"HK" wrote in message
. ..
Eisboch wrote:
"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
news
Interesting times - interesting times.


Heh .... I just checked the old farmhouse that my mother lives in.
It's the old house at the end of our driveway.
According to Zillow, it's one of our best, most stable investments. It's
value has fluctuated, but overall has maintained an upward trend.

It was built in 1800! John Adams Sr. was President, having replaced
George Washington. Adams was succeeded a year after the house was built
by Thomas Jefferson.

Eisboch


Not to quibble, but the 2nd POTUS was John Adams, not John Adams, Senior.
His son, John Quincy Adams, who also served as POTUS, had a slightly
different name, so neither was a "senior" or a "junior" to each other.


I stand corrected. Actually, I meant only to establish him as the "first"
John Adams president, and not the "second", being John Quincy.



BTW, property values in all the areas covered by Zillow have not declined.


I don't know about changes in the historical data because I wouldn't know
what it was. Obviously, values in places that have not had unrealistic
increases in the past few years have remained somewhat stable.

I know one thing. We sold the house we had in Florida about 15 minutes
before the bottom dropped out on values in that area.
Talk about lucky timing. If it had not sold when it did, we would probably
still own it.

Eisboch