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.

  • Columbus, Indiana: + 7.82%
  • State of IN: + 11.98%
  • Difference: - 34.71%

Columbus-IN

YearQuarterPrice IndexQuarter Increase or DecreaseAnnualized
1996 2 107.82 + 1.62% + 6.48%
1996 3 109.19 + 1.27% + 5.08%
1996 4 107.23 - 1.80% - 7.18%
1997 1 107.97 + 0.69% + 2.76%
1997 2 110.03 + 1.91% + 7.63%
1997 3 111.09 + 0.96% + 3.85%
1997 4 112.53 + 1.30% + 5.18%
1998 1 112.86 + 0.29% + 1.17%
1998 2 114.61 + 1.55% + 6.20%
1998 3 113.85 - 0.66% - 2.65%
1998 4 114.4 + 0.48% + 1.93%


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

If you knew your Columbus, Indiana home was worth $94,000.00 in 1996, you could multiply by + 7.82%, add the gain and see the home should be worth $101,353.44 in 1998. Home value is an important part of every mortgage transaction.


Average YEARLY Real Estate Appreciation for Columbus-IN from 1996 to 1998:
+ 2.61%

Appreciation Comparisons

The worst perfoming MSAs ever for a 3 year period, were Grand-Junction-CO, Lafayette-LA, Honolulu-HI, Fairbanks-AK, and Lafayette-LA .

  1. Grand-Junction-CO lost - 34.69% from 1983 to 1985
  2. Lafayette-LA lost - 31.84% from 1985 thru 1987
  3. Honolulu-HI lost - 30.81% from 1979 thru 1981
  4. Fairbanks-AK lost - 29.16% from 1987 thru 1989
  5. Lafayette-LA lost - 28.50% from 1986 thru 1988

The top 5 performing MSAs from 1996 to 1998 were San-Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa-Clara-CA, Santa-Cruz-Watsonville-CA, Jackson-MI, Bay-City-MI, and Monroe-MI .

  1. San-Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa-Clara-CA increased + 34.16% from 1996 to the end of 1998
  2. Santa-Cruz-Watsonville-CA increased + 22.04% from 1996 to the end of 1998
  3. Jackson-MI increased + 21.73% from 1996 to the end of 1998
  4. Bay-City-MI increased + 20.64% from 1996 to the end of 1998
  5. Monroe-MI increased + 20.48% from 1996 to the end of 1998

Zip Code in MSA: 47202 - COLUMBUS, IN

MSA Pop: 72341
Zip Pop: 0
Avg Value: 0
County: BARTHOLOMEW
Elev: 629
Region: Midwest
Lat: 39.20587
Long: -85.921439