Sometime last year, the real estate market left many of us dumbfounded. The price of many homes skyrocketed, leaving many potential homebuyers uncertain whether they would ever be able to own a home. Appraisers like Zillow, Trulia, Redfin and Realtor.com estimated local homes at double or even triple what they had been worth a year prior, and as desperate potential homebuyers tried to outbid each other these prices rose even higher.