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 + 23.67% (+ 4.73% yearly) from 1994 to 1998.

During the same time period, CA had + 9.08% (+ 1.82% yearly). You can see that the Santa Cruz Watsonville, California MSA experienced higher appreciation in this case.

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1995-1998 Quarterly Detailed Appreciation


There are a lot of ways to use the appreciation data for Santa Cruz Watsonville, California .

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

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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 $92,000.00 in 1994, you could multiply by + 23.67%, add the gain and see the home should be worth $113,775.31 in 1998. Home value is an important part of every mortgage transaction.


Average YEARLY Real Estate Appreciation for Santa-Cruz-Watsonville-CA from 1994 to 1998:
+ 4.73%

Appreciation Comparisons

For a 5 year period, the top 5 performing MSAs of all time are San-Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa-Clara-CA, Worcester-MA, Fresno-CA, Madera-CA, and Yuba-City-CA .

  1. San-Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa-Clara-CA increased +139.57% from 1976 thru 1980
  2. Worcester-MA increased +138.82% from 1982 thru 1986
  3. Fresno-CA increased +137.23% from 2001 thru 2005
  4. Madera-CA increased +136.99% from 2001 thru 2005
  5. Yuba-City-CA increased +136.08% from 2001 thru 2005

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