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.

  • Ames, Iowa: + 23.16%
  • State of IA: + 21.56%
  • Difference: + 7.40%

Ames-IA

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1997-2000 Quarterly Detailed Appreciation


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If you were going to do a Ames, Iowa Refinance, or Ames, Iowa Reverse Mortgages, you could estimate your home value.

If you knew your Ames, Iowa home was worth $96,000.00 in 1996, you could multiply by + 23.16%, add the gain and see the home should be worth $118,229.92 in 2000. Home value is an important part of every mortgage transaction.


Average YEARLY Real Estate Appreciation for Ames-IA from 1996 to 2000:
+ 4.63%

Appreciation Comparisons

The worst perfoming MSAs ever for a 5 year period, were Casper-WY, Lafayette-LA, Lafayette-LA, Grand-Junction-CO, and Anchorage-AK .

  1. Casper-WY lost - 42.34% from 1983 to 1987
  2. Lafayette-LA lost - 39.59% from 1983 thru 1987
  3. Lafayette-LA lost - 37.20% from 1984 thru 1988
  4. Grand-Junction-CO lost - 30.66% from 1982 thru 1986
  5. Anchorage-AK lost - 30.21% from 1985 thru 1989

The top 5 performing MSAs from 1996 to 2000 were San-Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa-Clara-CA, Santa-Cruz-Watsonville-CA, Santa-Rosa-Petaluma-CA, Salinas-CA, and Barnstable-Town-MA .

  1. San-Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa-Clara-CA increased + 96.05% from 1996 to the end of 2000
  2. Santa-Cruz-Watsonville-CA increased + 76.03% from 1996 to the end of 2000
  3. Santa-Rosa-Petaluma-CA increased + 62.17% from 1996 to the end of 2000
  4. Salinas-CA increased + 58.85% from 1996 to the end of 2000
  5. Barnstable-Town-MA increased + 56.37% from 1996 to the end of 2000

Zip Code in MSA: 50012 - AMES, IA

MSA Pop: 83021
Zip Pop: 0
Avg Value: 0
County: STORY
Elev: 1003
Region: Midwest
Lat: 42.0227
Long: -93.649394