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.

  • Cedar Rapids, Iowa: + 21.21%
  • State of IA: + 27.58%
  • Difference: - 23.08%

Cedar-Rapids-IA

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2000-2003 Quarterly Detailed Appreciation


There are a lot of ways to use the appreciation data for Cedar Rapids, Iowa .

Lets look at Atkins, Iowa, a city located in Cedar Rapids, Iowa MSA.

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

If you knew your Atkins, Iowa home was worth $101,000.00 in 1998, you could multiply by + 21.21%, add the gain and see the home should be worth $122,424.79 in 2003. Home value is an important part of every mortgage transaction.


Average YEARLY Real Estate Appreciation for Cedar-Rapids-IA from 1998 to 2003:
+ 3.54%

Appreciation Comparisons

The worst perfoming MSAs ever for a 6 year period, were Lafayette-LA, Lafayette-LA, Casper-WY, Anchorage-AK, and Midland-TX .

  1. Lafayette-LA lost - 42.13% from 1983 to 1988
  2. Lafayette-LA lost - 37.78% from 1982 thru 1987
  3. Casper-WY lost - 37.50% from 1983 thru 1988
  4. Anchorage-AK lost - 33.17% from 1984 thru 1989
  5. Midland-TX lost - 31.15% from 1982 thru 1987

The top 5 performing MSAs from 1998 to 2003 were Barnstable-Town-MA, Napa-CA, San-Diego-Carlsbad-San-Marcos-CA, San-Luis-Obispo-Paso-Robles-CA, and Salinas-CA .

  1. Barnstable-Town-MA increased +119.99% from 1998 to the end of 2003
  2. Napa-CA increased +114.39% from 1998 to the end of 2003
  3. San-Diego-Carlsbad-San-Marcos-CA increased +111.21% from 1998 to the end of 2003
  4. San-Luis-Obispo-Paso-Robles-CA increased +108.99% from 1998 to the end of 2003
  5. Salinas-CA increased +107.08% from 1998 to the end of 2003

Zip Code in MSA: 52206 - ATKINS, IA

MSA Pop: 242744
Zip Pop: 1584
Avg Value: 124700
County: BENTON
Elev: 810
Region: Midwest
Lat: 42.006597
Long: -91.87256