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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 a population of 44,218, 12,220 total housing units (homes and apartments), and a median house value of $850,710, real estate costs in Hollister 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.
Single-family detached homes are the single most common housing type in Hollister, accounting for 80.25% of the city's housing units. Other types of housing that are prevalent in Hollister include duplexes, homes converted to apartments or other small apartment buildings ( 8.85%), large apartment complexes or high rise apartments ( 6.67%), and a few row houses and other attached homes ( 2.68%).
The most prevalent building size and type in Hollister are three and four bedroom dwellings, chiefly found in single-family detached homes. The city has a mixture of owners and renters, with 62.22% owning and 37.78% renting.
There is a lot of housing in Hollister 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 Hollister built between 2000 and later ( 21.04%). A lesser amount of the housing stock also hails from between 1940-1969 ( 13.25%). There's also some housing in Hollister built before 1939 ( 8.34%).
Appreciation rates for homes in Hollister have been tracking above average for the last ten years, according to NeighborhoodScout data. The cumulative appreciation rate over the ten years has been 103.43%, which ranks in the top 40% nationwide. This equates to an annual average Hollister house appreciation rate of 7.36%.
NeighborhoodScout's data show that during the latest twelve months, Hollister's appreciation rate, at 7.27%, has been at or slightly above the national average. In the latest quarter, Hollister's appreciation rate has been 1.78%, which annualizes to a rate of 7.33%.
Relative to California, our data show that Hollister's latest annual appreciation rate is higher than 60% 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 Hollister differ in their investment potential, sometimes by a great deal. Fortunately, you can use NeighborhoodScout to pinpoint the exact neighborhoods in Hollister - 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 Hollister real estate investment or home purchase decisions.
$850,710
for California
for nation
12,220
$2,839 / per month