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 +195.36% (+ 19.54% yearly).

All of the property in CA averaged +221.56% change in value (+ 22.16% yearly).

Santa-Cruz-Watsonville-CA

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

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

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

If you knew your Brookdale, California home was worth $103,000.00 in 1997, you could multiply by +195.36%, add the gain and see the home should be worth $304,217.64 in 2006. Home value is an important part of every mortgage transaction.


Average YEARLY Real Estate Appreciation for Santa-Cruz-Watsonville-CA from 1997 to 2006:
+ 19.54%

Appreciation Comparisons

The worst perfoming MSAs ever for a 10 year period, were Midland-TX, Midland-TX, Lafayette-LA, Midland-TX, and Lafayette-LA .

  1. Midland-TX lost - 34.73% from 1982 to 1991
  2. Midland-TX lost - 31.11% from 1983 thru 1992
  3. Lafayette-LA lost - 22.75% from 1982 thru 1991
  4. Midland-TX lost - 22.05% from 1984 thru 1993
  5. Lafayette-LA lost - 21.25% from 1983 thru 1992

The top 5 performing MSAs from 1997 to 2006 were Salinas-CA, Riverside-San-Bernardino-Ontario-CA, Merced-CA, Napa-CA, and San-Diego-Carlsbad-San-Marcos-CA .

  1. Salinas-CA increased +247.53% from 1997 to the end of 2006
  2. Riverside-San-Bernardino-Ontario-CA increased +237.10% from 1997 to the end of 2006
  3. Merced-CA increased +219.89% from 1997 to the end of 2006
  4. Napa-CA increased +218.67% from 1997 to the end of 2006
  5. San-Diego-Carlsbad-San-Marcos-CA increased +216.82% from 1997 to the end of 2006

Zip Code in MSA: 95007 - BROOKDALE, CA

MSA Pop: 251584
Zip Pop: 1000
Avg Value: 355500
County: SANTA CRUZ
Elev: 17
Region: West
Lat: 37.105935
Long: -122.108044