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Phoenix leads price rise charge
Third quarter numbers are in for nearly 150 markets. How does your home town stack up?
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Outlook sours for real estate

Phoenix real estate recorded a 55.2 percent increase in house prices over the past 12 months, according to the latest data from the National Association of Realtors. NAR's third-quarter median existing single-family home price survey, covering changes in 147 metropolitan statistical areas, revealed that the average home nationwide appreciated by 14.7 percent since last year. Homes in only six metro areas lost value. Trailing just behind Phoenix were two Florida cities: Orlando, where prices grew 44.8 percent, and the Cape Coral-Fort Myers area, where they rose 42.5 percent. Only in six areas did homes lose value led by Elmira New York, where they fell 5.4 percent. Topeka was down 1.3 percent and Youngstown Ohio inched down 1.0 percent. Some formerly white-hot markets slowed a bit. San Diego recorded a 6.3 percent gain after growing nearly 30 percent between 2003 and 2004. Las Vegas, which soared 48.7 percent during that same period, grew only 10.5 percent over the latest 12 months. Regionally, the South recorded the slimmest gain, at 7.7 percent, while the West had the highest - 18.8 percent. The Midwest (13.1 percent) trailed the Northeast (13.2 percent) slightly for second place.

Results are ranked by growth. Click column headings to re-sort
Metropolitan Area State Growth Median Price
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont CA 12.3% $726,900
Anaheim-Santa Ana (Orange Co.) CA 6.2% $696,100
San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos CA 8.2% $605,600
Honolulu HI 28.1% $577,800
New York-Wayne-White Plains NY/NJ 20.0% $506,800
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk CT 7.6% $487,300
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana CA 8.3% $474,800
Nassau-Suffolk NY 12.8% $467,700
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island NY/NJ/PA 18.3% $452,700
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria DC/VA/MD/WV 26.2% $429,200
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy MA/NH 6.6% $418,500
Newark-Union NJ/PA 9.9% $414,400
Barnstable Town MA 7.0% $398,600
Edison NJ 22.8% $394,100
Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville CA 22.5% $377,400
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Miami Beach FL 31.7% $371,600
Sarasota-Bradenton-Venice FL 34.3% $367,800
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario CA 24.8% $367,600
Reno-Sparks NV 32.1% $357,400
Boulder CO 4.5% $346,200
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue WA 19.9% $310,300
Las Vegas-Paradise NV 11.2% $300,100
Worcester MA 4.7% $292,300
Providence-New Bedford-Fall River RI/MA 6.3% $291,600
New Haven-Milford CT 15.0% $283,800
Trenton-Ewing NJ 13.5% $267,700
Cape Coral-Fort Myers FL 45.2% $266,800
Baltimore-Towson MD 17.5% $264,700
Chicago-Naperville-Joliet IL 8.0% $263,600
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford CT 13.9% $257,700
Kingston NY 13.8% $250,700
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton PA/NJ 23.9% $249,100
Denver-Aurora CO 2.7% $248,400
Portland-South Portland-Biddeford ME 8.8% $247,200
Norwich-New London CT 4.3% $246,800
Atlantic City NJ 25.7% $244,900
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale AZ 47.0% $243,400
Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton OR/WA 16.6% $238,000
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington MN/WI 9.0% $237,700
Orlando FL 36.5% $232,200
Tucson AZ 30.0% $228,500
Madison WI 13.0% $220,100
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis WI 9.9% $216,800
Colordo Springs CO 13.0% $214,200
