Appreciation for MSAs:.

Real Estate Investing is all about property appreciation. Understanding Real Estate Appreication is to a real estate investor what reading a profit and loss is to a corporate CEO. Once you understand appreication and the trends that drive it, you can begin to make better decisions on real estate investing.

  • Abilene, Texas: + 31.72%
  • State of TX: + 42.66%
  • Difference: - 25.65%

Abilene-TX

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2002-2005 Quarterly Detailed Appreciation
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Some of the ways peope use our appreciation data for Abilene, Texas include real estate investment .

Lets look at Buffalo Gap, Texas, a city located in Abilene, Texas MSA.

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If you were going to do a Buffalo Gap, Texas Refinance, or Buffalo Gap, Texas Reverse Mortgages, you could estimate your home value.

If you knew your Buffalo Gap, Texas home was worth $103,000.00 in 1998, you could multiply by + 31.72%, add the gain and see the home should be worth $135,669.31 in 2005. Home value is an important part of every mortgage transaction.


Average YEARLY Real Estate Appreciation for Abilene-TX from 1998 to 2005:
+ 3.96%

Appreciation Comparisons

The worst perfoming MSAs ever for a 8 year period, were Midland-TX, Midland-TX, Casper-WY, Lafayette-LA, and Lafayette-LA .

  1. Midland-TX lost - 34.76% from 1982 to 1989
  2. Midland-TX lost - 32.81% from 1983 thru 1990
  3. Casper-WY lost - 31.76% from 1983 thru 1990
  4. Lafayette-LA lost - 31.61% from 1981 thru 1988
  5. Lafayette-LA lost - 30.68% from 1982 thru 1989

The top 5 performing MSAs from 1998 to 2005 were Salinas-CA, Naples-Marco-Island-FL, Merced-CA, Vallejo-Fairfield-CA, and Napa-CA .

  1. Salinas-CA increased +233.30% from 1998 to the end of 2005
  2. Naples-Marco-Island-FL increased +202.95% from 1998 to the end of 2005
  3. Merced-CA increased +201.80% from 1998 to the end of 2005
  4. Vallejo-Fairfield-CA increased +201.28% from 1998 to the end of 2005
  5. Napa-CA increased +197.88% from 1998 to the end of 2005

Zip Code in MSA: 79508 - BUFFALO GAP, TX

MSA Pop: 158488
Zip Pop: 1118
Avg Value: 60400
County: TAYLOR
Elev: 1718
Region: South
Lat: 32.341415
Long: -99.752239