Appreciation for MSAs:.

Before we disect the appreciation within the MSA for this period, lets consider how Santa Cruz Watsonville, California did compared to the state as a whole.

The Santa Cruz Watsonville, California MSA property value change was + 74.02% (+ 18.50% yearly).

All of the property in CA averaged + 40.36% change in value (+ 10.09% yearly).

Santa-Cruz-Watsonville-CA

YearQuarterPrice IndexQuarter Increase or DecreaseAnnualized
1997 2 104.8 + 1.37% + 5.49%
1997 3 109.08 + 4.08% + 16.34%
1997 4 110.04 + 0.88% + 3.52%
1998 1 113.8 + 3.42% + 13.67%
1998 2 118.35 + 4.00% + 15.99%
1998 3 121.96 + 3.05% + 12.20%
1998 4 124.72 + 2.26% + 9.05%
1999 1 126.75 + 1.63% + 6.51%
1999 2 130.85 + 3.23% + 12.94%
1999 3 138.79 + 6.07% + 24.27%
1999 4 145.88 + 5.11% + 20.43%
2000 1 152.75 + 4.71% + 18.84%
2000 2 163.55 + 7.07% + 28.28%
2000 3 172.76 + 5.63% + 22.53%
2000 4 179.9 + 4.13% + 16.53%


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 $97,000.00 in 1997, you could multiply by + 74.02%, add the gain and see the home should be worth $168,797.64 in 2000. Home value is an important part of every mortgage transaction.


Average YEARLY Real Estate Appreciation for Santa-Cruz-Watsonville-CA from 1997 to 2000:
+ 18.50%

Appreciation Comparisons

The worst perfoming MSAs ever for a 4 year period, were Lafayette-LA, Grand-Junction-CO, Lafayette-LA, Casper-WY, and Casper-WY .

  1. Lafayette-LA lost - 34.71% from 1985 to 1988
  2. Grand-Junction-CO lost - 34.70% from 1982 thru 1985
  3. Lafayette-LA lost - 34.44% from 1984 thru 1987
  4. Casper-WY lost - 34.10% from 1983 thru 1986
  5. Casper-WY lost - 32.07% from 1984 thru 1987

The top 5 performing MSAs from 1997 to 2000 were San-Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa-Clara-CA, Santa-Cruz-Watsonville-CA, Santa-Rosa-Petaluma-CA, Salinas-CA, and Napa-CA .

  1. San-Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa-Clara-CA increased + 82.37% from 1997 to the end of 2000
  2. Santa-Cruz-Watsonville-CA increased + 74.02% from 1997 to the end of 2000
  3. Santa-Rosa-Petaluma-CA increased + 61.76% from 1997 to the end of 2000
  4. Salinas-CA increased + 59.12% from 1997 to the end of 2000
  5. Napa-CA increased + 54.99% from 1997 to the end of 2000

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