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McAllen McAllen-Edinburg-Pharr Population: 569,463
TX

Market forecast (June 2006-2007)	11.4%
5-year historical change (2001–2005):	25.4%
5-year historical change, average annual:	4.6%
Change last year:	3.9%
FORECAST FROM FISERV CSW AND MOODY'S ECONOMY.COM

Median home value:	$100,992
Median family income:	$30,000
Median home value to median family income:	3.4

Worst historical decline:	-16.3%
Last peak at beginning of decline:	1988:Q4
Last trough of decline:	1989:Q2

More places in Texas
Metro area	Market forecast (June 2006-June 2007)
Abilene	4.5%
Amarillo	3.4%
Austin-Round Rock	3.7%
Beaumont-Port Arthur	3.8%
Brownsville-Harlingen	8.8%
College Station-Bryan	4.5%
Corpus Christi	6.4%
Dallas-Plano-Irving	4.0%
El Paso	7.4%
Fort Worth-Arlington	4.1%
Houston-Baytown-Sugar Land	3.5%
Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood	5.2%
Laredo	8.5%
Longview	6.1%
Lubbock	4.3%
McAllen-Edinburg-Pharr	11.4%
Midland	4.5%
Odessa	5.7%
San Angelo	5.1%
San Antonio	5.0%
Sherman-Denison	4.5%
Texarkana	5.8%
Tyler	4.7%
Victoria	6.2%
Waco	4.3%
Wichita Falls	5.1%

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