Burlingame appreciation rates and housing market information

Burlingame housing market information

With a population of 27,975, 12,858 total housing units (homes and apartments), and a median house value of $1,282,851, Burlingame house prices are not only among the most expensive in California, Burlingame 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 Burlingame, accounting for 47.53% of the city's housing units. Other types of housing that are prevalent in Burlingame include large apartment complexes or high rise apartments (41.65%), duplexes, homes converted to apartments, or other small apartment buildings (7.65%), and a few row houses and other attached homes (3.18%).

People in Burlingame primarily live in small (one, two, or no bedroom) single-family detached homes. Burlingame has a mixture of owner-occupied and renter-occupied housing.

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. Burlingame's housing was primarily built during this period, from the '40s through the '60s. A full 48.96% of the city's housing hails from this era. Other housing ages represented in Burlingame include homes built between 1939 and earlier (29.32%), and housing constructed from 1970-1994 (19.13%). There's also some housing in Burlingame built between 1995 and later (2.59%).

Burlingame home appreciation rates

In the last 10 years, Burlingame has experienced some of the highest home appreciation rates of any community in the nation. Burlingame real estate appreciated 112.16% over the last ten years, which is an average annual home appreciation rate of 11.21%, putting Burlingame in the top 10% nationally for real estate appreciation. If you are a home buyer or real estate investor, Burlingame definitely has a track record of being one of the best long term real estate investments in America through the last ten years.

Over the last year, Burlingame appreciation rates have trailed the rest of the nation. In the last twelve months, Burlingame's appreciation rate has been -7.34%, which is lower than appreciation rates in most communities in America. In the latest quarter, NeighborhoodScout's data show that house appreciation rates in Burlingame were at -1.63%, which equates to an annual appreciation rate of -6.52%.

Notably, Burlingame's appreciation rate in the latest quarter is one of the lowest in America.

Relative to California, our data show that Burlingame's latest annual appreciation rate is higher than 82% 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 Burlingame differ in their investment potential, sometimes by a great deal. Fortunately, you can use NeighborhoodScout to pinpoint the exact neighborhoods in Burlingame - 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 1990, to assist you in making the best Burlingame real estate investment or home purchase decisions.