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.

  • San Jose Sunnyvale Santa Clara, California: + 96.05%
  • State of CA: + 39.65%
  • Difference: +142.27%

San-Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa-Clara-CA

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1997-2000 Quarterly Detailed Appreciation


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 San-Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa-Clara-CA here. If you do decide to move forward with rehabbing a property and need information on a Rehab Loan in California, you can do some research at Spec-Loan.com.

If you were going to do a Los Altos, California Refinance, or Los Altos, California Reverse Mortgages, you could estimate your home value.

If you knew your Los Altos, California home was worth $96,000.00 in 1996, you could multiply by + 96.05%, add the gain and see the home should be worth $188,207.71 in 2000. Home value is an important part of every mortgage transaction.


Average YEARLY Real Estate Appreciation for San-Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa-Clara-CA from 1996 to 2000:
+ 19.21%

Appreciation Comparisons

The top 5 performing MSAs from 1996 to 2000 were San-Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa-Clara-CA, Santa-Cruz-Watsonville-CA, Santa-Rosa-Petaluma-CA, Salinas-CA, and Barnstable-Town-MA .

  1. San-Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa-Clara-CA increased + 96.05% from 1996 to the end of 2000
  2. Santa-Cruz-Watsonville-CA increased + 76.03% from 1996 to the end of 2000
  3. Santa-Rosa-Petaluma-CA increased + 62.17% from 1996 to the end of 2000
  4. Salinas-CA increased + 58.85% from 1996 to the end of 2000
  5. Barnstable-Town-MA increased + 56.37% from 1996 to the end of 2000

Zip Code in MSA: 94024 - LOS ALTOS, CA

MSA Pop: 1734721
Zip Pop: 21479
Avg Value: 995200
County: SANTA CLARA
Elev: 87
Region: West
Lat: 37.352816
Long: -122.087848