How to Find Home Prices

Thinking of selling your house? Not sure about the median value of houses in your neighborhood? Or are you just curious how much the house next door sold for? If you're a buyer, you may also be interested about the value of houses that aren't currently for sale (i.e., houses next to the one that is for sale). Well, here are some tips on how to find out the prices of houses.

Things You'll Need

• Computer
• Internet connection

Instructions

1. If you're a buyer wanting to find out the price of a house for sale, it's pretty easy. You can look at the broker's site for the listed house. You can also look for signs around the house. This is pretty straightforward.

2. Whether you're a buyer or seller wanting to know the approximate value of a house that is not for sale, it's a little more difficult. There are many sites that will provide approximations including http://realestate.yahoo.com/Homevalues and www.realtor.com.

3. But perhaps the best site is www.zillow.com. Once you type in an address, it will give you a map with with the locations of the surrounding houses and their approximate values.