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.

  • Florence Muscle Shoals, Alabama: + 8.81%
  • State of AL: + 14.11%
  • Difference: - 37.52%

Florence-Muscle-Shoals-AL

YearQuarterPrice IndexQuarter Increase or DecreaseAnnualized
1998 2 110.03 + 0.29% + 1.17%
1998 3 110.58 + 0.50% + 2.00%
1998 4 112.52 + 1.75% + 7.02%
1999 1 113.37 + 0.76% + 3.02%
1999 2 111.46 - 1.68% - 6.74%
1999 3 112.31 + 0.76% + 3.05%
1999 4 113.59 + 1.14% + 4.56%
2000 1 109.1 - 3.95% - 15.81%
2000 2 111.9 + 2.57% + 10.27%
2000 3 111.88 - 0.02% - 0.07%
2000 4 113.86 + 1.77% + 7.08%
2001 1 116.77 + 2.56% + 10.22%
2001 2 117.08 + 0.27% + 1.06%
2001 3 118.13 + 0.90% + 3.59%
2001 4 119.38 + 1.06% + 4.23%


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

If you knew your Cloverdale, Alabama home was worth $99,000.00 in 1998, you could multiply by + 8.81%, add the gain and see the home should be worth $107,726.00 in 2001. Home value is an important part of every mortgage transaction.


Average YEARLY Real Estate Appreciation for Florence-Muscle-Shoals-AL from 1998 to 2001:
+ 2.20%

Appreciation Comparisons

For a 4 year period, the top 5 performing MSAs of all time are Bakersfield-CA, Fresno-CA, Madera-CA, Riverside-San-Bernardino-Ontario-CA, and Bakersfield-CA .

  1. Bakersfield-CA increased +116.36% from 2002 thru 2005
  2. Fresno-CA increased +116.09% from 2002 thru 2005
  3. Madera-CA increased +114.32% from 2002 thru 2005
  4. Riverside-San-Bernardino-Ontario-CA increased +112.60% from 2002 thru 2005
  5. Bakersfield-CA increased +110.89% from 2003 thru 2006

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: 35617 - CLOVERDALE, AL

MSA Pop: 141499
Zip Pop: 0
Avg Value: 0
County: LAUDERDALE
Elev: 506
Region: South
Lat: 34.938611
Long: -87.771389