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.

  • Corpus Christi, Texas: + 8.64%
  • State of TX: + 15.17%
  • Difference: - 43.06%

Corpus-Christi-TX

YearQuarterPrice IndexQuarter Increase or DecreaseAnnualized
1996 2 104.87 + 0.19% + 0.76%
1996 3 104.66 - 0.20% - 0.80%
1996 4 106.1 + 1.38% + 5.50%
1997 1 103.82 - 2.15% - 8.60%
1997 2 105.49 + 1.61% + 6.43%
1997 3 107.92 + 2.30% + 9.21%
1997 4 107.63 - 0.27% - 1.07%
1998 1 108.88 + 1.16% + 4.65%
1998 2 107.86 - 0.94% - 3.75%
1998 3 108.6 + 0.69% + 2.74%
1998 4 110.85 + 2.07% + 8.29%
1999 1 109.58 - 1.15% - 4.58%
1999 2 112.14 + 2.34% + 9.34%
1999 3 114.57 + 2.17% + 8.67%
1999 4 113.71 - 0.75% - 3.00%


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If you were going to do a Aransas Pass, Texas Refinance, or Aransas Pass, Texas Reverse Mortgages, you could estimate your home value.

If you knew your Aransas Pass, Texas home was worth $95,000.00 in 1996, you could multiply by + 8.64%, add the gain and see the home should be worth $103,204.83 in 1999. Home value is an important part of every mortgage transaction.


Average YEARLY Real Estate Appreciation for Corpus-Christi-TX from 1996 to 1999:
+ 2.16%

Appreciation Comparisons

In contrast, the worst 5 MSAs from 1996 to 1999 were Honolulu-HI, Buffalo-Niagara-Falls-NY, Bakersfield-CA, Reading-PA, and Albany-Schenectady-Troy-NY .

  1. Honolulu-HI decreased by - 13.65% between 1996 and 1999
  2. Buffalo-Niagara-Falls-NY decreased by - 2.34% between 1996 and 1999
  3. Bakersfield-CA decreased by - 0.56% between 1996 and 1999
  4. Reading-PA decreased by - 0.46% between 1996 and 1999
  5. Albany-Schenectady-Troy-NY decreased by - 0.38% between 1996 and 1999

The worst perfoming MSAs ever for a 4 year period, were Lafayette-LA, Grand-Junction-CO, Lafayette-LA, Casper-WY, and Casper-WY .

  1. Lafayette-LA lost - 34.71% from 1985 to 1988
  2. Grand-Junction-CO lost - 34.70% from 1982 thru 1985
  3. Lafayette-LA lost - 34.44% from 1984 thru 1987
  4. Casper-WY lost - 34.10% from 1983 thru 1986
  5. Casper-WY lost - 32.07% from 1984 thru 1987

Zip Code in MSA: 78336 - ARANSAS PASS, TX

MSA Pop: 406830
Zip Pop: 12106
Avg Value: 46400
County: SAN PATRICIO
Elev: 54
Region: South
Lat: 27.903685
Long: -97.159316