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Hickory Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton Population: 341,851
NC

Market forecast (June 2006-2007)	2.4%
5-year historical change (2001–2005):	21.7%
5-year historical change, average annual:	4.0%
Change last year:	6.3%
FORECAST FROM FISERV CSW AND MOODY'S ECONOMY.COM

Median home value:	$153,483
Median family income:	$50,500
Median home value to median family income:	3.0

Worst historical decline:	-5.3%
Last peak at beginning of decline:	1988:Q1
Last trough of decline:	1988:Q2

More places in North Carolina
Metro area	Market forecast (June 2006-June 2007)
Asheville	2.7%
Burlington	2.3%
Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord	3.5%
Durham	3.3%
Fayetteville	4.7%
Goldsboro	4.2%
Greensboro-High Point	3.2%
Greenville	3.9%
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton	2.4%
Jacksonville	4.9%
Raleigh-Cary	3.2%
Rocky Mount	4.1%
Wilmington	7.0%
Winston-Salem	3.1%

Sources:
Population: U.S. Census Bureau, 2000
Median Family Income: U.S. Department of Housing and Development, 2005
Median Home Prices: Fiserv Lending Solutions, National Association of Realtors, 2005
Historical change: Fiserv Lending Solutions, OFHEO, 2001 – 2005
Market forecasts: Fiserv Lending Solutions and Moody's Economy.com, June 2006 – June 2007