Appreciation for MSAs:.

Real Estate Investing is all about property appreciation. Understanding Real Estate Appreication is to a real estate investor what reading a profit and loss is to a corporate CEO. Once you understand appreication and the trends that drive it, you can begin to make better decisions on real estate investing.

  • Williamsport, Pensylivania: + 6.31%
  • State of PA: + 8.69%
  • Difference: - 27.34%

Williamsport-PA

YearQuarterPrice IndexQuarter Increase or DecreaseAnnualized
1998 2 112.75 + 2.27% + 9.07%
1998 3 112.62 - 0.12% - 0.46%
1998 4 114.18 + 1.39% + 5.54%
1999 1 115.4 + 1.07% + 4.27%
1999 2 114.03 - 1.19% - 4.75%
1999 3 113.68 - 0.31% - 1.23%
1999 4 113.64 - 0.04% - 0.14%
2000 1 114.79 + 1.01% + 4.05%
2000 2 115.04 + 0.22% + 0.87%
2000 3 114.36 - 0.59% - 2.36%
2000 4 117.21 + 2.49% + 9.97%


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

If you knew your Williamsport, Pensylivania home was worth $98,000.00 in 1998, you could multiply by + 6.31%, add the gain and see the home should be worth $104,186.67 in 2000. Home value is an important part of every mortgage transaction.


Average YEARLY Real Estate Appreciation for Williamsport-PA from 1998 to 2000:
+ 2.10%

Appreciation Comparisons

The worst perfoming MSAs ever for a 3 year period, were Grand-Junction-CO, Lafayette-LA, Honolulu-HI, Fairbanks-AK, and Lafayette-LA .

  1. Grand-Junction-CO lost - 34.69% from 1983 to 1985
  2. Lafayette-LA lost - 31.84% from 1985 thru 1987
  3. Honolulu-HI lost - 30.81% from 1979 thru 1981
  4. Fairbanks-AK lost - 29.16% from 1987 thru 1989
  5. Lafayette-LA lost - 28.50% from 1986 thru 1988

The top 5 performing MSAs from 1998 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 + 60.41% from 1998 to the end of 2000
  2. Santa-Cruz-Watsonville-CA increased + 58.08% from 1998 to the end of 2000
  3. Santa-Rosa-Petaluma-CA increased + 53.83% from 1998 to the end of 2000
  4. Salinas-CA increased + 50.81% from 1998 to the end of 2000
  5. Napa-CA increased + 45.22% from 1998 to the end of 2000

Zip Code in MSA: 17701 - WILLIAMSPORT, PA

MSA Pop: 118438
Zip Pop: 46478
Avg Value: 80600
County: LYCOMING
Elev: 528
Region: Northeast
Lat: 41.2674
Long: -77.03508