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.

  • Bellingham, Washington: + 32.52%
  • State of WA: + 34.03%
  • Difference: - 4.43%

Bellingham-WA

YearQuarterPrice IndexQuarter Increase or DecreaseAnnualized
1986 2 47.7 - 0.19% - 0.75%
1986 3 47.96 + 0.55% + 2.18%
1986 4 46.9 - 2.21% - 8.84%
1987 1 46.68 - 0.47% - 1.88%
1987 2 47.61 + 1.99% + 7.97%
1987 3 46.39 - 2.56% - 10.25%
1987 4 47 + 1.31% + 5.26%
1988 1 48.63 + 3.47% + 13.87%
1988 2 48.98 + 0.72% + 2.88%
1988 3 50.95 + 4.02% + 16.09%
1988 4 52.63 + 3.30% + 13.19%
1989 1 54.53 + 3.61% + 14.44%
1989 2 57.18 + 4.86% + 19.44%
1989 3 61.12 + 6.89% + 27.56%
1989 4 63.33 + 3.62% + 14.46%


Lets look at Bellingham, Washington, a city located in Bellingham, Washington MSA.

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

If you knew your Bellingham, Washington home was worth $75,000.00 in 1986, you could multiply by + 32.52%, add the gain and see the home should be worth $99,387.95 in 1989. Home value is an important part of every mortgage transaction.


Average YEARLY Real Estate Appreciation for Bellingham-WA from 1986 to 1989:
+ 8.13%

Appreciation Comparisons

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

The top 5 performing MSAs from 1986 to 1989 were San-Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa-Clara-CA, Oxnard-Thousand-Oaks-Ventura-CA, Santa-Cruz-Watsonville-CA, Santa-Rosa-Petaluma-CA, and Honolulu-HI .

  1. San-Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa-Clara-CA increased + 84.41% from 1986 to the end of 1989
  2. Oxnard-Thousand-Oaks-Ventura-CA increased + 81.28% from 1986 to the end of 1989
  3. Santa-Cruz-Watsonville-CA increased + 80.63% from 1986 to the end of 1989
  4. Santa-Rosa-Petaluma-CA increased + 71.01% from 1986 to the end of 1989
  5. Honolulu-HI increased + 70.40% from 1986 to the end of 1989

Zip Code in MSA: 98225 - BELLINGHAM, WA

MSA Pop: 176571
Zip Pop: 42414
Avg Value: 140500
County: WHATCOM
Elev: 60
Region: West
Lat: 48.746963
Long: -122.49594