Appreciation for MSAs:.

Let's start by comparing Santa Cruz Watsonville, California to the rest of the state. This will give us an idea if the appreciation here was isolated or happened across the state.

We have appreciattion of +188.46% (+ 13.46% yearly) for the Santa Cruz Watsonville, California MSA.

The entire state of CA had +172.72% appreciation (+ 12.34% yearly). The Santa Cruz Watsonville, California MSA beat out the state. by + 9.11% appreciation.

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Lets look at Felton, California, a city located in Santa Cruz Watsonville, California MSA.

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

If you knew your Felton, California home was worth $97,000.00 in 1992, you could multiply by +188.46%, add the gain and see the home should be worth $279,803.08 in 2005. Home value is an important part of every mortgage transaction.


Average YEARLY Real Estate Appreciation for Santa-Cruz-Watsonville-CA from 1992 to 2005:
+ 13.46%

Appreciation Comparisons

The top 5 performing MSAs from 1992 to 2005 were Salinas-CA, Medford-OR, Fort-Lauderdale-Pompano-Beach-Deerfield-Beach-FL--(M, Fort-Walton-Beach-Crestview-Destin-FL, and Phoenix-Mesa-Scottdale-AZ .

  1. Salinas-CA increased +246.60% from 1992 to the end of 2005
  2. Medford-OR increased +224.65% from 1992 to the end of 2005
  3. Fort-Lauderdale-Pompano-Beach-Deerfield-Beach-FL--(M increased +218.48% from 1992 to the end of 2005
  4. Fort-Walton-Beach-Crestview-Destin-FL increased +202.40% from 1992 to the end of 2005
  5. Phoenix-Mesa-Scottdale-AZ increased +200.00% from 1992 to the end of 2005

For a 14 year period, the top 5 performing MSAs of all time are San-Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa-Clara-CA, Honolulu-HI, San-Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa-Clara-CA, Oxnard-Thousand-Oaks-Ventura-CA, and Santa-Rosa-Petaluma-CA .

  1. San-Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa-Clara-CA increased +471.91% from 1976 thru 1989
  2. Honolulu-HI increased +338.44% from 1978 thru 1991
  3. San-Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa-Clara-CA increased +337.52% from 1977 thru 1990
  4. Oxnard-Thousand-Oaks-Ventura-CA increased +325.36% from 1977 thru 1990
  5. Santa-Rosa-Petaluma-CA increased +309.66% from 1977 thru 1990

Zip Code in MSA: 95018 - FELTON, CA

MSA Pop: 251584
Zip Pop: 8720
Avg Value: 285300
County: SANTA CRUZ
Elev: 17
Region: West
Lat: 37.064693
Long: -122.061515