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Hello, my name is Clint Bonkowski from Quicken Loans. I’m the Divisional Vice President of Underwriting and today I want to talk real quick about one of the questions we get asked most often, and that is: How is my appraisal value calculated? A lot of people feel that their house should be worth what they paid for it or what improvements they’ve put into it. Really, the value of your home is determined by the market. Like all markets, values can go up and down, as we’ve seen in the most recent past. So, how do you figure out what your home is currently worth? What you want to do is look at your local market and how your local market is acting. So, look at comparables in your neighborhood. Look for homes that are similar in size, style and location. And what we mean by style is, make sure you’re comparing your home to other homes that are similar. Do you have a ranch? Then look for comparable ranches. Do you have a colonial? Then look for comparable colonials. Size- make sure you’re comparing your home to homes that are similar in size and square footage. A thousand square-foot ranch be compared to a thousand square-foot ranch. Lastly, location. Make sure in location, you’re looking at homes that have sold or are currently listed in your market that are no more than a mile away. If you check off on all three of these things, you can get a pretty good idea on what your home is currently worth and therefore, give you a good starting point on getting a new mortgage.

As part of his continuing series of reports making sense of economic news, Paul Solman tells the story of some homeowners who have stopped paying their mortgages even though they can still afford them.

My landlord / Neighbor has 3 junked cars in her back yard which just happens to be our front yard. We have told her to clean up her cars and get rid of them but she refuses to so now we want to report her to the city for having too many non operating vehicles.

She has been reported many times by the neighbors because her house drops their home value. We just can’t utilize our yard space because of her cars.

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HGTV FrontDoor.com’s Annalisa Burgos takes you inside the home of Upper West Side homeowner Arlyn Gajilan to show you how a well-planned, eco-friendly renovation can increase home value. www.frontdoor.com