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NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - Housing prices continue to defy forecasts of a slowdown.

Nationally, median home prices gained 8.8 percent in the fourth quarter versus the same period in 2003, according to a National Association of Realtors (NAR) report.

The median price was $187,500, which means that half the homes tracked cost more and half cost less. Of the 129 markets tracked, 62 areas had growth of more than 10 percent.

Over the past 12 months, Las Vegas home values showed the biggest gains. The median price of an existing single-family home in and around Sin City were up 47.3 percent. In Riverside and San Bernardino counties near Los Angeles prices were up 34.7 percent.

Six of the top-performing markets are in Florida with West Palm Beach and Boca Raton up 34 percent.

Not all markets have seen these kinds of gains. In nearly 17 metro areas, prices inched up less than 3 percent. In four metros, prices declined.

The NAR report for the fourth quarter was released on Feb. 15; first-quarter results are due on May 12.

Metro Area State Percent
Change
Median Price
San Francisco CA 14.3% $656,700
Anaheim-Santa Ana CA 19.1% $627,500
San Diego CA 24.8% $569,900
Honolulu HI 22.8% $490,000
Los Angeles-Long Beach CA 23.7% $470,900
Nassau-Suffolk NY 15.2% $431,900
Bergen-Passaic NJ 14.4% $423,500
New York-North NJ-Long Island NY 13.8% $403,600
Boston MA 9.4% $387,800
Washington DC 26.9% $370,800
Newark NJ 14.9% $369,500
Middlesex-Somerset-Hunterdon NJ 15.0% $358,200
Sacramento CA 31.5% $343,800
West Palm Beach-Boca Raton FL 34.0% $338,800
Monmouth-Ocean Counties NJ 16.5% $338,400
Riverside-San Bernadino CA 34.7% $322,400
Seattle WA 8.4% $299,800
Miami-Hialeah FL 25.5% $297,200
Ft. Lauderdale-Hollywood-Pompano Beach FL 25.6% $296,800
Reno NV 25.5% $286,200
Las Vegas NV 47.3% $281,400
Sarasota FL 25.8% $279,500
Worcester MA 9.2% $276,500
Providence RI 14.5% $275,600
New Haven-Meriden CT 16.5% $264,600
Lake County IL 4.5% $258,700
Baltimore MD 14.0% $248,400
Bradenton FL 32.0% $245,700
Chicago IL 2.7% $242,600
Denver CO 1.7% $237,100
Portland ME 9.3% $236,600
Hartford CT 10.7% $232,800
Trenton NJ 12.1% $229,400
Aurora-Elgin IL 10.3% $221,000
Minneapolis-St. Paul MN-WI 4.2% $220,600
Portland OR 13.7% $218,700
Atlantic City, NJ NJ 18.9% $216,500
Tacoma WA 15.9% $211,700
Madison WI 6.3% $210,800
Milwaukee WI 11.3% $199,300
Ft. Myers-Cape Coral-Punta Gorda FL 26.5% $198,000
Wilmington DE-NJ-MD 17.3% $192,500
Colordo Springs CO 4.2% $192,300
Philadelphia PA-NJ 15.6% $187,900
Raleigh-Durham NC 5.5% $185,600
Tucson AZ 18.5% $185,300
Orlando FL 21.7% $184,400
Charleston SC 6.5% $180,400
Phoenix AZ 17.9% $180,200
Richmond-Petersburg VA 12.4% $176,200
Eugene-Springfield OR 14.7% $174,100
Melbourne-Titusville-Palm Bay FL 30.5% $172,200
Springfield MA 10.7% $171,200
Albany-Schenectady-Troy NY 16.0% $168,600
Tampa-St.Petersburg-Clearwater FL 14.6% $168,500
Norfolk Va. Beach-Newport News VA 21.1% $167,700
Daytona Beach FL 19.6% $162,600
Salt Lake City-Ogden UT 6.5% $159,700
Atlanta GA 3.1% $157,700
Tallahassee FL 12.0% $156,300
Albuquerque NM 14.8% $155,800
Jacksonville FL 15.7% $153,700
Spokane WA 24.4% $152,700
Austin/San Marcos TX -2.1% $151,300
Birmingham AL 10.8% $149,700
Kansas City MO-KS 4.7% $149,300
Nashville TN 7.2% $148,700
Richland/Kennewick/Pasco WA 4.3% $148,500
Green Bay WI 6.9% $144,700
Lexington-Fayette KY-IN 6.0% $143,500
Columbus OH 3.4% $143,400
Cincinnati OH-KY-IN 2.7% $143,000
Des Moines IA 6.5% $141,600
Lansing-E.Lansing MI 7.2% $140,700
New Orleans LA 10.5% $140,300
Greensboro/Winston-Salem/High Point NC 3.8% $140,300
Pensacola FL 19.2% $139,600
Cleveland OH NA $137,500
Dallas TX 1.6% $137,300
Houston TX 2.0% $135,500
Knoxville TN 7.5% $135,200
Memphis TN-AR-MS 2.4% $134,800
Cedar Rapids IA 7.4% $133,400
Lincoln NE 0.8% $133,100
Grand Rapids MI 3.0% $132,100
Louisville KY-IN 1.1% $131,800
Saint Louis MO-IL 9.3% $129,100
Greenville-Spartanburg SC 0.9% $129,000
Baton Rouge LA 5.6% $128,200
Fargo ND 10.0% $128,000
Sioux Falls SD 4.9% $127,300
Columbia SC 5.6% $127,000
Mobile AL 0.6% $126,900
Chattanooga TN-GA 7.7% $126,400
Kalamazoo MI 8.2% $126,200
Rockford IL 8.3% $125,800
Gary-Hammond IN 4.7% $125,800
Jackson MS 17.5% $123,600
Appleton WI 1.6% $123,300
San Antonio TX 6.0% $122,500
Champaign IL 6.5% $119,700
Montgomery AL 6.3% $119,000
Tulsa OK 7.1% $118,100
Biloxi-Gulfport MS 11.3% $117,300
Akron OH 5.0% $117,200
Shreveport LA 13.8% $115,500
Corpus Christi TX 11.5% $114,500
Ocala FL 26.8% $114,100
Dayton-Springfield OH 4.8% $113,800
Indianapolis IN -3.9% $113,400
Toledo OH 8.8% $112,400
Oklahoma City OK 10.8% $109,700
Springfield MO 12.4% $109,100
Little Rock-N. Little Rock AR 5.3% $108,000
Pittsburgh PA 6.1% $107,600
Charleston WV -4.2% $107,200
Rochester NY 6.8% $106,200
Wichita KS 6.0% $105,500
Davenport/Moline/Rock Island IA-IL 8.4% $104,400
Amarillo TX 6.7% $100,400
Topeka KS 9.3% $99,100
Syracuse NY 6.6% $98,600
Waterloo/Cedar Falls IA 13.2% $97,900
South Bend-Mishawaka IN 1.8% $96,400
El Paso TX 1.5% $96,100
Peoria IL 3.1% $95,200
Ft. Wayne, IN IN 5.1% $94,900
Buffalo-Niagara Falls NY 13.1% $94,800
Springfield IL 5.2% $93,600
Beaumont TX -1.3% $87,800
Metro Area State Percent
Change
Median Price
Source: National Association of Realtors ^top^



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