Appreciation for MSAs:.

The state appreciation level can be a good benchmark for comparing an individual MSAs perfomance.

If we analyze Santa Cruz Watsonville, California MSA appreciation it was + 1.29% (+ 0.43% yearly) from 1994 to 1996.

During the same time period, CA had - 5.06% (- 1.69% yearly). You can see that the Santa Cruz Watsonville, California MSA experienced higher appreciation in this case.

Santa-Cruz-Watsonville-CA

YearQuarterPrice IndexQuarter Increase or DecreaseAnnualized
1994 2 99.55 - 1.29% - 5.16%
1994 3 99.12 - 0.43% - 1.73%
1994 4 98.37 - 0.76% - 3.03%
1995 1 100 + 1.66% + 6.63%
1995 2 100.04 + 0.04% + 0.16%
1995 3 101.26 + 1.22% + 4.88%
1995 4 100.81 - 0.44% - 1.78%
1996 1 102.2 + 1.38% + 5.52%
1996 2 100.87 - 1.30% - 5.21%
1996 3 100.37 - 0.50% - 1.98%
1996 4 102.15 + 1.77% + 7.09%


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

If you knew your Aptos, California home was worth $90,000.00 in 1994, you could multiply by + 1.29%, add the gain and see the home should be worth $91,160.14 in 1996. Home value is an important part of every mortgage transaction.


Average YEARLY Real Estate Appreciation for Santa-Cruz-Watsonville-CA from 1994 to 1996:
+ 0.43%

Appreciation Comparisons

The worst perfoming MSAs ever for a 3 year period, were Grand-Junction-CO, Lafayette-LA, Honolulu-HI, Fairbanks-AK, and Lafayette-LA .

  1. Grand-Junction-CO lost - 34.69% from 1983 to 1985
  2. Lafayette-LA lost - 31.84% from 1985 thru 1987
  3. Honolulu-HI lost - 30.81% from 1979 thru 1981
  4. Fairbanks-AK lost - 29.16% from 1987 thru 1989
  5. Lafayette-LA lost - 28.50% from 1986 thru 1988

The top 5 performing MSAs from 1994 to 1996 were Salt-Lake-City-UT, Ogden-Clearfield-UT, Provo-Orem-UT, Logan-UT-ID, and Pueblo-CO .

  1. Salt-Lake-City-UT increased + 33.67% from 1994 to the end of 1996
  2. Ogden-Clearfield-UT increased + 32.69% from 1994 to the end of 1996
  3. Provo-Orem-UT increased + 30.79% from 1994 to the end of 1996
  4. Logan-UT-ID increased + 29.11% from 1994 to the end of 1996
  5. Pueblo-CO increased + 27.92% from 1994 to the end of 1996

Zip Code in MSA: 95003 - APTOS, CA

MSA Pop: 251584
Zip Pop: 24225
Avg Value: 414600
County: SANTA CRUZ
Elev: 17
Region: West
Lat: 36.99264
Long: -121.87674