Real Estate

Click To See How Much Boston Home Values Have Changed Since 2004

We all know real estate is through the roof in Boston, but how do prices now compare to before the housing bubble burst? Have we recovered?

We all know real estate is through the roof in Boston, but how do prices now compare to 2004, before the housing bubble burst? Have we recovered since 2007?

Those are the questions The Washington Post set out to answer, not just for the country overall but for individual towns and neighborhoods, a total 19,000 U.S. zip codes.

The results: One of the more impressive and useful interactive maps you'll ever use.

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Post staffers Ted Mellnik, Darla Cameron, Denise Lu, Emily Badger and Kat Downs used data from Black Knight Financial Services to compare home prices from 2004, just as real estate prices started to skyrocket, to 2015.

The data does not account for inflation but does correct for foreclosures and distressed sales to better reflect home values, the Post said.

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In Brooklyn, New York, for example, home prices have increased by 146 percent since 2004. But in Decatur, Georgia, a suburb outside of Atlanta, prices are down 25 percent.

Click here and simply punch in your zip code to find out your home's worth last year compared to 2004.

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