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• APPRECIATION RATE
  
  Typically, the market value of your home will increase over time. The appreciation rate is a way to judge how quickly the home's value is increasing. You may estimate this figure by calculating the percent increase of the home's value over a period of one year. For example, suppose that you own a $100,000 home and that the value of your home increases by roughly $3,000 per year. In this case, the home's appreciation rate would be 3 percent because the home's value has grown by 3 percent, from $100,000 to $103,000.
  
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