Prices in the cities that Gyourko, Mayer, and Sinai identify as superstars generally appreciated by no more than one or two percent a year more than in the average city from 1950 to 2000, and even that difference is probably largely due to an increase in the size and quality of homes.
被约瑟夫·吉尔科, 克里斯托弗·迈耶和托德·赛奈认定的几大超级明星城市中，1950－2000年间每年的房价增值率只比一般城市高1%－2%。而其中差距也主要得益于房屋面积的扩大和质量的提高。