LITCHFIELD HOUSING MARKET INFORMATION With a population of 8,504, 3,015 total housing units (homes and apartments), and a median house value of $599,240, real estate costs in Litchfield are among some of the highest in the nation, although house prices here don't compare to real estate prices in the most expensive New Hampshire communities. Single-family detached homes are the single most common housing type in Litchfield, accounting for 80.31% of the town's housing units. Other types of housing that are prevalent in Litchfield include row houses and other attached homes ( 7.77%), large apartment complexes or high rise apartments ( 5.94%), and a few duplexes, homes converted to apartments or other small apartment buildings ( 3.46%). Owner-occupied, three and four bedroom dwellings, primarily in single-family detached homes are the most prevalent type of housing you will see in Litchfield. Owner-occupied housing accounts for 84.34% of Litchfield's homes, and 71.92% have either three or four bedrooms, which is average sized relative to America. There is a lot of housing in Litchfield 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 Litchfield built between 2000 and later ( 28.80%). A lesser amount of the housing stock also hails from between 1940-1969 ( 9.70%). There's also some housing in Litchfield built before 1939 ( 5.97%). LITCHFIELD HOME APPRECIATION RATES Appreciation rates for homes in Litchfield have been tracking above average for the last ten years, according to 蘑菇视频 data. The cumulative appreciation rate over the ten years has been 117.69%, which ranks in the top 30% nationwide. This equates to an annual average Litchfield house appreciation rate of 8.09%. Appreciation rates are so strong in Litchfield that despite a nationwide downturn in the housing market, Litchfield real estate has continued to appreciate in value faster than most communities. Looking at just the latest twelve months, Litchfield appreciation rates continue to be some of the highest in America, at 9.99%, which is higher than appreciation rates in 80.50% of the cities and towns in the nation. Based on the last twelve months, short-term real estate investors have found good fortune in Litchfield. Litchfield appreciation rates in the latest quarter were at 1.76%, which equates to an annual appreciation rate of 7.24%. Relative to New Hampshire, our data show that Litchfield's latest annual appreciation rate is lower than 60% of the other cities and towns in New Hampshire.