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Even Zillow seems to hide it where they used to publish it, giving only tax history, not sale price history any more.
I need a data set of sale prices the the same address over time. Such data used to be more available, but now I cannot find it anyway.
I've been thinking that the advertised rates of appreciation for houses are actually far lower than the press constantly reports. To prove this, I need a data set of sale prices the the same address over time. Such data used to be more available, but now I cannot find it anyway. Even Zillow seems to hide it where they used to publish it, giving only tax history, not sale price history any more.
I used to be able to get everything on Los Angeles area sales. I was particularly interested in West LA, Culver City, and Burbank as these had all been bastions of middle class living in LA with decent public schools and affordable homes until around 2002 ish. Before I ever came to Pat.net I was posting around a few local LA message boards and used that info in 2006ish to note that people were paying 3x what homes had been selling for less than 10 years prior.
Also around that time I noted that many listings had the price history scrubbed. Eventually...and I can't remember when...a Redfin realtor posted that some realtors were removing the price histories from their listings. This was astonishing to me, and actually led to arguments with other posters insisting that prices had never been where I claimed them to be. Prices in West LA had been as low as $175K-190K in the mid to late 90's for small dated homes and down into the $130k-180k range in Burbank for the same time period(...
The information is always available as public records through the county recorders office. Could computerization be the reason for lapses in previous data? Keep in mind, the most recent data is most relevant to any research project.
Histories attached to sold properties online are easy to access. The County Recorders office is not.
Redfin has some sale price data, but it tends to be available only for houses that are active listings.
Strategist saysThe information is always available as public records through the county recorders office. Could computerization be the reason for lapses in previous data? Keep in mind, the most recent data is most relevant to any research project.
I agree and the days are loooong gone that homes will be those prices.
However it is relevant in discussions with the realtorbots who slobber up the revisionist history. Histories attached to sold properties online are easy to access. The County Recorders office is not.
I've been thinking that the advertised rates of appreciation for houses are actually far lower than the press constantly reports. To prove this, I need a data set of sale prices the the same address over time. Such data used to be more available, but now I cannot find it anyway. Even Zillow seems to hide it where they used to publish it, giving only tax history, not sale price history any more.
Anyone know where I can find this data?