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Harrisburg Harrisburg-Carlisle Population: 509,074
PA

Market forecast (June 2006-2007)	3.6%
5-year historical change (2001–2005):	37.6%
5-year historical change, average annual:	6.6%
Change last year:	11.1%
FORECAST FROM FISERV CSW AND MOODY'S ECONOMY.COM

Median home value:	$121,201
Median family income:	$61,500
Median home value to median family income:	2.0

Worst historical decline:	-23.5%
Last peak at beginning of decline:	1982:Q2
Last trough of decline:	1982:Q4

More places in Pennsylvania
Metro area	Market forecast (June 2006-June 2007)
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton	7.0%
Altoona	5.0%
Erie	4.0%
Harrisburg-Carlisle	3.6%
Johnstown	6.5%
Lancaster	3.6%
Lebanon	4.3%
Philadelphia	4.4%
Pittsburgh	4.0%
Reading	2.9%
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre	5.8%
State College	4.3%
Williamsport	6.2%
York-Hanover	3.2%

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