Appreciation for MSAs:.

Let's start by comparing Chico, California to the rest of the state. This will give us an idea if the appreciation here was isolated or happened across the state.

We have appreciattion of + 94.08% (+ 18.82% yearly) for the Chico, California MSA.

The entire state of CA had +101.24% appreciation (+ 20.25% yearly). The state average for California was higher than the real estate appreciation in the Chico, California MSA. This means the conditions in the MSA for real estate investment were worse by + 7.61%.

Chico-CA

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2003-2006 Quarterly Detailed Appreciation


Some of the ways peope use our appreciation data for Chico, California include real estate investment .

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

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

If you knew your Biggs, California home was worth $108,000.00 in 2002, you could multiply by + 94.08%, add the gain and see the home should be worth $209,606.70 in 2006. Home value is an important part of every mortgage transaction.


Average YEARLY Real Estate Appreciation for Chico-CA from 2002 to 2006:
+ 18.82%

Appreciation Comparisons

For a 5 year period, the top 5 performing MSAs of all time are San-Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa-Clara-CA, Worcester-MA, Fresno-CA, Madera-CA, and Yuba-City-CA .

  1. San-Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa-Clara-CA increased +139.57% from 1976 thru 1980
  2. Worcester-MA increased +138.82% from 1982 thru 1986
  3. Fresno-CA increased +137.23% from 2001 thru 2005
  4. Madera-CA increased +136.99% from 2001 thru 2005
  5. Yuba-City-CA increased +136.08% from 2001 thru 2005

The worst perfoming MSAs ever for a 5 year period, were Casper-WY, Lafayette-LA, Lafayette-LA, Grand-Junction-CO, and Anchorage-AK .

  1. Casper-WY lost - 42.34% from 1983 to 1987
  2. Lafayette-LA lost - 39.59% from 1983 thru 1987
  3. Lafayette-LA lost - 37.20% from 1984 thru 1988
  4. Grand-Junction-CO lost - 30.66% from 1982 thru 1986
  5. Anchorage-AK lost - 30.21% from 1985 thru 1989

Zip Code in MSA: 95917 - BIGGS, CA

MSA Pop: 211010
Zip Pop: 3154
Avg Value: 87300
County: BUTTE
Elev: 174
Region: West
Lat: 39.414723
Long: -121.691479