Appreciation for MSAs:.

Let's start by comparing Barnstable Town, Massachusettes to the rest of the state. This will give us an idea if the appreciation here was isolated or happened across the state.

We have appreciattion of +140.79% (+ 11.73% yearly) for the Barnstable Town, Massachusettes MSA.

The entire state of MA had +114.13% appreciation (+ 9.51% yearly). The Barnstable Town, Massachusettes MSA beat out the state. by + 23.36% appreciation.

Barnstable-Town-MA

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Buying short sale properties is a real buzz right now in real estate. Short sales are created when a property is on the brink of foreclosure and the bank is willing to take a reduced payoff in order to avoid having to foreclose. If you are considering a short sale property chances are you will have to do some rehab and repair to the property. Its very important to analyze all of the historical appreciation data for the area if you are considering buying a property for investment. You can check our historical appreication data for Barnstable-Town-MA here. If you do decide to move forward with rehabbing a property and need information on a Rehab Loan in Massachusettes, you can do some research at Spec-Loan.com.

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

If you knew your Falmouth, Massachusettes home was worth $95,000.00 in 1992, you could multiply by +140.79%, add the gain and see the home should be worth $228,751.81 in 2003. Home value is an important part of every mortgage transaction.


Average YEARLY Real Estate Appreciation for Barnstable-Town-MA from 1992 to 2003:
+ 11.73%

Appreciation Comparisons

For a 12 year period, the top 5 performing MSAs of all time are Oxnard-Thousand-Oaks-Ventura-CA, Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk-CT, San-Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa-Clara-CA, Providence-New-Bedford-Fall-River-RI-MA, and San-Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa-Clara-CA .

  1. Oxnard-Thousand-Oaks-Ventura-CA increased +288.32% from 1977 thru 1988
  2. Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk-CT increased +284.24% from 1977 thru 1988
  3. San-Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa-Clara-CA increased +270.45% from 1977 thru 1988
  4. Providence-New-Bedford-Fall-River-RI-MA increased +269.41% from 1977 thru 1988
  5. San-Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa-Clara-CA increased +267.22% from 1978 thru 1989

The worst perfoming MSAs ever for a 12 year period, were Midland-TX, Midland-TX, Midland-TX, Odessa-TX, and Lafayette-LA .

  1. Midland-TX lost - 29.95% from 1982 to 1993
  2. Midland-TX lost - 27.35% from 1983 thru 1994
  3. Midland-TX lost - 18.42% from 1984 thru 1995
  4. Odessa-TX lost - 17.39% from 1984 thru 1995
  5. Lafayette-LA lost - 14.77% from 1982 thru 1993

Zip Code in MSA: 2540 - FALMOUTH, MA

MSA Pop: 229545
Zip Pop: 8884
Avg Value: 249700
County: BARNSTABLE
Elev: 37
Region: Northeast
Lat: 41.563043
Long: -70.623324