property values

Real estate worth

Property values are the monetary worth of real estate—what homes, land, and buildings would sell for on the open market.

The term appears constantly in discussions of neighborhoods, taxes, and local politics: Property values have doubled since the new school opened.

Concerns about property values often drive opposition to affordable housing, homeless shelters, or other developments perceived as undesirable: Neighbors worried the halfway house would hurt property values.

Opposites
real estate metrics

property valuesproperty taxes

Government charges on land

lease payments · rental rates · maintenance costs · housing costs · cost of living

economic direction

property valueshousing crash

Sudden property value decline

devaluation · blight · urban decay · neighborhood decline · negative equity

asset vs. liability

property valuesforeclosure

Lender seizes mortgaged property

financial obligations · encumbrances

Family

property, values

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G