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.

  • Pittsfield, Massachusettes: + 96.41%
  • State of MA: +124.81%
  • Difference: - 22.75%

Pittsfield-MA

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Buying short sale properties is a real buzz right now in real estate. Short sales are created when a property is on the brink of foreclosure and the bank is willing to take a reduced payoff in order to avoid having to foreclose. If you are considering a short sale property chances are you will have to do some rehab and repair to the property. Its very important to analyze all of the historical appreciation data for the area if you are considering buying a property for investment. You can check our historical appreication data for Pittsfield-MA here. If you do decide to move forward with rehabbing a property and need information on a Rehab Loan in Massachusettes, you can do some research at Spec-Loan.com.

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

If you knew your Adams, Massachusettes home was worth $104,000.00 in 1998, you could multiply by + 96.41%, add the gain and see the home should be worth $204,269.22 in 2006. Home value is an important part of every mortgage transaction.


Average YEARLY Real Estate Appreciation for Pittsfield-MA from 1998 to 2006:
+ 10.71%

Appreciation Comparisons

For a 9 year period, the top 5 performing MSAs of all time are Salinas-CA, Salinas-CA, Springfield-MA, Naples-Marco-Island-FL, and San-Diego-Carlsbad-San-Marcos-CA .

  1. Salinas-CA increased +251.65% from 1997 thru 2005
  2. Salinas-CA increased +229.40% from 1998 thru 2006
  3. Springfield-MA increased +229.07% from 1981 thru 1989
  4. Naples-Marco-Island-FL increased +227.32% from 1998 thru 2006
  5. San-Diego-Carlsbad-San-Marcos-CA increased +218.50% from 1997 thru 2005

The worst perfoming MSAs ever for a 9 year period, were Midland-TX, Midland-TX, Lafayette-LA, Casper-WY, and Midland-TX .

  1. Midland-TX lost - 34.76% from 1982 to 1990
  2. Midland-TX lost - 32.77% from 1983 thru 1991
  3. Lafayette-LA lost - 26.59% from 1982 thru 1990
  4. Casper-WY lost - 26.42% from 1983 thru 1991
  5. Midland-TX lost - 25.57% from 1984 thru 1992

Zip Code in MSA: 1220 - ADAMS, MA

MSA Pop: 133310
Zip Pop: 9442
Avg Value: 95500
County: BERKSHIRE
Elev: 1039
Region: Northeast
Lat: 42.61992
Long: -73.120549