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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 66,127 people, 20,840 houses or apartments, and a median cost of homes of $953,649, real estate costs in Brentwood are among some of the highest in the nation, although house prices here don't compare to real estate prices in the most expensive California communities.
Brentwood is a city of large, single-family homes. In fact, there is a higher proportion of four, five or more bedroom homes in Brentwood than is found in 98% of the communities in America.
Owner-occupied, three and four bedroom dwellings, primarily in single-family detached homes are the most prevalent type of housing you will see in Brentwood. Owner-occupied housing accounts for 81.45% of Brentwood's homes, and 63.82% have either three or four bedrooms, which is average sized relative to America.
Brentwood homes and real estate are some of the newest in America. 62.34% of Brentwood's housing was built since 2000, making the city have a very new look and feel. If you like the amenities of newer homes and subdivisions, then you will probably like what the Brentwood real estate market has to offer. Quite a bit of the housing here was also built between 1970-1999 ( 30.57%), and between 1940-1969 ( 6.08%). There's also some housing in Brentwood built before 1939 ( 1.01%).
Appreciation rates for homes in Brentwood have been tracking above average for the last ten years, according to NeighborhoodScout data. The cumulative appreciation rate over the ten years has been 92.97%, which ranks in the top 50% nationwide. This equates to an annual average Brentwood house appreciation rate of 6.79%.
Over the last year, Brentwood appreciation rates have trailed the rest of the nation. In the last twelve months, Brentwood's appreciation rate has been 1.98%, which is lower than appreciation rates in most communities in America. In the latest quarter, NeighborhoodScout's data show that house appreciation rates in Brentwood were at 2.58%, which equates to an annual appreciation rate of 10.71%.
Relative to California, our data show that Brentwood's latest annual appreciation rate is lower than 70% 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 Brentwood differ in their investment potential, sometimes by a great deal. Fortunately, you can use NeighborhoodScout to pinpoint the exact neighborhoods in Brentwood - 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 2000, to assist you in making the best Brentwood real estate investment or home purchase decisions.
$953,649
for California
for nation
20,840
$4,087 / per month