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Raw data sources: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau), U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Federal Housing Finance Agency.
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With 30,998 people, 9,818 houses or apartments, and a median cost of homes of $879,623, real estate costs in Spring Valley are among some of the highest in the nation, although house prices here don't compare to real estate prices in the most expensive California communities.
Single-family detached homes are the single most common housing type in Spring Valley, accounting for 57.74% of the town's housing units. Other types of housing that are prevalent in Spring Valley include large apartment complexes or high rise apartments ( 16.24%), row houses and other attached homes ( 11.90%), and a few mobile homes or trailers ( 9.76%).
The most prevalent building size and type in Spring Valley are three and four bedroom dwellings, chiefly found in single-family detached homes. The town has a mixture of owners and renters, with 61.98% owning and 38.02% renting.
There is a lot of housing in Spring Valley built from 1970 to 1999 so parts of town may have that "Brady Bunch" look of homes popular in the '70s and early '80s, although some of these houses were built up through the early '90s as well. There is also a lot of housing in Spring Valley built between 1940-1969 ( 30.74%). A lesser amount of the housing stock also hails from between 2000 and later ( 9.85%). There's also some housing in Spring Valley built before 1939 ( 1.13%).
In the last 10 years, Spring Valley has experienced some of the highest home appreciation rates of any community in the nation. Spring Valley real estate appreciated 127.31% over the last ten years, which is an average annual home appreciation rate of 8.56%, putting Spring Valley in the top 20% nationally for real estate appreciation. If you are a home buyer or real estate investor, Spring Valley definitely has a track record of being one of the best long term real estate investments in America through the last ten years.
Appreciation rates are so strong in Spring Valley that despite a nationwide downturn in the housing market, Spring Valley real estate has continued to appreciate in value faster than most communities. Looking at just the latest twelve months, Spring Valley appreciation rates continue to be some of the highest in America, at 9.68%, which is higher than appreciation rates in 85.56% of the cities and towns in the nation. Based on the last twelve months, short-term real estate investors have found good fortune in Spring Valley. Spring Valley appreciation rates in the latest quarter were at 2.65%, which equates to an annual appreciation rate of 11.01%.
Relative to California, our data show that Spring Valley's latest annual appreciation rate is higher than 80% of the other cities and towns in California.
One very important thing to keep in mind is that these are average appreciation rates for the town. Individual neighborhoods within Spring Valley differ in their investment potential, sometimes by a great deal. Fortunately, you can use NeighborhoodScout to pinpoint the exact neighborhoods in Spring Valley - or in any city or town - that have the best track record of real estate appreciation, by the latest quarter, the last year, 2 years, 5 years, 10 years, or even since 2000, to assist you in making the best Spring Valley real estate investment or home purchase decisions.
$879,623
for California
for nation
9,818
$3,629 / per month