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.

  • Provo Orem, Utah: + 9.33%
  • State of UT: + 10.95%
  • Difference: - 14.84%

Provo-Orem-UT

YearQuarterPrice IndexQuarter Increase or DecreaseAnnualized
1996 2 112.45 - 0.13% - 0.53%
1996 3 114.16 + 1.52% + 6.08%
1996 4 116.08 + 1.68% + 6.73%
1997 1 117.97 + 1.63% + 6.51%
1997 2 118.36 + 0.33% + 1.32%
1997 3 121.28 + 2.47% + 9.87%
1997 4 123.1 + 1.50% + 6.00%


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If you were going to do a American Fork, Utah Refinance, or American Fork, Utah Reverse Mortgages, you could estimate your home value.

If you knew your American Fork, Utah home was worth $93,000.00 in 1996, you could multiply by + 9.33%, add the gain and see the home should be worth $101,672.29 in 1997. Home value is an important part of every mortgage transaction.


Average YEARLY Real Estate Appreciation for Provo-Orem-UT from 1996 to 1997:
+ 4.66%

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 1996 to 1997 were San-Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa-Clara-CA, Bay-City-MI, Jackson-MI, Monroe-MI, and Muskegon-North-Shores-MI .

  1. San-Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa-Clara-CA increased + 18.65% from 1996 to the end of 1997
  2. Bay-City-MI increased + 14.57% from 1996 to the end of 1997
  3. Jackson-MI increased + 14.25% from 1996 to the end of 1997
  4. Monroe-MI increased + 14.01% from 1996 to the end of 1997
  5. Muskegon-North-Shores-MI increased + 13.83% from 1996 to the end of 1997

Zip Code in MSA: 84003 - AMERICAN FORK, UT

MSA Pop: 406851
Zip Pop: 30441
Avg Value: 164900
County: UTAH
Elev: 4512
Region: West
Lat: 40.41924
Long: -111.56526