Appreciation for MSAs:.

Before we disect the appreciation within the MSA for this period, lets consider how Atlantic City, New Jersey did compared to the state as a whole.

The Atlantic City, New Jersey MSA property value change was + 11.63% (+ 3.88% yearly).

All of the property in NJ averaged + 13.23% change in value (+ 4.41% yearly).

Atlantic-City-NJ

YearQuarterPrice IndexQuarter Increase or DecreaseAnnualized
1997 2 107.52 + 2.58% + 10.30%
1997 3 107.64 + 0.11% + 0.45%
1997 4 108.91 + 1.18% + 4.72%
1998 1 111.48 + 2.36% + 9.44%
1998 2 111.64 + 0.14% + 0.57%
1998 3 113.79 + 1.93% + 7.70%
1998 4 114.99 + 1.05% + 4.22%
1999 1 114.76 - 0.20% - 0.80%
1999 2 114.35 - 0.36% - 1.43%
1999 3 116.68 + 2.04% + 8.15%
1999 4 117.01 + 0.28% + 1.13%


Some of the ways peope use our appreciation data for Atlantic City, New Jersey include real estate investment .

Lets look at Hammonton, New Jersey, a city located in Atlantic City, New Jersey MSA.

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If you were going to do a Hammonton, New Jersey Refinance, or Hammonton, New Jersey Reverse Mortgages, you could estimate your home value.

If you knew your Hammonton, New Jersey home was worth $96,000.00 in 1997, you could multiply by + 11.63%, add the gain and see the home should be worth $107,164.28 in 1999. Home value is an important part of every mortgage transaction.


Average YEARLY Real Estate Appreciation for Atlantic-City-NJ from 1997 to 1999:
+ 3.88%

Appreciation Comparisons

The worst perfoming MSAs ever for a 3 year period, were Grand-Junction-CO, Lafayette-LA, Honolulu-HI, Fairbanks-AK, and Lafayette-LA .

  1. Grand-Junction-CO lost - 34.69% from 1983 to 1985
  2. Lafayette-LA lost - 31.84% from 1985 thru 1987
  3. Honolulu-HI lost - 30.81% from 1979 thru 1981
  4. Fairbanks-AK lost - 29.16% from 1987 thru 1989
  5. Lafayette-LA lost - 28.50% from 1986 thru 1988

The top 5 performing MSAs from 1997 to 1999 were San-Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa-Clara-CA, Santa-Cruz-Watsonville-CA, Barnstable-Town-MA, Santa-Rosa-Petaluma-CA, and Napa-CA .

  1. San-Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa-Clara-CA increased + 41.42% from 1997 to the end of 1999
  2. Santa-Cruz-Watsonville-CA increased + 41.11% from 1997 to the end of 1999
  3. Barnstable-Town-MA increased + 32.18% from 1997 to the end of 1999
  4. Santa-Rosa-Petaluma-CA increased + 29.26% from 1997 to the end of 1999
  5. Napa-CA increased + 28.79% from 1997 to the end of 1999

Zip Code in MSA: 8037 - HAMMONTON, NJ

MSA Pop: 263410
Zip Pop: 22461
Avg Value: 120600
County: ATLANTIC
Elev: 12
Region: Northeast
Lat: 39.629954
Long: -74.770143