Appreciation for MSAs:.

Let's start by comparing Decatur, Alabama 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 + 66.28% (+ 4.42% yearly) for the Decatur, Alabama MSA.

The entire state of AL had + 89.43% appreciation (+ 5.96% yearly). The state average for Alabama was higher than the real estate appreciation in the Decatur, Alabama MSA. This means the conditions in the MSA for real estate investment were worse by + 34.93%.

Decatur-AL

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There are a lot of ways to use the appreciation data for Decatur, Alabama .

Lets look at Town Creek, Alabama, a city located in Decatur, Alabama MSA.

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If you were going to do a Town Creek, Alabama Refinance, or Town Creek, Alabama Reverse Mortgages, you could estimate your home value.

If you knew your Town Creek, Alabama home was worth $98,000.00 in 1992, you could multiply by + 66.28%, add the gain and see the home should be worth $162,955.29 in 2006. Home value is an important part of every mortgage transaction.


Average YEARLY Real Estate Appreciation for Decatur-AL from 1992 to 2006:
+ 4.42%

Appreciation Comparisons

The worst perfoming MSAs ever for a 15 year period, were Midland-TX, Midland-TX, Midland-TX, Odessa-TX, and Midland-TX .

  1. Midland-TX lost - 26.77% from 1982 to 1996
  2. Midland-TX lost - 20.17% from 1983 thru 1997
  3. Midland-TX lost - 11.70% from 1984 thru 1998
  4. Odessa-TX lost - 9.94% from 1984 thru 1998
  5. Midland-TX lost - 5.77% from 1986 thru 2000

The top 5 performing MSAs from 1992 to 2006 were Bend-OR, Fort-Lauderdale-Pompano-Beach-Deerfield-Beach-FL--(M, Salinas-CA, Flagstaff-AZ-UT, and Medford-OR .

  1. Bend-OR increased +248.24% from 1992 to the end of 2006
  2. Fort-Lauderdale-Pompano-Beach-Deerfield-Beach-FL--(M increased +244.55% from 1992 to the end of 2006
  3. Salinas-CA increased +242.54% from 1992 to the end of 2006
  4. Flagstaff-AZ-UT increased +240.43% from 1992 to the end of 2006
  5. Medford-OR increased +232.88% from 1992 to the end of 2006

Zip Code in MSA: 35672 - TOWN CREEK, AL

MSA Pop: 147204
Zip Pop: 6568
Avg Value: 61800
County: LAWRENCE
Elev: 650
Region: South
Lat: 34.615186
Long: -87.416281