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Top housing markets
Fourth-quarter numbers are in. See how your town stacks up.
After peaking during the third quarter of 2003, the housing market slowed during the fourth quarter, according to the latest numbers from the National Association of Realtors, released Feb. 12.
Nationally, median home prices increased 6.6 percent, to $171,600; in the previous quarter, year-over-year prices increased 10.1 percent.
In addition, there were fewer markets in which prices rose at least 10 percent. Prices in 33 markets out of 127 markets tracked by the NAR rose in the double digits, down from a record 41 in the third quarter.
Another sign of slowing: 22 markets had price declines over the past 12 months. Last quarter, only one market -- Fort Wayne, Ind. -- experienced a drop in prices.
Below are home price data for 127 markets tracked by the NAR. You can click on column headings to re-rank the results.
| Metropolitan Area |
State |
Percent
Change |
Median Value |
| Q4 2003 |
Q4 2002 |
| Riverside/San Bernardino |
CA |
+28.90% |
$239,400 |
$185,700 |
| Sarasota |
FL |
+26.10% |
$222,100 |
$176,100 |
| Los Angeles Area |
CA |
+24.50% |
$382,200 |
$307,000 |
| Miami/Hialeah |
FL |
+22.90% |
$236,900 |
$192,800 |
| Orange County (Anaheim/Santa Ana) |
CA |
+21.20% |
$526,800 |
$434,600 |
| San Diego |
CA |
+20.40% |
$456,700 |
$379,300 |
| W. Palm Beach/Boca Raton/Delray Beach |
FL |
+19.20% |
$252,900 |
$212,100 |
| Bradenton |
FL |
+18.70% |
$186,100 |
$156,800 |
| Reno |
NV |
+17.30% |
$228,100 |
$194,400 |
| Hartford |
CT |
+17.00% |
$214,700 |
$183,500 |
| Providence |
RI |
+16.80% |
$240,700 |
$206,100 |
| Sacramento |
CA |
+16.50% |
$262,200 |
$225,000 |
| Ft. Lauderdale/Hollywood/Pompano Beach |
FL |
+15.40% |
$236,300 |
$204,800 |
| Gainesville |
FL |
+15.40% |
$150,000 |
$130,000 |
| Las Vegas |
NV |
+15.10% |
$191,100 |
$166,100 |
| Baltimore |
MD |
+14.90% |
$217,800 |
$189,500 |
| Atlantic City |
NJ |
+14.20% |
$172,200 |
$150,800 |
| Honolulu |
HI |
+14.00% |
$399,000 |
$350,000 |
| Spokane |
WA |
+13.10% |
$122,700 |
$108,500 |
| Daytona Beach |
FL |
+13.00% |
$113,700 |
$100,600 |
| Washington |
DC/MD/VA |
+12.90% |
$292,100 |
$258,700 |
| Ft. Myers/Cape Coral |
FL |
+12.80% |
$156,500 |
$138,700 |
| Trenton |
NJ |
+12.80% |
$204,600 |
$181,400 |
| New Haven/Meriden |
CT |
+12.60% |
$227,400 |
$202,000 |
| Monmouth/Ocean |
NJ |
+12.60% |
$294,800 |
$261,700 |
| Nassau/Suffolk |
NY |
+12.40% |
$374,900 |
$333,600 |
| Mobile |
AL |
+12.00% |
$126,100 |
$112,600 |
| Melbourne/Titusville/Palm Bay |
FL |
+11.90% |
$132,000 |
$118,000 |
| Minneapolis/St.Paul |
MN/WI |
+11.50% |
$211,700 |
