SURVEY SAYS: MORE THAN IT'S WORTH

July 12, 2005: Reports indicate that some Florida homebuyers are actually willing to pay more than a home's appraised value; so far, FAR's members agree. In a recent Planet Realtor survey, more than 48 percent of respondents said that at least a few of their transactions involved purchase prices above appraised value. And slightly more than 32 percent of respondents said that over half their deals involved a selling price above appraised value.