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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 a population of 46,722, 16,798 total housing units (homes and apartments), and a median house value of $1,248,639, Rancho Santa Margarita house prices are not only among the most expensive in California, Rancho Santa Margarita real estate also is some of the most expensive in all of America.
Single-family detached homes are the single most common housing type in Rancho Santa Margarita, accounting for 54.64% of the city's housing units. Other types of housing that are prevalent in Rancho Santa Margarita include large apartment complexes or high rise apartments ( 20.57%), row houses and other attached homes ( 19.63%), and a few duplexes, homes converted to apartments or other small apartment buildings ( 5.16%).
Owner-occupied, three and four bedroom dwellings, primarily in single-family detached homes are the most prevalent type of housing you will see in Rancho Santa Margarita. Owner-occupied housing accounts for 72.86% of Rancho Santa Margarita's homes, and 52.82% have either three or four bedrooms, which is average sized relative to America.
There is a lot of housing in Rancho Santa Margarita 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 Rancho Santa Margarita built between 2000 and later ( 6.99%). A lesser amount of the housing stock also hails from between 1940-1969 ( 1.67%).
Appreciation rates for homes in Rancho Santa Margarita have been tracking above average for the last ten years, according to NeighborhoodScout data. The cumulative appreciation rate over the ten years has been 102.01%, which ranks in the top 40% nationwide. This equates to an annual average Rancho Santa Margarita house appreciation rate of 7.28%.
Appreciation rates are so strong in Rancho Santa Margarita that despite a nationwide downturn in the housing market, Rancho Santa Margarita real estate has continued to appreciate in value faster than most communities. Looking at just the latest twelve months, Rancho Santa Margarita appreciation rates continue to be some of the highest in America, at 13.00%, which is higher than appreciation rates in 95.41% of the cities and towns in the nation. Based on the last twelve months, short-term real estate investors have found good fortune in Rancho Santa Margarita. Rancho Santa Margarita appreciation rates in the latest quarter were at 2.09%, which equates to an annual appreciation rate of 8.62%.
Relative to California, our data show that Rancho Santa Margarita's latest annual appreciation rate is higher than 90% 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 city. Individual neighborhoods within Rancho Santa Margarita differ in their investment potential, sometimes by a great deal. Fortunately, you can use NeighborhoodScout to pinpoint the exact neighborhoods in Rancho Santa Margarita - 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 Rancho Santa Margarita real estate investment or home purchase decisions.
$1,248,639
for California
for nation
16,798
$4,574 / per month