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.

  • Birmingham Hoover, Alabama: + 63.60%
  • State of AL: + 60.51%
  • Difference: + 5.12%

Birmingham-Hoover-AL

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

If you knew your Bessemer, Alabama home was worth $102,000.00 in 1996, you could multiply by + 63.60%, add the gain and see the home should be worth $166,873.49 in 2006. Home value is an important part of every mortgage transaction.


Average YEARLY Real Estate Appreciation for Birmingham-Hoover-AL from 1996 to 2006:
+ 5.78%

Appreciation Comparisons

For a 11 year period, the top 5 performing MSAs of all time are Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk-CT, New-Haven-Milford-CT, Salinas-CA, Salinas-CA, and Providence-New-Bedford-Fall-River-RI-MA .

  1. Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk-CT increased +291.00% from 1977 thru 1987
  2. New-Haven-Milford-CT increased +263.57% from 1978 thru 1988
  3. Salinas-CA increased +257.03% from 1995 thru 2005
  4. Salinas-CA increased +246.95% from 1996 thru 2006
  5. Providence-New-Bedford-Fall-River-RI-MA increased +246.07% from 1977 thru 1987

Zip Code in MSA: 35020 - BESSEMER, AL

MSA Pop: 1072646
Zip Pop: 31627
Avg Value: 48000
County: JEFFERSON
Elev: 600
Region: South
Lat: 33.40098
Long: -86.94156