Appreciation for MSAs:.

Let's start by comparing Bay City, Michigan 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 + 30.56% (+ 7.64% yearly) for the Bay City, Michigan MSA.

The entire state of MI had + 19.87% appreciation (+ 4.97% yearly). The Bay City, Michigan MSA beat out the state. by + 53.78% appreciation.

Bay-City-MI

YearQuarterPrice IndexQuarter Increase or DecreaseAnnualized
1992 2 84.33 + 0.95% + 3.78%
1992 3 85.74 + 1.67% + 6.69%
1992 4 88.38 + 3.08% + 12.32%
1993 1 87.97 - 0.46% - 1.86%
1993 2 87.69 - 0.32% - 1.27%
1993 3 89.85 + 2.46% + 9.85%
1993 4 91.15 + 1.45% + 5.79%
1994 1 94.45 + 3.62% + 14.48%
1994 2 96.69 + 2.37% + 9.49%
1994 3 97.15 + 0.48% + 1.90%
1994 4 102.13 + 5.13% + 20.50%
1995 1 100 - 2.09% - 8.34%
1995 2 102.81 + 2.81% + 11.24%
1995 3 104.28 + 1.43% + 5.72%
1995 4 109.07 + 4.59% + 18.37%


There are a lot of ways to use the appreciation data for Bay City, Michigan .

Lets look at Bentley, Michigan, a city located in Bay City, Michigan MSA.

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

If you knew your Bentley, Michigan home was worth $87,000.00 in 1992, you could multiply by + 30.56%, add the gain and see the home should be worth $113,587.38 in 1995. Home value is an important part of every mortgage transaction.


Average YEARLY Real Estate Appreciation for Bay-City-MI from 1992 to 1995:
+ 7.64%

Appreciation Comparisons

In contrast, the worst 5 MSAs from 1992 to 1995 were Riverside-San-Bernardino-Ontario-CA, Kingston-NY, Binghamton-NY, Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville-CA, and San-Luis-Obispo-Paso-Robles-CA .

  1. Riverside-San-Bernardino-Ontario-CA decreased by - 16.09% between 1992 and 1995
  2. Kingston-NY decreased by - 12.31% between 1992 and 1995
  3. Binghamton-NY decreased by - 11.63% between 1992 and 1995
  4. Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville-CA decreased by - 11.36% between 1992 and 1995
  5. San-Luis-Obispo-Paso-Robles-CA decreased by - 10.33% between 1992 and 1995

The worst perfoming MSAs ever for a 4 year period, were Lafayette-LA, Grand-Junction-CO, Lafayette-LA, Casper-WY, and Casper-WY .

  1. Lafayette-LA lost - 34.71% from 1985 to 1988
  2. Grand-Junction-CO lost - 34.70% from 1982 thru 1985
  3. Lafayette-LA lost - 34.44% from 1984 thru 1987
  4. Casper-WY lost - 34.10% from 1983 thru 1986
  5. Casper-WY lost - 32.07% from 1984 thru 1987

Zip Code in MSA: 48613 - BENTLEY, MI

MSA Pop: 109452
Zip Pop: 1129
Avg Value: 69000
County: BAY
Elev: 594
Region: Midwest
Lat: 43.936029
Long: -84.115118