Bradenton is Leading the Nation Again

Highest-Depreciating and Most-apreciating Areas across the Nation

The value of midsize and large homes declined more in the last year than the value of small single-family residences, according to a second-quarter analysis by real estate Web site Zillow.com.

The value of single-family homes smaller than 1,200 square feet fell by just 1 percent, according to Zillow's report. Meanwhile, values of midsize homes between 1,200 and 1,900 square feet fell an average of 3.1 percent, and homes larger than 1,900 square feet declined 2.8 percent.

Zillow.com also offers a comparison of 66 metropolitan statistical areas on Zillow.com.These findings are culled from that analysis:

The highest-appreciating metropolitan areas (year-over-year):

· Grand Junction, Colo. (18.6 percent)

· Corvallis, Ore. (11.2 percent)

· Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC (9.0 percent)

· Eugene-Springfield, Ore. (6.9 percent)

· Spokane, Wash. (6.1 percent)

· Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, Wash. (5.3 percent)

Most-depreciating metropolitan areas (year-over-year):

· Sarasota-Bradenton, Fla. (-16.4 percent)

· Melbourne-Titusville-Palm Bay, Fla. (-14.3 percent)

· Stockton-Lodi, Calif. (-13.5 percent)

· Charleston-North Charleston, SC (-12.8 percent)

· Daytona Beach, Fla. (-12.5 percent)

· Modesto, Calif. (-12.4 percent)

Most expensive metropolitan areas:

· San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, Calif. ($685,653)

· Honolulu, Hawaii ($632,270)

· San Luis Obispo-Atascadero-Paso Robles, Calif. ($537,722)

· Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, Calif. ($525,175)

· San Diego, Calif. ($505,334)

· New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island ($445,435)

Least expensive metropolitan areas:

· Jackson, Tenn. ($91,563)

· Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson, SC ($101,178)

· Tulsa, Okla. ($102,876)

· Dayton-Springfield, Ohio ($108,121)

· Rockford, Ill. ($116,475)

· Columbia, SC ($116,865)

Source: Zillow

 

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