Biegle: Find a good real estate broker. Look at some houses, get comp's on the sales going 3 years back. That should tell you something about the appreciation. If you are going to buy, do it while there is 6 feet of snow on the ground, motivated sellers. From what I know of the area, you can buy a palace, for what I paid for my house in Portland. I don't think your real estate has moved very much, to bleepin cold!!!!!
Signatures are so yesterday!