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Forecast: 100 Biggest Markets

April 11 2007: 11:38 AM EDT

(Money Magazine)

 

"Once the correction from the boom works through, we'll see slow, steady growth," says Celia Chen, Economy.com's director of housing economics, who expects annual price gains of between 2 percent and 4 percent by 2009.

And on Wednesday, the National Association of Realtors said it expects its measure of home prices to fall this year for the first time since the group began tracking sales nearly 40 years ago.

Overall, her firm is predicting that the downturn that started in late 2005 will end up pushing median home prices down 8.7 percent nationwide by the time it ends in early 2008. The nationwide figures, of course, mask a great deal of local variation.

Regions that saw the greatest price appreciation (and speculation) during the boom, such as Florida, Las Vegas, Phoenix and San Diego, are now taking the hardest hit - and will continue to do so until all the air is out of the bubble.

While Fiserv is forecasting flat prices nationwide over the next 12 months, the firm expects price drops of as much as 9 percent in half of the 50 biggest markets. Home prices in Las Vegas, down 5 percent over the past 12 months, may fall another 9 percent in the next year.

Miami real estate could see a similar slump. The housing market will also struggle in nonbubbly rust belt states such as Michigan and Ohio, chiefly because of the ongoing loss of manufacturing jobs.

But in parts of the South and West - especially areas that never enjoyed double-digit annual price gains - homes continue to appreciate. 

 

Biggest Gainers and Losers

These are the 100 largest markets according to the 2000 Census. Growth forecast is for April 2007 - April 2008 from Fiserv Lending Solutions.Top of page

Metro Area

Home Price
(median)

Median Mortgage
(% of income)

Price change
(5 years)

