Appreciation for MSAs:.

The first way to get a handle on an areas appreciation for a period is to compare it to the rest of the state.

In this case Port St Lucie Fort Pierce, Florida MSA appreciated + 6.31% (+ 3.15% yearly) for the period between 1999 and the end of 2000.

The state had + 11.46% total appreciation (+ 5.73% yearly). The state average for Florida was higher than the real estate appreciation in the Port St Lucie Fort Pierce, Florida MSA. This shows that something happened in this area to cause it to underperform. If you can identify the cause during these years, you can learn to avoid it. The state appreaciated + 81.61% faster than this MSA.

Port-St-Lucie-Fort-Pierce-FL

YearQuarterPrice IndexQuarter Increase or DecreaseAnnualized
1999 2 110.15 - 0.44% - 1.77%
1999 3 109.44 - 0.64% - 2.58%
1999 4 112.12 + 2.45% + 9.80%
2000 1 112.51 + 0.35% + 1.39%
2000 2 114.6 + 1.86% + 7.43%
2000 3 116.13 + 1.34% + 5.34%
2000 4 117.62 + 1.28% + 5.13%


There are a lot of ways to use the appreciation data for Port St Lucie Fort Pierce, Florida .

Lets look at Fort Pierce, Florida, a city located in Port St Lucie Fort Pierce, Florida MSA.

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If you were going to do a Fort Pierce, Florida Refinance, or Fort Pierce, Florida Reverse Mortgages, you could estimate your home value.

If you knew your Fort Pierce, Florida home was worth $99,000.00 in 1999, you could multiply by + 6.31%, add the gain and see the home should be worth $105,245.66 in 2000. Home value is an important part of every mortgage transaction.


Average YEARLY Real Estate Appreciation for Port-St-Lucie-Fort-Pierce-FL from 1999 to 2000:
+ 3.15%

Appreciation Comparisons

The worst perfoming MSAs ever for a 2 year period, were Honolulu-HI, Casper-WY, Grand-Junction-CO, Lafayette-LA, and Anchorage-AK .

  1. Honolulu-HI lost - 49.13% from 1980 to 1981
  2. Casper-WY lost - 27.70% from 1986 thru 1987
  3. Grand-Junction-CO lost - 26.25% from 1984 thru 1985
  4. Lafayette-LA lost - 25.36% from 1986 thru 1987
  5. Anchorage-AK lost - 24.89% from 1986 thru 1987

The top 5 performing MSAs from 1999 to 2000 were San-Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa-Clara-CA, Santa-Cruz-Watsonville-CA, Santa-Rosa-Petaluma-CA, Salinas-CA, and Napa-CA .

  1. San-Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa-Clara-CA increased + 44.43% from 1999 to the end of 2000
  2. Santa-Cruz-Watsonville-CA increased + 41.93% from 1999 to the end of 2000
  3. Santa-Rosa-Petaluma-CA increased + 41.14% from 1999 to the end of 2000
  4. Salinas-CA increased + 39.42% from 1999 to the end of 2000
  5. Napa-CA increased + 33.84% from 1999 to the end of 2000

Zip Code in MSA: 34979 - FORT PIERCE, FL

MSA Pop: 348569
Zip Pop: 0
Avg Value: 0
County: SAINT LUCIE
Elev: 16
Region: South
Lat: 27.44712
Long: -80.33703