| The big housing boom that the nation | | | | Newport Beach, California: Zip code 92661, |
| experienced over the last five years, | | | | Median Price: $2,500,000, five year |
| especially from the third quarter of 2001 | | | | appreciate rate: 132.2 percent. Santa |
| through the third quarter of 2006, has not | | | | Ana-Anaheim-Irvine metro area. 3. Paradise |
| only perked the overall housing prices in the | | | | Valley, Arizona: Zip code 85253, Median |
| country, but also created a significant rise | | | | Price: $1,850,000, five year appreciate rate: |
| in the prices of America's richest Zip codes. | | | | 100.4 percent. Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale metro |
| The Standard & Poor's Case-Shiller Home | | | | area. 4. Avalon, New Jersey: Zip code 08202, |
| Price Index registered a five year increase | | | | Median Price: $1,687,500, five year |
| of 63.7 % in home prices, for the nation in | | | | appreciate rate: 125.7 percent. Ocean City |
| totality, according to Fiserv Lending | | | | metro area. 5. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Zip |
| Solutions, that supplies data and software to | | | | code 02138, Median Price: $1,395,500, five |
| lenders. Meanwhile, the Zip codes that had a | | | | year appreciate rate: 22.4 percent. |
| median sales price of $750,000 and more, | | | | Cambridge-Newton-Framingham metro area. 6. |
| showed an increase of 79.5 %. Let us take a | | | | Glen Head, New York: Zip code 11545, Median |
| look at the housing prices in the richest Zip | | | | Price: $1,150,000, five year appreciate rate: |
| codes of America and the changes that have | | | | 67.2 percent. Nassau-Suffolk metro area. 7. |
| happened over time. Given below are the top | | | | Islamorada, Florida: Zip code 33036: Median |
| 10 richest Zip codes in the U.S. where median | | | | Price: $1,150,000, five year appreciate rate: |
| property prices rose to the greatest extent | | | | 204.3 percent. Key West-Marathon metro area. |
| since 2001. The median property values | | | | 8. Chevy Chase, Maryland: Zip code 20815, |
| featured in the top ten are listed from the | | | | Median Price: $1,043,000, five year |
| 2nd quarter of 2006. The percentage of | | | | appreciate rate: 94.8 percent. |
| appreciation is based on a comparison of | | | | Bethesda-Gaithersburg-Frederick metro area. |
| single-family home prices over the last 5 | | | | 9. Hinsdale, Illinois: Zip code 60521, Median |
| years - that is, between the 3rd quarter of | | | | Price: $950,000, five year appreciate rate: |
| 2001 and the 3rd quarter of 2006. 1. | | | | 48.4 percent. Chicago-Naperville-Joliet metro |
| Greenwich, Connecticut: Zip code 06831, | | | | area. 10. Bellevue, Washington: Zip code |
| Median Price (2006:Q2): $2,983,000, five year | | | | 98004, Median Price: $950,000, five year |
| appreciate rate: 49.3 percent. | | | | appreciate rate: 83.9 percent. |
| Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk metro area. 2. | | | | Seattle-Bellevue-Everett metro area. |