Appreciation for MSAs:.

Let's start by comparing Santa Cruz Watsonville, California to the rest of the state. This will give us an idea if the appreciation here was isolated or happened across the state.

We have appreciattion of + 10.92% (+ 5.46% yearly) for the Santa Cruz Watsonville, California MSA.

The entire state of CA had + 26.20% appreciation (+ 13.10% yearly). The state average for California was higher than the real estate appreciation in the Santa Cruz Watsonville, California MSA. This means the conditions in the MSA for real estate investment were worse by +139.85%.

Santa-Cruz-Watsonville-CA

YearQuarterPrice IndexQuarter Increase or DecreaseAnnualized
2002 2 199.59 + 2.12% + 8.49%
2002 3 203.35 + 1.88% + 7.54%
2002 4 206.13 + 1.37% + 5.47%
2003 1 207.54 + 0.68% + 2.74%
2003 2 209.07 + 0.74% + 2.95%
2003 3 211.16 + 1.00% + 4.00%
2003 4 216.79 + 2.67% + 10.66%


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 $105,000.00 in 2002, you could multiply by + 10.92%, add the gain and see the home should be worth $116,470.27 in 2003. Home value is an important part of every mortgage transaction.


Average YEARLY Real Estate Appreciation for Santa-Cruz-Watsonville-CA from 2002 to 2003:
+ 5.46%

Appreciation Comparisons

For a 2 year period, the top 5 performing MSAs of all time are Fort-Walton-Beach-Crestview-Destin-FL, Naples-Marco-Island-FL, Bakersfield-CA, Visalia-Porterville-CA, and Phoenix-Mesa-Scottdale-AZ .

  1. Fort-Walton-Beach-Crestview-Destin-FL increased + 64.61% from 2004 thru 2005
  2. Naples-Marco-Island-FL increased + 64.37% from 2004 thru 2005
  3. Bakersfield-CA increased + 63.04% from 2004 thru 2005
  4. Visalia-Porterville-CA increased + 62.28% from 2004 thru 2005
  5. Phoenix-Mesa-Scottdale-AZ increased + 60.78% from 2004 thru 2005

Zip Code in MSA: 95001 - APTOS, CA

MSA Pop: 251584
Zip Pop: 0
Avg Value: 0
County: SANTA CRUZ
Elev: 17
Region: West
Lat: 36.97902
Long: -121.89798