You cannot predict appreciation.

You need to get things balanced out and your new financial life rolling along in a predictable and affordable way.

That being said, zillow and other price prediction tools often pull the data from the assessors records.

For flips and BRRRR's the key indicators that investors look for are what comparable properties have sold for in the past 90 days or so less than 1/2 mile from the property they are looking for the likely potential profit of a property in the next 30 to 60 days not long term growth predictions.

What are long-term growth predictions for both population growth and the housing market in general?  

Lately, there have been many predictions that salt lake and provo/orem won't hit bottom for a couple more years.

They are all in the middle of 20 transactions and are strapped right now.While it might be great to think having 5 buyers is sound judgement, with predictions of a double dip and another housing correction, your list might become useless.

Realty Trac has predicted there would be 25% more foreclosures this year than last year. 1 million homes are projected to go back to the banks during 2012.

No one can predict for sure what the market will do. 

While I don't believe the technology is there quite yet, I predict that in the next 50 years the tech will be there to live in space.Among the growing problems on Earth, climate change, population explosion, and international policy, life might not be sustainable for humans.