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