Bethesda appreciation rates and housing market information

Bethesda housing market information

With a population of 55,300, 24,364 total housing units (homes and apartments), and a median house value of $874,246, Bethesda house prices are not only among the most expensive in Maryland, Bethesda 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 Bethesda, accounting for 60.84% of the town's housing units. Other types of housing that are prevalent in Bethesda include large apartment complexes or high rise apartments (33.53%), row houses and other attached homes (4.67%), and a few duplexes, homes converted to apartments, or other small apartment buildings (0.96%).

Owner-occupied, three and four bedroom single-family detached homes are the most prevalent type of housing you will see in Bethesda. Owner-occupied housing accounts for 67.20% of Bethesda's homes, and 49.62% 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. Bethesda's housing was primarily built during this period, from the '40s through the '60s. A full 63.59% of the town's housing hails from this era. Other housing ages represented in Bethesda include homes built between 1970-1994 (23.17%), and housing constructed from 1939 and earlier (8.80%). There's also some housing in Bethesda built between 1995 and later (4.44%).

Bethesda home appreciation rates

In the last 10 years, Bethesda has experienced some of the highest home appreciation rates of any community in the nation. Bethesda real estate appreciated 123.19% over the last ten years, which is an average annual home appreciation rate of 12.31%, putting Bethesda in the top 10% nationally for real estate appreciation. If you are a home buyer or real estate investor, Bethesda 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, Bethesda appreciation rates have trailed the rest of the nation. In the last twelve months, Bethesda's appreciation rate has been -7.02%, which is lower than appreciation rates in most communities in America. In the latest quarter, NeighborhoodScout's data show that house appreciation rates in Bethesda were at -0.34%, which equates to an annual appreciation rate of -1.36%.

Relative to Maryland, our data show that Bethesda's latest annual appreciation rate is higher than 41% of the other cities and towns in Maryland.

One very important thing to keep in mind is that these are average appreciation rates for the town. Individual neighborhoods within Bethesda differ in their investment potential, sometimes by a great deal. Fortunately, you can use NeighborhoodScout to pinpoint the exact neighborhoods in Bethesda - 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 Bethesda real estate investment or home purchase decisions.