$189,900 |
| Worcester |
MA |
+11.40% |
$211,700 |
$190,000 |
| San Francisco Bay Area |
CA |
+11.20% |
$574,300 |
$516,400 |
| Portland |
ME |
+11.00% |
$216,400 |
$195,000 |
| New York/New Jersey/Long Island |
NY/NJ/CT |
+10.20% |
$353,000 |
$320,300 |
| Jacksonville |
FL |
+9.80% |
$132,800 |
$121,000 |
| Richmond/Petersburg |
VA |
+9.70% |
$156,700 |
$142,800 |
| Beaumont/Port Arthur |
TX |
+9.20% |
$89,000 |
$81,500 |
| Madison |
WI |
+9.00% |
$198,400 |
$182,000 |
| Orlando |
FL |
+8.50% |
$151,500 |
$139,600 |
| Appleton/Oshkosh/Neenah |
WI |
+8.40% |
$121,300 |
$111,900 |
| Tampa/St. Petersburg/Clearwater |
FL |
+7.40% |
$147,000 |
$136,900 |
| Syracuse |
NY |
+7.30% |
$92,500 |
$86,200 |
| Philadelphia |
PA/NJ |
+7.00% |
$162,600 |
$152,000 |
| Seattle |
WA |
+7.00% |
$276,500 |
$258,300 |
| Middlesex/Somerset/Hunterdon |
NJ |
+6.90% |
$303,800 |
$284,300 |
| United States |
|
+6.60% |
$171,600 |
$161,000 |
| Newark |
NJ |
+6.50% |
$321,500 |
$301,900 |
| Lexington/Fayette |
KY |
+6.40% |
$135,400 |
$127,200 |
| Bergen/Passaic |
NJ |
+6.40% |
$372,500 |
$350,200 |
| Boise City |
ID |
+6.20% |
$133,200 |
$125,400 |
| Peoria |
IL |
+6.10% |
$92,300 |
$87,000 |
| Chicago |
IL |
+5.90% |
$236,400 |
$223,300 |
| Eugene/Springfield |
OR |
+5.80% |
$151,800 |
$143,500 |
| Knoxville |
TN |
+5.80% |
$126,800 |
$119,800 |
| Rockford |
IL |
+5.70% |
$116,200 |
$109,900 |
| Portland |
OR |
+5.70% |
$192,300 |
$181,900 |
| Wilmington |
DE/NJ/MD |
+5.60% |
$164,100 |
$155,400 |
| Tacoma |
WA |
+5.40% |
$182,600 |
$173,300 |
| Boston |
MA |
+5.30% |
$406,800 |
$386,300 |
| Fargo/Moorhead |
ND/MN |
+5.20% |
$116,400 |
$110,600 |
| Albany/Schenectady/Troy |
NY |
+5.20% |
$146,800 |
$139,600 |
| Charleston |
WV |
+5.20% |
$111,900 |
$106,400 |
| Biloxi/Gulfport |
MS |
+5.00% |
$105,400 |
$100,400 |
| Cedar Rapids |
IA |
+4.90% |
$124,200 |
$118,400 |
| Little Rock/N. Little Rock |
AR |
+4.70% |
$102,600 |
$98,000 |
| Chattanooga |
TN/GA |
+4.70% |
$117,400 |
$112,100 |
| Corpus Christi |
TX |
+4.70% |
$102,700 |
$98,100 |
| Lansing/East Lansing |
MI |
+4.60% |
$131,200 |
$125,400 |
| Cincinnati |
OH/KY/IN |
+4.60% |
$139,200 |
$133,100 |
| Lincoln |
NE |
+4.50% |
$132,000 |
$126,300 |
| Springfield |
MA |
+4.40% |
$154,700 |
$148,200 |
| San Antonio |
TX |
+4.40% |
$115,600 |
$110,700 |
| Rochester |
NY |
+4.30% |
$99,400 |
$95,300 |
| Phoenix |
AZ |
+4.20% |
$152,800 |
$146,700 |
| Charleston |
SC |
+4.10% |
$169,400 |
$162,700 |
| Kansas City |
MO/KS |
+3.60% |
$142,600 |
$137,700 |
| Amarillo |
TX |
+3.50% |
$94,100 |
$90,900 |
| Pensacola |
FL |
+3.40% |
$117,100 |
$113,300 |
| Austin/San Marcos |
TX |
+3.30% |
$156,000 |
$151,000 |
| Omaha |
NE/IA |
