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U S Cities With Top Home Price Gains And Declines



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n a study of the 100            prices are bound to grow by 4.3 % 
biggest housing markets by      from this April to the next. The  
population in the United        city is expected to have a home   
States, Fiserv Lending Solutions      price change of 17.6 % over the   
has come up with top five cities      next five years. Tulsa's year of  
that are predicted to have the        worst decline was during '86 to   
maximum home price gains and          '87 and the slump during this     
bottom five that are expected to      decline was 7.5 %. The median     
show price declines from April        home price is $135,000 and the    
2007 to April 2008.                   median mortgage loan makes up to  
                                      14 % of the income.               
The top 5 cities that are slated                                        
to show home price gains are as       3.El Paso, Texas: Another city of 
follows:                              Texas where home prices are       
                                      expected to rise, El Paso has a   
1.McAllen, Texas: It's good news      median home price of $130,000.    
for McAllen home buyers with          The median mortgage loan forms 14 
Fiserv forecasting a price gain       % of the median income. The       
of 9.8 percent over the next year     projected price change for the    
for this Texas city. The              next 5 years is at 17.6 %. El     
projected price change for the        Paso’s worst one-year decline was 
five year period is 26.5 %. The       during '87 to '88 when it         
city's median home price is           experienced a home price decline  
$130,000 and median mortgage loan     by 17.5 %.                        
as a percentage of income is 25                                         
%. McAllen's worst one year           4.Scranton, Pennsylvania:         
decline was at 12.3 % during '88      Scranton’s home prices are        
to '89.                               forecasted to increase by 3.9 %   
                                      over the next one year. The city  
2.Tulsa, Oklahoma: The home           has a median home price of        



$118,000. With the median             home price is at $345,000 and the 
mortgage loan at 13 % of the          median mortgage loan consists of  
income, Scranton makes a good         31 % of the income. The five year 
buying market for homes this          price change is at 128.4 %. The   
year. Home prices are slated to       city had experienced its worst    
increase steadily with the 5 year     year of decline through ’88 to‘89 
projection at 41.2 %. The city        at 3.1 %.                         
experienced its worst price                                             
decline of 7.2 % between '94 and      2.Phoenix, Arizona: Home prices   
'95.                                  are expected to slack by 5.5 % in 
                                      the next 12 months. The median    
5.Rochester, New York: Rochester      home price is at $271,000 and the 
is projected to have a 3.7 %          median mortgage loan forms 26 %   
increase in home prices over the      of the income. The five year      
next 12 months. The median home       price change for Phoenix is at    
price is at $122,000 and the          103.8 %. The year of worst        
median mortgage loan is 11 % of       decline has been from '81 to ‘82  
the income. The five year price       with price decline of 6.0 %.      
change is at 22.4 %. The city's                                         
worst one year decline was at 4.1     3.Nassau/Suffolk, New York: Home  
% during '94 to '95.                  prices may fall by 6 % over the   
                                      next year in this metro area. The 
The following are the bottom five     median home price is at $483,000  
cities of the list of 100 biggest     and the median mortgage loan      
housing markets.                      forms 31 % of the income. The     
                                      five year price change is at 76.3 
1.Fort Lauderdale, Florida:           % and the city saw the worst      
Prices are falling in this city       decline in home price in '88-'89  
and are expected to slump down by     when prices came down by 6.6 %.   
5.5 % by April 2008. The median                                         



4.Miami, Florida: Price drops of      5.Las Vegas, Nevada: The fall in  
as much as 8.8 % are expected in      home prices is forecasted at the  
the Miami housing market. The         highest in Las Vegas at 8.9 %     
median home price is at $335,000      during a one year period from     
and the median mortgage loan          April 2007 to April 2008. The     
forms 41 % of the income. The         median home price is $325,000 and 
forecast predicts a five year         the median mortgage loan consists 
price change of 149.3 %. The          of 33 % of the income. The five   
city's year of worst decline was      year price change is at 119.8 %.  
during '88 to '89 with a              The worst one year decline that   
downswing of home prices at 4.3       the city experienced was at 17 %  
%.                                    during '88 to '89.                
                                      

                              




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