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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.
Methodology: NeighborhoodScout uses over 600 characteristics to build a neighborhood profile… Read more about Scout's Real Estate Data
With 3,335 people, 4,023 houses or apartments, and a median cost of homes of $1,860,401, Corte Madera house prices are not only among the most expensive in California, Corte Madera 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 Corte Madera, accounting for 69.44% of the town's housing units. Other types of housing that are prevalent in Corte Madera include large apartment complexes or high rise apartments ( 17.91%), row houses and other attached homes ( 7.90%), and a few duplexes, homes converted to apartments or other small apartment buildings ( 4.75%).
Owner-occupied, three and four bedroom dwellings, primarily in single-family detached homes are the most prevalent type of housing you will see in Corte Madera. Owner-occupied housing accounts for 69.51% of Corte Madera's homes, and 64.95% have either three or four bedrooms, which is average sized relative to America.
At the end of World War II, American soldiers returned home triumphant and, with the help of the GI Bill, built homes by the millions on the edges of America's cities. These homes were predominantly capes and ranches, modest in size, but built to house a growing middle-class as the 20th century became the American century. Corte Madera's housing was primarily built during this period, from the '40s through the '60s. A full 57.23% of the town's housing hails from this era. Other housing ages represented in Corte Madera include homes built between 1970-1999 ( 20.67%) and housing constructed before 1939 ( 11.21%). There's also some housing in Corte Madera built between 2000 and later ( 10.89%).
Real estate appreciation rates in Corte Madera's have tracked to near the national average over the last then years, with the annual appreciation rate averaging 6.24% during the period.
Over the last year, Corte Madera appreciation rates have trailed the rest of the nation. In the last twelve months, Corte Madera's appreciation rate has been 4.33%, which is lower than appreciation rates in most communities in America. In the latest quarter, NeighborhoodScout's data show that house appreciation rates in Corte Madera were at 2.58%, which equates to an annual appreciation rate of 10.71%.
Relative to California, our data show that Corte Madera's latest annual appreciation rate is lower than 60% of the other cities and towns in California.
$1,860,401
for California
for nation
4,023
$5,376 / per month