Next door to me....in Florida, good area, older houses (1950's) sold for $100,000 3 years ago, 2 months ago it sold for $225,000.
My house I bought for the pay-off of the mortgage. The guy was in a divorce and looking for a quick sale. I only paid 75,000, and it's now worth $195,000 according to the last apprasial. Needless to say our area is a gold-mine.
The prices are unbelieveable here locally. Our area is nice, well kept houses, updated, etc. The houses in the ghetto several miles away are clearing $100-$120k. Granted I got a hell of a deal on my house but for anything in a good area--older house (1950's) is well over $200,000. Older homes are worth BIG bucks, they're built 500x better than the newer houses they slap together now.
I am simply amazed at the price jump lately.