yeah, looks like nice house but if its in area like las vegas where entire subdivisions of homes like that are defaulting then you could wait a long time for appreciation.....price is all relative to wherever you are and price/sq ft isnt the greatest basis for value but in this market you can pick up homes built in the last 5-8 years for less than cost of construction....material costs are going back up....yes, property taxes for homes built at peak are assessed at those high values(depending on state you can appeal those values)........anything built during the peak was built for resale prices at significantly higher prices so you can can get them dramatically below actual cost of construction since they were built with higher end amenities......also buying up developable land is what the smart money is doing right now.....had client last month offered a bank 200k cash for land already approved for 24lots that the bank had a loan to a developer for $1.1million.....bank took it because developers cant borrow/get financing right now....prime land is dirt cheap right now.