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.

  • Charleston North Charleston, South Carlina: +130.84%
  • State of SC: + 64.19%
  • Difference: +103.83%

Charleston-North-Charleston-SC

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2002-2005 Quarterly Detailed Appreciation
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Buying short sale properties is a real buzz right now in real estate. Short sales are created when a property is on the brink of foreclosure and the bank is willing to take a reduced payoff in order to avoid having to foreclose. If you are considering a short sale property chances are you will have to do some rehab and repair to the property. Its very important to analyze all of the historical appreciation data for the area if you are considering buying a property for investment. You can check our historical appreication data for Charleston-North-Charleston-SC here. If you do decide to move forward with rehabbing a property and need information on a Rehab Loan in South Carlina, you can do some research at Spec-Loan.com.

If you were going to do a Charleston Afb, South Carlina Refinance, or Charleston Afb, South Carlina Reverse Mortgages, you could estimate your home value.

If you knew your Charleston Afb, South Carlina home was worth $101,000.00 in 1996, you could multiply by +130.84%, add the gain and see the home should be worth $233,144.62 in 2005. Home value is an important part of every mortgage transaction.


Average YEARLY Real Estate Appreciation for Charleston-North-Charleston-SC from 1996 to 2005:
+ 13.08%

Appreciation Comparisons

For a 10 year period, the top 5 performing MSAs of all time are Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk-CT, New-Haven-Milford-CT, Salinas-CA, Salinas-CA, and Riverside-San-Bernardino-Ontario-CA .

  1. Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk-CT increased +262.04% from 1977 thru 1986
  2. New-Haven-Milford-CT increased +251.93% from 1978 thru 1987
  3. Salinas-CA increased +251.06% from 1996 thru 2005
  4. Salinas-CA increased +247.53% from 1997 thru 2006
  5. Riverside-San-Bernardino-Ontario-CA increased +237.10% from 1997 thru 2006

The worst perfoming MSAs ever for a 10 year period, were Midland-TX, Midland-TX, Lafayette-LA, Midland-TX, and Lafayette-LA .

  1. Midland-TX lost - 34.73% from 1982 to 1991
  2. Midland-TX lost - 31.11% from 1983 thru 1992
  3. Lafayette-LA lost - 22.75% from 1982 thru 1991
  4. Midland-TX lost - 22.05% from 1984 thru 1993
  5. Lafayette-LA lost - 21.25% from 1983 thru 1992

Zip Code in MSA: 29404 - CHARLESTON AFB, SC

MSA Pop: 571631
Zip Pop: 4384
Avg Value: 76000
County: CHARLESTON
Elev: 118
Region: South
Lat: 32.89764
Long: -80.06832