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: + 32.28%
  • State of IA: + 44.75%
  • Difference: - 27.88%

Cedar-Rapids-IA

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

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

If you knew your Blairstown, Iowa home was worth $104,000.00 in 1998, you could multiply by + 32.28%, add the gain and see the home should be worth $137,566.09 in 2006. Home value is an important part of every mortgage transaction.


Average YEARLY Real Estate Appreciation for Cedar-Rapids-IA from 1998 to 2006:
+ 3.59%

Appreciation Comparisons

The top 5 performing MSAs from 1998 to 2006 were Salinas-CA, Naples-Marco-Island-FL, Riverside-San-Bernardino-Ontario-CA, Merced-CA, and Vallejo-Fairfield-CA .

  1. Salinas-CA increased +229.40% from 1998 to the end of 2006
  2. Naples-Marco-Island-FL increased +227.32% from 1998 to the end of 2006
  3. Riverside-San-Bernardino-Ontario-CA increased +216.87% from 1998 to the end of 2006
  4. Merced-CA increased +204.44% from 1998 to the end of 2006
  5. Vallejo-Fairfield-CA increased +204.12% from 1998 to the end of 2006

Zip Code in MSA: 52209 - BLAIRSTOWN, IA

MSA Pop: 242744
Zip Pop: 1095
Avg Value: 90000
County: BENTON
Elev: 810
Region: Midwest
Lat: 41.90598
Long: -92.082565