Chapter 10
Appreciation, depreciation and equity
What a home gains, what the owner keeps
An explorable chapter on change in value: compound and straight-line appreciation, depreciation as a loss, equity, and profit or loss measured against the price paid.
- 10.1Compound appreciationEach year grows on the year before
- 10.2Straight-line changeThe same dollar amount every year
- 10.3Equity and profitValue minus debt; gain over cost
- 10.4One house, year by yearCompound, straight-line, a fall and a sale, on one street

