i just bought my house two years ago and it appraised in the high 170s we put 20k into the kitchen and it appraised for 165k. There are a lot of people buying just for the tax credit reason but there are still people buying that are not 1st time home buyers. I've been thinking of moving myself. And the prices are going up from when i 1st started looking. I'm planning on waiting it out another year before i sell, 1 to pay down the mort. some more and 2. to get the highest return i can.