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Old 06-17-2008, 07:15 AM
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I think that is a meaningless figure since the home's value is of no significance to the retirement plan, but since you asked...

I just did a quick calculation because I never really thought about it before. If we build a nest egg of $2.5 million and our home appreciates at 5%/year, we'd end up with a home worth $675,000. That is a total of $3,175,000. The home's value would be about 21% of that total.
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