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.

  • Ocean City, New Jersey: +135.56%
  • State of NJ: + 90.95%
  • Difference: + 49.05%

Ocean-City-NJ

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2001-2004 Quarterly Detailed Appreciation
1998-2001 Quarterly Detailed Appreciation


Now is a great time to buy and fix up real estate in many areas. Foreclosures are on the rise so there are deals to be had. If you are considering purchasing and rehabbing a property, appreciation rates are important to consider. If you feel like this is a good area to purchase foreclosure property for rehab, check out Hard Money Rehab Loan Information at Spec-Loan.com. Its important to do your homework before taking on any type of real estate purchase.

If you were going to do a Cape May, New Jersey Refinance, or Cape May, New Jersey Reverse Mortgages, you could estimate your home value.

If you knew your Cape May, New Jersey home was worth $102,000.00 in 1998, you could multiply by +135.56%, add the gain and see the home should be worth $240,266.47 in 2004. Home value is an important part of every mortgage transaction.


Average YEARLY Real Estate Appreciation for Ocean-City-NJ from 1998 to 2004:
+ 19.37%

Appreciation Comparisons

The worst perfoming MSAs ever for a 7 year period, were Lafayette-LA, Casper-WY, Midland-TX, Lafayette-LA, and Midland-TX .

  1. Lafayette-LA lost - 40.40% from 1982 to 1988
  2. Casper-WY lost - 35.78% from 1983 thru 1989
  3. Midland-TX lost - 32.81% from 1983 thru 1989
  4. Lafayette-LA lost - 32.70% from 1983 thru 1989
  5. Midland-TX lost - 31.48% from 1982 thru 1988

The top 5 performing MSAs from 1998 to 2004 were San-Diego-Carlsbad-San-Marcos-CA, Salinas-CA, Napa-CA, Barnstable-Town-MA, and Vallejo-Fairfield-CA .

  1. San-Diego-Carlsbad-San-Marcos-CA increased +167.66% from 1998 to the end of 2004
  2. Salinas-CA increased +167.48% from 1998 to the end of 2004
  3. Napa-CA increased +152.43% from 1998 to the end of 2004
  4. Barnstable-Town-MA increased +150.37% from 1998 to the end of 2004
  5. Vallejo-Fairfield-CA increased +149.77% from 1998 to the end of 2004

Zip Code in MSA: 8204 - CAPE MAY, NJ

MSA Pop: 101845
Zip Pop: 18831
Avg Value: 122700
County: CAPE MAY
Elev: 19
Region: Northeast
Lat: 38.9712
Long: -74.92314