How Do I Find My Home's Value?

Written by Meredith Arthur on May 30, 2025

There are three values for any home on the market: What the seller thinks it’s worth, what the buyer thinks it’s worth and what a professional appraiser will think it’s worth. The key to a successful purchase is to get those three numbers to align.

You never want to assume that the asking price of a home is also its fair market value. Home values are somewhat subjective and always changing, so understanding how home values are calculated and what factors impact them can help you make a sound real estate investment.

Buyers should always do their research, taking time to determine the market value of a home before making an offer. Otherwise, you risk overpaying.

What is market value?

Simply put, market value is what a fully informed, willing buyer would pay for a home. It’s an amount informed by prices other buyers have recently paid for nearby, similar homes — called comparable homes, or ‘comps’. LEARN MORE…

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