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.

  • Chico, California: + 30.86%
  • State of CA: + 54.84%
  • Difference: - 43.73%

Chico-CA

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1998-2001 Quarterly Detailed Appreciation


There are a lot of ways to use the appreciation data for Chico, California .

Lets look at Chico, California, a city located in Chico, California MSA.

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

If you knew your Chico, California home was worth $97,000.00 in 1996, you could multiply by + 30.86%, add the gain and see the home should be worth $126,934.69 in 2001. Home value is an important part of every mortgage transaction.


Average YEARLY Real Estate Appreciation for Chico-CA from 1996 to 2001:
+ 5.14%

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 1996 to 2001 were San-Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa-Clara-CA, Santa-Cruz-Watsonville-CA, Barnstable-Town-MA, Salinas-CA, and Santa-Rosa-Petaluma-CA .

  1. San-Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa-Clara-CA increased + 97.98% from 1996 to the end of 2001
  2. Santa-Cruz-Watsonville-CA increased + 87.89% from 1996 to the end of 2001
  3. Barnstable-Town-MA increased + 78.09% from 1996 to the end of 2001
  4. Salinas-CA increased + 77.14% from 1996 to the end of 2001
  5. Santa-Rosa-Petaluma-CA increased + 76.30% from 1996 to the end of 2001

Zip Code in MSA: 95926 - CHICO, CA

MSA Pop: 211010
Zip Pop: 35803
Avg Value: 137700
County: BUTTE
Elev: 174
Region: West
Lat: 39.79146
Long: -121.84764