What you can get for $1 million
Here's what it would have bought you recently in six major metro areas: three where prices have risen the most in the past year and three where they've tanked.
HOT MARKETS: Raleigh, N.C.
It's spanking new and deluxe all the way, from the butler's pantry with wine cooler to the spacious screened porch and patio.
Sale price: $1,009,800
Town: Cary
Bedrooms: 4
Taxes: $8,378
Square feet: 4,728
Lot size: 0.3 acres
NEXT: COLD MARKETS: Riverside, Calif.
Last updated February 18 2009: 6:20 AM ET
RSSSource: Zillow.com; Tulsa Real Estate (Tulsa); Remax Plus (Rochester); Coldwell Banker Howard Perry & Walston (Raleigh); Coldwell Banker Armstrong Properties (Riverside); Dyson & Dyson Sotheby's International Realty (Las Vegas); Tomlinson Realty Group (Miami).
NOTES: Metro areas included are those with populations of 500,000 or more where median-price homes rose or fell the most last year through the third quarter. Only one metro area per state is included.
NOTES: Metro areas included are those with populations of 500,000 or more where median-price homes rose or fell the most last year through the third quarter. Only one metro area per state is included.
