How much value does a shared driveway take off a house?

A shared driveway typically reduces a home's value compared to an identical property with exclusive access, since buyers and lenders both view a shared easement as a potential source of future disputes over maintenance and use. The size of that reduction depends on what comparable homes with and without shared access have actually sold for nearby. Brian Beatty checks those specific comparables before pricing a home with a shared driveway.