+3.20% |
$127,900 |
$123,900 |
| New Orleans |
LA |
+3.10% |
$126,400 |
$122,600 |
| Colorado Springs |
CO |
+2.90% |
$184,500 |
$179,300 |
| Aurora/Elgin |
IL |
+2.80% |
$200,300 |
$194,900 |
| El Paso |
TX |
+2.80% |
$94,700 |
$92,100 |
| Atlanta |
GA |
+2.70% |
$152,900 |
$148,900 |
| Gary/Hammond |
IN |
+2.70% |
$120,200 |
$117,000 |
| Oklahoma City |
OK |
+2.70% |
$99,000 |
$96,400 |
| Raleigh/Durham |
NC |
+2.60% |
$177,600 |
$173,100 |
| South Bend/Mishawaka |
IN |
+2.40% |
$94,700 |
$92,500 |
| Baton Rouge |
LA |
+2.40% |
$121,400 |
$118,600 |
| Tucson |
AZ |
+2.30% |
$152,900 |
$149,400 |
| Denver |
CO |
+2.30% |
$233,100 |
$227,900 |
| Louisville |
KY/IN |
+2.30% |
$130,400 |
$127,500 |
| Lake County |
IL |
+2.20% |
$199,900 |
$195,600 |
| Columbus |
OH |
+2.20% |
$138,700 |
$135,700 |
| Green Bay |
WI |
+1.90% |
$135,300 |
$132,800 |
| Sioux Falls |
SD |
+1.80% |
$121,300 |
$119,200 |
| Grand Rapids |
MI |
+1.70% |
$128,300 |
$126,100 |
| Indianapolis |
IN |
+1.50% |
$118,000 |
$116,300 |
| Saint Louis |
MO/IL |
+1.50% |
$118,100 |
$116,300 |
| Salt Lake City/Ogden |
UT |
+0.90% |
$149,900 |
$148,500 |
| Des Moines |
IA |
+0.70% |
$132,900 |
$132,000 |
| Topeka |
KS |
+0.60% |
$90,700 |
$90,200 |
| Albuquerque |
NM |
+0.60% |
$135,700 |
$134,900 |
| Memphis |
TN/AR/MS |
+0.40% |
$131,700 |
$131,200 |
| Dallas |
TX |
+0.40% |
$135,200 |
$134,600 |
| Kalamazoo |
MI |
+0.10% |
$116,600 |
$116,500 |
| Greenville/Spartanburg |
SC |
-0.10% |
$127,900 |
$128,000 |
| Tallahassee |
FL |
-0.40% |
$139,500 |
$140,000 |
| Pittsburgh |
PA |
-0.40% |
$101,400 |
$101,800 |
| Houston |
TX |
-0.80% |
$132,800 |
$133,900 |
| Wichita |
KS |
-1.10% |
$99,500 |
$100,600 |
| Greensboro/Winston-Salem/High Point |
NC |
-1.10% |
$135,100 |
$136,600 |
| Columbia |
SC |
-1.10% |
$120,300 |
$121,600 |
| Milwaukee |
WI |
-1.20% |
$179,100 |
$181,300 |
| Buffalo/Niagara Falls |
NY |
-1.90% |
$83,800 |
$85,400 |
| Dayton/Springfield |
OH |
-2.10% |
$108,600 |
$110,900 |
| Tulsa |
OK |
-2.10% |
$109,000 |
$111,300 |
| Champaign/Urbana/Rantoul |
IL |
-2.20% |
$112,400 |
$114,900 |
| Springfield |
IL |
-2.30% |
$89,000 |
$91,100 |
| Richland/Kennewick/Pasco |
WA |
-2.30% |
$142,400 |
$145,700 |
| Davenport/Moline/Rock Island |
IA/IL |
-2.50% |
$96,300 |
$98,800 |
| Waterloo/Cedar Falls |
IA |
-3.00% |
$86,500 |
$89,200 |
| Ft. Wayne |
IN |
-3.00% |
$90,300 |
$93,100 |
| Birmingham |
AL |
-3.70% |
$135,100 |
$140,300 |
| Montgomery |
AL |
-4.40% |
$111,900 |
$117,100 |
| Toledo |
OH |
-4.70% |
$103,300 |
$108,400 |
| Akron |
OH |
-5.30% |
$111,600 |
$117,900 |
| Jackson |
MS |
-5.40% |
$105,200 |
$111,200 |
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