Then the crash. When I thought the time was right and I could actually afford a nice move in ready home, I went looking again. Bought in November of 2009. Did not quite hit the bottom of the market, but was not off by much. Bought a nice move in ready home at $430k.
Here now almost 13 years later as I rush to get house emptied and on market at the end of the month, house looks to go somewhere in the $850k to $900k range. Owing less than $350k I'll be walking away with a nice chunk of change.
Sounds to me like the market in California actually lags behind most areas of the country. It took 13 years for your house to double in value. Our property in rural TN increased 120% in less than 3 years.
