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Top 20 Real Estate Markets for 2008

With all the negative media attention real-  McAllen,  TX -- 4.3%
estate has been getting these days, one might
assume there weren't any appreciating or-  Idaho  Falls,  ID -- 4.2%
growth markets left in the country. Nothing
could  be  farther  from  the  truth.-  Spokane,  WA -- 4.2%
The problem with the news media is they tend-  Glen  Falls,  NY -- 4.0%
to lump the subject of real estate into one
big bucket, possibly because it makes things-  Salt  Lake  City,  UT -- 3.9%
easier for them. This generalization glosses
over one of the most important concepts we-  Grand  Forks,  ND -- 3.9%
teach other investors. That is real estate is
driven and affected by local market factors- San Antonio, TX -- 3.9% When local
far more than it is by national or globaleconomic factors are strong, such as job
factors.growth and positive net migration, real
estate tends to be resilient to broader
Having said that, here are the 20 top realeconomic factors, such as increasing interest
estate  markets  for  2008:rates and inflation. Consider these examples:
Appreciation  Forecast*Salt Lake City, Utah experienced a median
price increase of 10.5% by November 2007 over
-  Yakima,  WA  --  7.1%the previous 12 months. This was largely due
to  its  population  growth.
-  Honolulu,  HI -- 6.8%
Austin-Round Rock, Texas saw home
-  Salem,  OR -- 6.5%appreciation of 10% by the third quarter of
2007, and a 29% increase over 5 years. Their
-  Maui,  HI -- 5.6%job market picked back up over the previous
three  years.
-  Bismarck,  ND -- 5.6%
Idaho Falls located in eastern Idaho, close
-  Manhattan,  NY -- 5.2%to Jackson (Jackson Hole), WY saw an increase
of 12% by the third quarter of 2007, and a
-  Sun  Valley,  ID -- 5.1%50%  increase  over  5  years.
-  Biloxi,  MS -- 5.1%Grand Junction, located in western Colorado
near the Utah border had an appreciation rate
-  Kauai,  HI -- 4.9%of 14% by the third quarter of 2007, and a
66%  increase  over  5  years.
-  Austin,  TX -- 4.8%
The point to remember is that there are
-  Grand  Junction,  CO -- 4.5%always good investment opportunities
regardless of what you hear in the media or
-  Fargo,  ND -- 4.5%the  state  our  nation's  economy.
-  Mobile,  AL -- 4.4%* housingpredictor.



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