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 +104.39% (+ 11.60% yearly) from 1994 to 2002.

During the same time period, CA had + 68.24% (+ 7.58% yearly). You can see that the Santa Cruz Watsonville, California MSA experienced higher appreciation in this case.

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

If you knew your Boulder Creek, California home was worth $96,000.00 in 1994, you could multiply by +104.39%, add the gain and see the home should be worth $196,216.96 in 2002. Home value is an important part of every mortgage transaction.


Average YEARLY Real Estate Appreciation for Santa-Cruz-Watsonville-CA from 1994 to 2002:
+ 11.60%

Appreciation Comparisons

The worst perfoming MSAs ever for a 9 year period, were Midland-TX, Midland-TX, Lafayette-LA, Casper-WY, and Midland-TX .

  1. Midland-TX lost - 34.76% from 1982 to 1990
  2. Midland-TX lost - 32.77% from 1983 thru 1991
  3. Lafayette-LA lost - 26.59% from 1982 thru 1990
  4. Casper-WY lost - 26.42% from 1983 thru 1991
  5. Midland-TX lost - 25.57% from 1984 thru 1992

The top 5 performing MSAs from 1994 to 2002 were Barnstable-Town-MA, San-Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa-Clara-CA, Santa-Cruz-Watsonville-CA, Denver-Aurora-CO, and Salinas-CA .

  1. Barnstable-Town-MA increased +116.17% from 1994 to the end of 2002
  2. San-Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa-Clara-CA increased +112.59% from 1994 to the end of 2002
  3. Santa-Cruz-Watsonville-CA increased +104.39% from 1994 to the end of 2002
  4. Denver-Aurora-CO increased + 98.00% from 1994 to the end of 2002
  5. Salinas-CA increased + 93.56% from 1994 to the end of 2002

Zip Code in MSA: 95006 - BOULDER CREEK, CA

MSA Pop: 251584
Zip Pop: 10506
Avg Value: 301600
County: SANTA CRUZ
Elev: 17
Region: West
Lat: 37.147293
Long: -122.129234