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