Worst one-year
decline

Forecast growth
to April 2008

McAllen, TX

$130,000

25

26.5

-12.3

88-89

9.8%

Tulsa, OK

$135,000

14

17.6

-7.5

86-87

4.3%

El Paso, TX

$130,000

19

48.2

-5.4

87-88

4.2%

Scranton, PA

$118,000

13

41.2

-7.2

94-95

3.9%

Rochester, NY

$122,000

11

22.3

-4.1

94-95

3.7%

Buffalo/Niagra Falls, NY

$106,000

11

28.6

-5.2

81-82

3.7%

Fort Worth/Arlington, TX

$150,000

14

18.4

-6.9

87-88

3.6%

Baton Rouge, LA

$178,000

19

34.2

-8.3

87-88

3.6%

Dallas, TX

$151,000

13

17.8

-7.7

86-87

3.6%

Birmingham, AL

$165,000

17

31.7

-3.2

80-81

3.6%

San Antonio, TX

$146,000

16

34.7

-15.8

81-82

3.3%

Houston, TX

$153,000

15

25.2

-9.6

84-85

3.2%

Syracuse, NY

$124,000

12

39.1

-7.5

94-95

3.2%

Indianapolis, IN

$122,000

11

15.9

-6.6

81-82

3.1%

Youngstown, OH

$86,000

10

14

-1.0

98-99

3.1%

Wichita, KS

$128,000

12

18

-4.9

86-87

3.1%

Little Rock, AR

$129,000

15

28.1

-3.8

87-88

3.1%

Oklahoma City, OK

$127,000

14

30.2

-15.7

87-88

3.1%

Grand Rapids, MI

$137,000

13

17.3

-11.2

81-82

2.9%

Hartford, CT

$256,000

19

48.2

-8.2

89-90

2.8%

Cleveland, OH

$144,000

14

13.5

-1.3

81-82

2.7%

Omaha, NE

$140,000

12

21.5

-7.6

80-81

2.7%

Pittsburgh, PA

$139,000

14

21.9

-8.5

80-81

2.7%

Memphis, TN

$133,000

14

14.3

-1.4

89-90

2.7%

New Orleans, LA

$175,000

20

50.5

-7.1

87-88

2.6%

Akron, OH

$137,000

13

13.1

-3.2

81-82

2.6%

Columbia, SC

$140,000

14

25.8

-7.9

80-81

2.5%

Austin, TX

$176,000

15

20.3

-20.1

88-89

2.5%

Toledo, OH

$124,000

12

12.9

-14.6

82-83

2.4%

Cincinnati, OH

$168,000

15

18.4

-2.7

80-81

2.4%

Chicago, IL

$281,000

23

46.7

-1.0

81-82

2.2%

Albany, NY

$198,000

17

70.8

-7.1

94-95

2.1%

Raleigh/Cary, NC

$214,000

17

21.4

-8.7

81-82

2.1%

Dayton, OH

$128,000

13

15.2

-8.8

81-82

2.1%

Columbus, OH

$165,000

15

18.2

-3.2

81-82

2%

Louisville, KY

$143,000

14

23

-3.4

80-81

2%

Atlanta, GA

$195,000

17

22

-1.7

89-90

2%

St. Louis, MO

$154,000

14

37.3

-8.1

80-81

2%

Gary, IN

$135,000

13

26

-6.3

81-82

2%

Greensboro, NC

$152,000

16

18.4

-0.5

81-82

1.8%

Charlotte, NC

$198,000

18

22.7

-2.9

82-83

1.8%

Kansas City, MO

$158,000

14

25

-4.8

82-83

1.8%

Knoxville, TN

$137,000

15

38.3

-0.1

84-85

1.7%

Salt Lake City, UT

$216,000

21

45

-6.0

87-88

1.7%

Nashville, TN

$159,000

15

34.8

-2.6

89-90

1.7%

Cambridge, MA

$431,000

28

27.1

-7.7

89-90

1.3%

Farmington Hills, MI

$177,000

13

9.5

-13.2

81-82

1.2%

Lake County, IL

$275,000

19

38

-8.4

81-82

1.1%

Tacoma, WA

$273,000

26

64.5

-3.6

81-82

0.8%

Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN

$240,000

18

38.9

-1.6

82-83

0.7%

San Francisco, CA

$837,000

54

56.8

-8.8

90-91

0.7%

Seattle, WA

$399,000

31

62.8

-7.8

81-82

0.6%

Honolulu, HI

$635,000

52

105.9

-51.9

80-81

0.6%

Albuquerque, NM

$165,000

18

46.4

-1.2

98-99

0.6%

Wilmington, DE

$244,000

19

69.7

-8.3

90-91

0.2%

Milwaukee, WI

$219,000

19

41.7

-8.2

81-82

0.2%

Springfield, MA

$205,000

19

55.5

-5.9

93-94

0.1%

Richmond, VA

$231,000

20

64.8

-1.4

81-82

0.1%

New Haven, CT

$264,000

21

60.2

-7.4

90-91

-0.1%

Stamford, CT

$545,000

33

53.1

-8.7

89-90

-0.2%

Detroit, MI

$118,000

12

12.5

-17.8

81-82

-0.2%

Camden, NJ

$239,000

18

81.9

-8.2

81-82

-0.3%

Worcester, MA

$268,000

22

38.2

-9.5

89-90

-0.4%

Boston, MA

$379,000

28

41.2

-8.2

89-90

-0.4%

Philadelphia, PA

$222,000

19

71.8

-3.8

94-95

-0.6%

Allentown, PA

$270,000

24

69.1

-12.2

81-82

-0.7%

Sacramento, CA

$408,000

36

93.9

-6.4

92-93

-0.9%

Portland, OR

$293,000

26

67.4

-16.6

80-81

-1.1%

Essex County, MA

$372,000

28

33.8

-9.2

90-91

-1.2%

San Jose, CA

$740,000

45

54.1

-11.6

00-01

-1.2%

San Diego, CA

$574,000

52

93.7

-6.8

92-93

-1.3%

Baltimore, MD

$275,000

22

95.3

-4.1

81-82

-1.9%

Ventura County, CA

$647,000

48

110.4

-10.7

90-91

-2%

Denver, CO

$268,000

22

12.6

-2.3

87-88

-2.2%

Newark, NJ

$397,000

27

71.5

-7.4

89-90

-2.4%

West Palm Beach, FL

$340,000

31

118.7

-4.9

90-91

-2.5%

Oakland, CA

$630,000

44

70.4

-5.7

90-91

-2.5%

Providence, RI

$287,000

26

74.7

-7.7

80-81

-2.6%

Sarasota, FL

$278,000

28

103.3

-2.6

81-82

-3%

Edison, NJ

$362,000

24

76.3

-7.3

89-90

-3.2%

Jacksonville, FL

$224,000

22

80.8

-0.8

83-84

-3.3%

Virginia Beach, VA

$244,000

24

99.1

-0.6

94-95

-3.4%

New York City, NY

$482,000

48

82.1

-6.4

89-90

-3.9%

Washington, DC

$421,000

28

96.2

-5.1

90-91

-3.9%

Tampa, FL

$227,000

24

100.5

-1.7

90-91

-4.2%

Fresno, CA

$311,000

39

149.7

-9.7

82-83

-4.2%

Orlando, FL

$269,000

27

107.1

-1.4

91-92

-4.4%

Riverside, CA

$407,000

41

147.9

-9.2

93-94

-4.4%

Poughkeepsie, NY

$288,000

23

82.9

-19.0

82-83

-4.5%

Bethesda, MD

$465,000

28

99.5

-3.8

81-82

-4.6%

Tucson, AZ

$237,000

26

84.6

-1.7

81-82

-4.6%

Santa Ana, CA

$713,000

53

116.9

-8.8

92-93

-4.9%

Los Angeles, CA

$547,000

57

138.5

-11.9

92-93

-5%

Bakersfield, CA

$287,000

35

168.1

-5.4

94-95

-5.4%

Stockton, CA

$450,000

46

99.1

-5.2

94-95

-5.4%

Fort Lauderdale, FL

$325,000

31

128.4

-3.1

92-93

-5.5%

Phoenix, AZ

$271,000

26

103.8

-6.0

81-82

-5.5%

Nassau/Suffolk, NY

$483,000

31

76.3

-6.6

89-90

-6%

Miami, FL

$335,000

41

149.3

-4.3

81-82

-8.8%

Las Vegas, NV

$325,000

33

110.8

-17.0

82-83

-8.9%

 

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