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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 1,554 people, 665 houses or apartments, and a median cost of homes of $236,096, house prices in East Berlin are solidly below the national average.
Single-family detached homes are the single most common housing type in East Berlin, accounting for 65.49% of the borough's housing units. Other types of housing that are prevalent in East Berlin include duplexes, homes converted to apartments or other small apartment buildings ( 19.91%), large apartment complexes or high rise apartments ( 7.08%), and a few row houses and other attached homes ( 6.05%).
The most prevalent building size and type in East Berlin are three and four bedroom dwellings, chiefly found in single-family detached homes. The borough has a mixture of owners and renters, with 62.43% owning and 37.57% renting.
There is a lot of housing in East Berlin 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 East Berlin built between 1940-1969 ( 28.91%). A lesser amount of the housing stock also hails from before 1939 ( 25.37%). There's also some housing in East Berlin built between 2000 and later ( 12.98%).
Some of the lowest real estate appreciation rates in America over the last ten years have been in East Berlin, where house values have increased just 40.61%, which is annualized rate of 3.47%. This rate is lower than the appreciation rate found in 90% of the cities and towns in America.
Over the last year, East Berlin appreciation rates have trailed the rest of the nation. In the last twelve months, East Berlin's appreciation rate has been 3.26%, which is lower than appreciation rates in most communities in America. In the latest quarter, NeighborhoodScout's data show that house appreciation rates in East Berlin were at -1.79%, which equates to an annual appreciation rate of -6.97%.
Notably, East Berlin's appreciation rate in the latest quarter is one of the lowest in America.
Relative to Pennsylvania, our data show that East Berlin's latest annual appreciation rate is lower than 90% of the other cities and towns in Pennsylvania.
$236,096
for Pennsylvania
for nation
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$1,571 / per month