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.

  • Athens Clarke County, Georgia: + 57.90%
  • State of GA: + 58.93%
  • Difference: - 1.75%

Athens-Clarke-County-GA

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

If you knew your Lexington, Georgia home was worth $104,000.00 in 1998, you could multiply by + 57.90%, add the gain and see the home should be worth $164,211.46 in 2006. Home value is an important part of every mortgage transaction.


Average YEARLY Real Estate Appreciation for Athens-Clarke-County-GA from 1998 to 2006:
+ 6.43%

Appreciation Comparisons

In contrast, the worst 5 MSAs from 1998 to 2006 were Lafayette-IN, Kokomo-IN, Sioux-City-IA-NE-SD, Columbus-IN, and Anderson-IN .

  1. Lafayette-IN only increased + 18.64% between 1998 and 2006
  2. Kokomo-IN only increased + 21.25% between 1998 and 2006
  3. Sioux-City-IA-NE-SD only increased + 21.99% between 1998 and 2006
  4. Columbus-IN only increased + 22.54% between 1998 and 2006
  5. Anderson-IN only increased + 23.57% between 1998 and 2006

The worst perfoming MSAs ever for a 9 year period, were Midland-TX, Midland-TX, Lafayette-LA, Casper-WY, and Midland-TX .

  1. Midland-TX lost - 34.76% from 1982 to 1990
  2. Midland-TX lost - 32.77% from 1983 thru 1991
  3. Lafayette-LA lost - 26.59% from 1982 thru 1990
  4. Casper-WY lost - 26.42% from 1983 thru 1991
  5. Midland-TX lost - 25.57% from 1984 thru 1992

Zip Code in MSA: 30648 - LEXINGTON, GA

MSA Pop: 172232
Zip Pop: 2237
Avg Value: 75000
County: OGLETHORPE
Elev: 756
Region: South
Lat: 33.87083
Long: -83.07616