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.

  • Yuba City, California: + 1.80%
  • State of CA: + 14.87%
  • Difference: - 87.92%

Yuba-City-CA

YearQuarterPrice IndexQuarter Increase or DecreaseAnnualized
1998 2 101.53 - 2.49% - 9.95%
1998 3 101.21 - 0.32% - 1.26%
1998 4 104.22 + 2.97% + 11.90%
1999 1 104.17 - 0.05% - 0.19%
1999 2 105.86 + 1.62% + 6.49%
1999 3 103.32 - 2.40% - 9.60%
1999 4 105.99 + 2.58% + 10.34%


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

If you knew your Nicolaus, California home was worth $97,000.00 in 1998, you could multiply by + 1.80%, add the gain and see the home should be worth $98,742.12 in 1999. Home value is an important part of every mortgage transaction.


Average YEARLY Real Estate Appreciation for Yuba-City-CA from 1998 to 1999:
+ 0.90%

Appreciation Comparisons

The worst perfoming MSAs ever for a 2 year period, were Honolulu-HI, Casper-WY, Grand-Junction-CO, Lafayette-LA, and Anchorage-AK .

  1. Honolulu-HI lost - 49.13% from 1980 to 1981
  2. Casper-WY lost - 27.70% from 1986 thru 1987
  3. Grand-Junction-CO lost - 26.25% from 1984 thru 1985
  4. Lafayette-LA lost - 25.36% from 1986 thru 1987
  5. Anchorage-AK lost - 24.89% from 1986 thru 1987

The top 5 performing MSAs from 1998 to 1999 were Santa-Cruz-Watsonville-CA, San-Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa-Clara-CA, Barnstable-Town-MA, Santa-Rosa-Petaluma-CA, and Napa-CA .

  1. Santa-Cruz-Watsonville-CA increased + 28.19% from 1998 to the end of 1999
  2. San-Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa-Clara-CA increased + 24.40% from 1998 to the end of 1999
  3. Barnstable-Town-MA increased + 24.28% from 1998 to the end of 1999
  4. Santa-Rosa-Petaluma-CA increased + 22.92% from 1998 to the end of 1999
  5. Napa-CA increased + 20.67% from 1998 to the end of 1999

Zip Code in MSA: 95659 - NICOLAUS, CA

MSA Pop: 148135
Zip Pop: 750
Avg Value: 158900
County: SUTTER
Elev: 59
Region: West
Lat: 38.873685
Long: -121.567713