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: + 20.25%
  • State of IA: + 22.16%
  • Difference: - 8.60%

Ames-IA

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1999-2002 Quarterly Detailed Appreciation


Some of the ways peope use our appreciation data for Ames, Iowa include real estate investment .

Lets look at Ames, Iowa, a city located in Ames, Iowa MSA.

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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 $100,000.00 in 1998, you could multiply by + 20.25%, add the gain and see the home should be worth $120,251.84 in 2002. Home value is an important part of every mortgage transaction.


Average YEARLY Real Estate Appreciation for Ames-IA from 1998 to 2002:
+ 4.05%

Appreciation Comparisons

The top 5 performing MSAs from 1998 to 2002 were Barnstable-Town-MA, Napa-CA, San-Luis-Obispo-Paso-Robles-CA, Salinas-CA, and Santa-Cruz-Watsonville-CA .

  1. Barnstable-Town-MA increased + 93.09% from 1998 to the end of 2002
  2. Napa-CA increased + 86.55% from 1998 to the end of 2002
  3. San-Luis-Obispo-Paso-Robles-CA increased + 83.76% from 1998 to the end of 2002
  4. Salinas-CA increased + 82.76% from 1998 to the end of 2002
  5. Santa-Cruz-Watsonville-CA increased + 81.13% from 1998 to the end of 2002

For a 5 year period, the top 5 performing MSAs of all time are San-Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa-Clara-CA, Worcester-MA, Fresno-CA, Madera-CA, and Yuba-City-CA .

  1. San-Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa-Clara-CA increased +139.57% from 1976 thru 1980
  2. Worcester-MA increased +138.82% from 1982 thru 1986
  3. Fresno-CA increased +137.23% from 2001 thru 2005
  4. Madera-CA increased +136.99% from 2001 thru 2005
  5. Yuba-City-CA increased +136.08% from 2001 thru 2005

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