents could sell the home I grew up in for maybe $150K (if lucky)…

NorCal_Coug

4/16/23 8:06am

This is me. Grew up in 900 sq/ft old house next to RR tracks in Idaho. Not hard to

Soupie

4/16/23 8:11am

Wait I knew a girl from Junior High that matches that description. Is that you

Nat Gas Man

4/16/23 8:15am

Wrong side of ID. Meridian

Soupie

4/16/23 9:40am

Grew up in Southern California. I now live in Mississippi so it's pretty obvious

Mississippi

4/16/23 8:06am

The 1,700 sqft tract home I grew up in is worth slightly more than my current

vagabonder

4/16/23 8:09am

Current home has 170% floor space and 400% lot, but it is 49% the value.

cvd6262

4/16/23 8:09am

The home we built in southern CA when I was a kid is now worth about $2 million

jdub

4/16/23 8:11am

Nice. From my house on a clear day I could see 9/11.

TCuz

4/16/23 8:14am

Amazingly enough both are nearly identical.

VACOUGFAN

4/16/23 8:14am

The house I grew up in in OH was built in 1957 and still stands. Zillow says

AF_Puma

4/16/23 8:17am

I grew up in a 1,000 sq ft house w 3bd in Sandy ($475,400 on Zillow today).

YSMACK

4/16/23 8:17am

Freaking rich CBers.

brazilcoug

4/16/23 8:19am

Zillow thinks my house is still an undeveloped lot......😄

cedar cougar

4/16/23 8:34am

RE: Zillow thinks my house is still an undeveloped lot......😄

Nakedbootleg

4/16/23 9:26am

White City? My single Mom moved us there in about 1960. 9884 Poppy Lane.

Cougarbib

4/16/23 12:18pm

Pretty much. That was in my stake. Technically, I lived outside it

YSMACK

4/16/23 1:45pm

Large gully between my hood and your hood. I had a friend over there and hiked

Cougarbib

4/16/23 1:51pm

Oh. You must have been closer to Bear Park

YSMACK

4/16/23 1:57pm

Poppy, Garnet, etc., where we were. It was about 9800 S and between probably

Cougarbib

4/16/23 4:06pm

There was a stake center near Edgemont elementary that was built back when

Cougarbib

4/16/23 4:15pm

My daughter is living in White City now, moving to Pittsburg.

85fan

4/16/23 4:09pm

It was a fairly new neighborhood when we moved in. Lots of families.

Cougarbib

4/16/23 4:12pm

House I grew up in is worth more than double my current house

JOPE

4/16/23 8:18am

Looked at zillow for the first time in a year. I've lost $200k. Time to start

Methusaleh22

4/16/23 8:20am

House I lived in as a small child wouldn’t even be as big as a shed today

Nat Gas Man

4/16/23 8:24am

Wow Home I grew up in zillows at 405,000. My parents sold it in 2000 for 90,000.

PKCoug

4/16/23 8:25am

Current home is much nicer than the one I grew up in but location, location,

LaserCoug

4/16/23 8:27am

North ABQ Acres isn’t cheap😎

Nat Gas Man

4/16/23 8:28am

My parents bought the home I grew up in for 114k, value now…over 2.5M

cornellcoug

4/16/23 8:33am

Wow.

YSMACK

4/16/23 8:35am

Wages have gone up 219X during that time. No difference in affordability. TIC

vagabonder

4/16/23 8:38am

Some of my homes I own now are worth more and some are worth less.

Shihan

4/16/23 8:40am

I own two homes. One in Florida and

deljdc

4/16/23 8:42am

Ones worth more at $2.2M. One less at $785k. Mines in between.

JamieTartt

4/16/23 8:53am

Both my childhood homes are worth more, with the codicil

Courtimedes

4/16/23 8:58am

Grew up in a LOT of houses; some are more expensive than my current digs

ColoSpgs

4/16/23 8:59am

Grew up 1.1 million. Now 420 k.

Florwood

4/16/23 9:00am

Are you east of Canyon Road up in those townhomes?

Swag Kazekage

4/16/23 9:06am

No, along southern edge bordering American Fork

Florwood

4/16/23 9:44am

3 homes I grew up in are each worth more than what I have now

Archaea

4/16/23 9:04am

Home I grew up in in Las Vegas is a parking lot next to the car rental terminal

BPintheCouv

4/16/23 9:21am

Hawaii 🤙🏼. Bought in 1976 around $67k. Now over $1.03 million today.

ImuaKahuku

4/16/23 9:32am

Home I grew up in is 33x the original price

DrBYU

4/16/23 9:55am

I had to look it up, but the Zestimate difference is only $500 more on my home.

beeferoni

4/16/23 11:37am

My parents divorced. Dad had more $ than Mom. I lived mostly with Mom, but

Cougarbib

4/16/23 12:36pm

Home I grew up in bc it’s in California

therock

4/16/23 12:36pm

The stage of life I am in vs my parents house at the same stage, the house

RealSimsShadY

4/16/23 2:01pm

Go small house with decent yard. Thank me later. I went big on the house. I

Cougarbib

4/16/23 4:11pm

That's just not an option anymore. At least not with any home recently built

RealSimsShadY

4/16/23 4:31pm

There is the key. Buy an older home. It will have a yard.

Cougarbib

4/16/23 8:27pm

There's a balance though. I don't want to buy an old house that'll have to fix

RealSimsShadY

4/17/23 12:55pm

Life is full of tradeoffs. BTW, some older homes are built better than new homes

Cougarbib

4/17/23 5:47pm

There's been a lot of different paths when it comes to owning a home.

RealSimsShadY

4/17/23 6:04pm

Your 3% mortgage is more of an asset than a liability. I would turn that place

Cougarbib

4/18/23 1:37am

Do you use a property manager?

RealSimsShadY

4/18/23 1:43am

Generally no. They are not needed. I have properties in multiple states. On

Cougarbib

4/18/23 1:54am

My current car is worth more than the home I grew up in.

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