| The big housing boom that the nation experienced | | | | Beach, California: Zip code 92661, Median Price: |
| over the last five years, especially from the third | | | | $2,500,000, five year appreciate rate: 132.2 percent. |
| quarter of 2001 through the third quarter of 2006, | | | | Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine metro area. 3. Paradise |
| has not only perked the overall housing prices in the | | | | Valley, Arizona: Zip code 85253, Median Price: |
| country, but also created a significant rise in the | | | | $1,850,000, five year appreciate rate: 100.4 percent. |
| prices of America's richest Zip codes. The Standard & | | | | Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale metro area. 4. Avalon, New |
| Poor's Case-Shiller Home Price Index registered a five | | | | Jersey: Zip code 08202, Median Price: $1,687,500, five |
| year increase of 63.7 % in home prices, for the | | | | year appreciate rate: 125.7 percent. Ocean City metro |
| nation in totality, according to Fiserv Lending | | | | area. 5. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Zip code 02138, |
| Solutions, that supplies data and software to lenders. | | | | Median Price: $1,395,500, five year appreciate rate: |
| Meanwhile, the Zip codes that had a median sales | | | | 22.4 percent. Cambridge-Newton-Framingham metro |
| price of $750,000 and more, showed an increase of | | | | area. 6. Glen Head, New York: Zip code 11545, Median |
| 79.5 %. Let us take a look at the housing prices in | | | | Price: $1,150,000, five year appreciate rate: 67.2 |
| the richest Zip codes of America and the changes | | | | percent. Nassau-Suffolk metro area. 7. Islamorada, |
| that have happened over time. Given below are the | | | | Florida: Zip code 33036: Median Price: $1,150,000, five |
| top 10 richest Zip codes in the U.S. where median | | | | year appreciate rate: 204.3 percent. Key |
| property prices rose to the greatest extent since | | | | West-Marathon metro area. 8. Chevy Chase, |
| 2001. The median property values featured in the top | | | | Maryland: Zip code 20815, Median Price: $1,043,000, |
| ten are listed from the 2nd quarter of 2006. The | | | | five year appreciate rate: 94.8 percent. |
| percentage of appreciation is based on a comparison | | | | Bethesda-Gaithersburg-Frederick metro area. 9. |
| of single-family home prices over the last 5 years - | | | | Hinsdale, Illinois: Zip code 60521, Median Price: |
| that is, between the 3rd quarter of 2001 and the 3rd | | | | $950,000, five year appreciate rate: 48.4 percent. |
| quarter of 2006. 1. Greenwich, Connecticut: Zip code | | | | Chicago-Naperville-Joliet metro area. 10. Bellevue, |
| 06831, Median Price (2006:Q2): $2,983,000, five year | | | | Washington: Zip code 98004, Median Price: $950,000, |
| appreciate rate: 49.3 percent. | | | | five year appreciate rate: 83.9 percent. |
| Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk metro area. 2. Newport | | | | Seattle-Bellevue-Everett metro area. |