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.

  • Barnstable Town, Massachusettes: +194.45%
  • State of MA: +145.73%
  • Difference: + 33.44%

Barnstable-Town-MA

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Now is a great time to buy and fix up real estate in many areas. Foreclosures are on the rise so there are deals to be had. If you are considering purchasing and rehabbing a property, appreciation rates are important to consider. If you feel like this is a good area to purchase foreclosure property for rehab, check out Hard Money Rehab Loan Information at Spec-Loan.com. Its important to do your homework before taking on any type of real estate purchase.

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

If you knew your East Sandwich, Massachusettes home was worth $101,000.00 in 1996, you could multiply by +194.45%, add the gain and see the home should be worth $297,397.40 in 2005. Home value is an important part of every mortgage transaction.


Average YEARLY Real Estate Appreciation for Barnstable-Town-MA from 1996 to 2005:
+ 19.45%

Appreciation Comparisons

The worst perfoming MSAs ever for a 10 year period, were Midland-TX, Midland-TX, Lafayette-LA, Midland-TX, and Lafayette-LA .

  1. Midland-TX lost - 34.73% from 1982 to 1991
  2. Midland-TX lost - 31.11% from 1983 thru 1992
  3. Lafayette-LA lost - 22.75% from 1982 thru 1991
  4. Midland-TX lost - 22.05% from 1984 thru 1993
  5. Lafayette-LA lost - 21.25% from 1983 thru 1992

The top 5 performing MSAs from 1996 to 2005 were Salinas-CA, Napa-CA, San-Diego-Carlsbad-San-Marcos-CA, San-Luis-Obispo-Paso-Robles-CA, and Merced-CA .

  1. Salinas-CA increased +251.06% from 1996 to the end of 2005
  2. Napa-CA increased +216.57% from 1996 to the end of 2005
  3. San-Diego-Carlsbad-San-Marcos-CA increased +216.46% from 1996 to the end of 2005
  4. San-Luis-Obispo-Paso-Robles-CA increased +211.88% from 1996 to the end of 2005
  5. Merced-CA increased +208.10% from 1996 to the end of 2005

Zip Code in MSA: 2537 - EAST SANDWICH, MA

MSA Pop: 229545
Zip Pop: 5924
Avg Value: 210200
County: BARNSTABLE
Elev: 37
Region: Northeast
Lat: 41.727755
Long: -70.439021