Where can I view property value histories by town/zip code (sales, condo)

[PrestigiousReputability]

I'm eventually considering buying a house and i'm curious about various areas past performance.

I'm looking for the performance histories of communities, not of individual houses.

[ocngypz]

Well, I don't know why you'd want to know as the information is meaningless vis a vis the house you buy, but......

In my community, if you want to know the total assessed value of all property in the town, we read the annual tax report. Assessed values are broken out by residential, commercial and farm for the taxable year forward in one column with the year to year change and percentages in the following two columns.

Just WHAT is it you are trying to learn?

[dontaskwhy]

Doesn't the City-Data.com site offer similar tools that the OP is asking about ??

[Irishiis49]

I think Zillow.com does that too.

[CptnRn]

Originally Posted by PrestigiousReputability

Where can I view property value histories by town/zip code
I'm eventually considering buying a house and i'm curious about various areas past performance.

I'm looking for the performance histories of communities, not of individual houses.

Go to https://www.city-data.com/ On that page you can enter the zip code in the search window if you know it or...if you don't know the zip code:

Go to the State on that page, and then the city you are looking for.

Say for example Austin, TX https://www.city-data.com/city/Austin-Texas.html

Click on the Zip Code Map https://www.city-data.com/zipmaps/Austin-Texas.html

Click on a zip code and choose Detailed Profile https://www.city-data.com/zips/78749.html

Then look for the chart similar to this:



The colored land map below that will also allow you to select Median House or Condo Value and view how property values differ in the area.

[dontaskwhy]

CptnRn,

I don't know why I forgot how simple it was, but I was certain that there was a method here. Thanks for your post.

[ocngypz]

But that is just home sales............not "value".

In my town.... what IS selling is $325,000 and under. However, of the 300 or so current listings......the median list price is $742,000.

Which explains why we have over 16 months of inventory!

Glad I don't have to sell!

[PrestigiousReputability]

Originally Posted by CptnRn

Go to https://www.city-data.com/ On that page you can enter the zip code in the search window if you know it or...if you don't know the zip code:

Go to the State on that page, and then the city you are looking for.

Say for example Austin, TX https://www.city-data.com/city/Austin-Texas.html

Click on the Zip Code Map https://www.city-data.com/zipmaps/Austin-Texas.html

Click on a zip code and choose Detailed Profile https://www.city-data.com/zips/78749.html

Then look for the chart similar to this:



The colored land map below that will also allow you to select Median House or Condo Value and view how property values differ in the area.

Yes, I saw those kinds of maps.

Those are just home sales and oftentimes don't paint the full picture. For example, if they open a trailer park in an upscale town then the home values will be skewed; just like if they were to build a open a new upscale subdivision in a working class town.

I found the ones on Zillow which was exactly what I was looking for. For those that are wondering, I was just looking to compare how the property values of upper middle class towns are performing in the recession, compared to lower income towns.

Thank you everybody.