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: Rochester, N.Y.
Right on Lake Ontario, this unusual property includes a historic colonial house, a carriage house and a real lighthouse.
Sale price: $1,050,000
Town: Hilton
Bedrooms: 3
Taxes: $13,905
Square feet: 3,000
Lot size: 1.2 acres
NEXT: HOT MARKETS: Raleigh, N.C.
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.
