- 1). Contact a home appraisal firm in your area to request information about recent home sale prices. The company may be willing to provide the information for free, as long as you can detail the area that interests you.
- 2). Consider paying for a specific appraisal or a bulk appraisal from a company specializing in real estate appraisals. Bulk appraisals will determine the prices of multiple properties in an area. This method will involve statistical analysis of government data on home price sales. Professional appraisers have special access to government databases and may be able to provide more information about sale prices than you could discover on your own.
- 3). Consider researching offers from real estate brokerages. The prices offered by brokerages, however, provide only a rough guideline of between 20 and 30 percent of the final prices of homes in the area.
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