Pittsfield MA 6.6% $211,800
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington PA/NJ/DE/MD 12.2% $211,000
Hagerstown-Martinsburg MD/WV 28.7% $206,000
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville FL 40.0% $204,000
Durham NC 30.9% $198,500
Richmond VA 14.7% $198,400
Springfield MA 11.4% $197,900
Tampa-St.Petersburg-Clearwater FL 23.3% $195,000
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach FL 31.2% $194,000
Charleston-North Charleston SC 0.9% $193,600
Eugene-Springfield OR 18.0% $192,400
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News VA/NC 23.8% $192,000
Raleigh-Cary NC 7.4% $185,200
Gainesville FL 7.0% $178,800
Dover DE 19.4% $176,300
Albany-Schenectady-Troy NY 11.6% $176,100
Salem OR 13.7% $172,000
Albuquerque NM 18.1% $171,700
Salt Lake City UT 5.2% $169,900
Detroit-Warren-Livonia MI 0.4% $169,200
Austin-Round Rock TX 5.0% $166,800
Jacksonville FL 7.8% $166,600
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta GA 6.2% $166,500
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent FL 23.3% $163,600
Tallahassee FL 9.7% $163,300
Boise City-Nampa ID 15.8% $161,800
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro TN 8.3% $159,700
Green Bay WI 12.4% $159,200
Spokane WA 24.6% $158,600
Kansas City MO/KS 3.3% $157,100
Birmingham-Hoover AL 4.4% $156,100
Columbus OH 3.7% $155,900
Bloomington-Normal IL 4.4% $155,800
Kennewick-Richland-Pasco WA 3.7% $152,700
New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner LA 11.0% $152,600
Farmington NM 12.6% $151,800
Memphis TN/MS/AR 8.5% $150,100
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington TX 5.7% $149,100
Cincinnati-Middletown OH/KY/IN 0.7% $148,500
Greensboro-High Point NC 5.5% $148,000
Des Moines IA 2.3% $145,100
Lexington-Fayette KY 3.9% $144,800
Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor OH 3.9% $144,700
Lansing-E.Lansing MI 2.3% $143,600
Knoxville TN 9.1% $143,400
Greenville SC 5.1% $143,200
Houston-Baytown-Sugar Land TX 2.4% $142,500
Glens Falls NY 7.0% $142,000
Saint Louis MO/IL 7.9% $141,900
Reading PA 16.5% $140,400
Grand Rapids MI 3.3% $139,000
Lincoln NE 2.2% $138,300
Sioux Falls SD 6.2% $137,700
Champaign-Urbana IL 9.9% $137,600
Omaha NE/IA 3.1% $137,300
Louisville KY/IN 2.5% $136,800
Baton Rouge LA 5.6% $135,400
Ocala FL 20.5% $135,300
Yakima WA 1.4% $134,800
San Antonio TX 7.5% $134,000
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island IA/IL 24.0% $133,900
Columbia SC 10.8% $133,700
Montgomery AL 14.0% $133,300
Fargo ND/MN 6.8% $132,600
Kankakee-Bradley IL 14.6% $132,300
Jackson MS 11.0% $131,700
Cedar Rapids IA -0.2% $131,600
Chattanooga TN/GA -1.0% $130,500
Gary-Hammond IN 4.0% $129,600
Appleton WI 3.2% $129,600
Mobile AL 10.5% $129,100
Shreveport-Bossier City LA 12.3% $125,100
Indianapolis IN -1.0% $124,600
Gulfport-Biloxi MS 9.6% $124,000
Corpus Christi TX 10.3% $123,000
Rockford IL 18.6% $122,700
Kalamazoo-Portage MI -3.5% $122,600
Charleston WV 5.7% $121,700
Akron OH 3.3% $119,800
Dayton OH -0.3% $119,400
Little Rock-N. Little Rock AR 7.7% $118,900
Spartanburg SC 3.0% $118,700
Toledo OH 1.6% $118,600
Pittsburgh PA 0.9% $118,500
Tulsa OK 3.6% $117,400
Oklahoma City OK 8.1% $115,700
Rochester NY 5.3% $110,700
Peoria IL 12.3% $110,500
Springfield IL 4.3% $109,000
El Paso TX 13.4% $108,900
Syracuse NY 14.8% $108,700
Amarillo TX 11.4% $107,400
Wichita KS 0.5% $106,300
Topeka KS -0.6% $103,100
Ft. Wayne IN 4.3% $102,800
South Bend-Mishawaka IN 8.8% $102,100
Waterloo/Cedar Falls IA 5.6% $100,700
Erie PA 4.7% $98,500
Buffalo-Niagara Falls NY 1.6% $97,500
Beaumont-Port Arthur TX 0.6% $96,500
Binghamton NY 10.2% $93,300
Cumberland MD/WV 18.6% $88,600
Decatur IL 12.3% $86,800
Youngstown-Warren-Boardman OH/PA -2.7% $82,900
Danville IL 16.9% $73,400

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