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Phoenix leads price rise charge
Third quarter numbers are in for nearly 150 markets. How does your home town stack up?
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Outlook sours for real estate

Phoenix real estate recorded a 55.2 percent increase in house prices over the past 12 months, according to the latest data from the National Association of Realtors. NAR's third-quarter median existing single-family home price survey, covering changes in 147 metropolitan statistical areas, revealed that the average home nationwide appreciated by 14.7 percent since last year. Homes in only six metro areas lost value. Trailing just behind Phoenix were two Florida cities: Orlando, where prices grew 44.8 percent, and the Cape Coral-Fort Myers area, where they rose 42.5 percent. Only in six areas did homes lose value led by Elmira New York, where they fell 5.4 percent. Topeka was down 1.3 percent and Youngstown Ohio inched down 1.0 percent. Some formerly white-hot markets slowed a bit. San Diego recorded a 6.3 percent gain after growing nearly 30 percent between 2003 and 2004. Las Vegas, which soared 48.7 percent during that same period, grew only 10.5 percent over the latest 12 months. Regionally, the South recorded the slimmest gain, at 7.7 percent, while the West had the highest - 18.8 percent. The Midwest (13.1 percent) trailed the Northeast (13.2 percent) slightly for second place.

Results are ranked by growth. Click column headings to re-sort
Metropolitan Area State Growth Median Price
Akron OH 3.3% $119,800
Albany-Schenectady-Troy NY 11.6% $176,100
Albuquerque NM 18.1% $171,700
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton PA/NJ 23.9% $249,100
Amarillo TX 11.4% $107,400
Anaheim-Santa Ana (Orange Co.) CA 6.2% $696,100
Appleton WI 3.2% $129,600
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta GA 6.2% $166,500
Atlantic City NJ 25.7% $244,900
Austin-Round Rock TX 5.% $166,800
Baltimore-Towson MD 17.5% $264,700
Barnstable Town MA 7.% $398,600
Baton Rouge LA 5.6% $135,400
Beaumont-Port Arthur TX 0.6% $96,500
Binghamton NY 10.2% $93,300
Birmingham-Hoover AL 4.4% $156,100
Bloomington-Normal IL 4.4% $155,800
Boise City-Nampa ID 15.8% $161,800
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy MA/NH 6.6% $418,500
Boulder CO 4.5% $346,200
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk CT 7.6% $487,300
Buffalo-Niagara Falls NY 1.6% $97,500
Cape Coral-Fort Myers FL 45.2% $266,800
Cedar Rapids IA -0.2% $131,600
Champaign-Urbana IL 9.9% $137,600
Charleston-North Charleston SC 0.9% $193,600
Charleston WV 5.7% $121,700
Chattanooga TN/GA -1.% $130,500
Chicago-Naperville-Joliet IL 8.% $263,600
Cincinnati-Middletown OH/KY/IN 0.7% $148,500
Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor OH 3.9% $144,700
Colordo Springs CO 13.% $214,200
Columbia SC 10.8% $133,700
Columbus OH 3.7% $155,900
Corpus Christi TX 10.3% $123,000
Cumberland MD/WV 18.6% $88,600
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington TX 5.7% $149,100
Danville IL 16.9% $73,400
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island IA/IL 24.% $133,900
Dayton OH -0.3% $119,400
Decatur IL 12.3% $86,800
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach FL 31.2% $194,000
Denver-Aurora CO 2.7% $248,400
Des Moines IA 2.3% $145,100
Detroit-Warren-Livonia MI 0.4% $169,200
Dover DE 19.4% $176,300
Durham NC 30.9% $198,500
El Paso TX 13.4% $108,900
Erie PA 4.7% $98,500
Eugene-Springfield OR 18.% $192,400
Fargo ND/MN 6.8% $132,600
Farmington NM 12.6% $151,800
Ft. Wayne IN 4.3% $102,800
Gainesville FL 7.% $178,800
Gary-Hammond IN 4.% $129,600
Glens Falls NY 7.% $142,000
Grand Rapids MI 3.3% $139,000
Green Bay WI 12.4% $159,200
Greensboro-High Point NC 5.5% $148,000
Greenville SC 5.1% $143,200
Gulfport-Biloxi MS 9.6% $124,000
Hagerstown-Martinsburg MD/WV 28.7% $206,000
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford CT 13.9% $257,700
Honolulu HI 28.1% $577,800
Houston-Baytown-Sugar Land TX 2.4% $142,500
Indianapolis IN -1.% $124,600
Jackson MS 11.% $131,700
Jacksonville FL 7.8% $166,600
Kalamazoo-Portage MI -3.5% $122,600
Kankakee-Bradley IL 14.6% $132,300
Kansas City MO/KS 3.3% $157,100
Kennewick-Richland-Pasco WA 3.7% $152,700
Kingston NY 13.8% $250,700
Knoxville TN 9.1% $143,400
Lansing-E.Lansing MI 2.3% $143,600
Las Vegas-Paradise NV 11.2% $300,100
Lexington-Fayette KY 3.9% $144,800
Lincoln NE 2.2% $138,300
Little Rock-N. Little Rock AR 7.7% $118,900
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana CA 8.3% $474,800
Louisville KY/IN 2.5% $136,800
Madison WI 13.% $220,100
Memphis TN/MS/AR 8.5% $150,100
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Miami Beach FL 31.7% $371,600
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis WI 9.9% $216,800
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington MN/WI 9.% $237,700
Mobile AL 10.5% $129,100
Montgomery AL 14.% $133,300
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro TN 8.3% $159,700
New Haven-Milford CT 15.% $283,800
New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner LA 11.% $152,600
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island NY/NJ/PA 18.3% $452,700
New York-Wayne-White Plains NY/NJ 20.% $506,800
Edison NJ 22.8% $394,100
Nassau-Suffolk NY 12.8% $467,700
Newark-Union NJ/PA 9.9% $414,400
Norwich-New London CT 4.3% $246,800
Ocala FL 20.5% $135,300
Oklahoma City OK 8.1% $115,700
Omaha NE/IA 3.1% $137,300
Orlando FL 36.5% $232,200
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville FL 40.% $204,000
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent FL 23.3% $163,600
Peoria IL 12.3% $110,500
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington PA/NJ/DE/MD 12.2% $211,000
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale AZ 47.% $243,400
Pittsburgh PA 0.9% $118,500
Pittsfield MA 6.6% $211,800
Portland-South Portland-Biddeford ME 8.8% $247,200
Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton OR/WA 16.6% $238,000
Providence-New Bedford-Fall River RI/MA 6.3% $291,600
Raleigh-Cary NC 7.4% $185,200
Reading PA 16.5% $140,400
Reno-Sparks NV 12.1% $357,400
Richmond VA 14.7% $198,400
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario CA 24.8% $367,600
Rochester NY 5.3% $110,700
Rockford IL 18.6% $122,700
Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville CA 22.5% $377,400
Saint Louis MO/IL 7.9% $141,900
Salem OR 13.7% $172,000
Salt Lake City UT 5.2% $169,900
San Antonio TX 7.5% $134,000
San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos CA 8.2% $605,600
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont CA 12.3% $726,900
Sarasota-Bradenton-Venice FL 34.3% $367,800
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue WA 19.9% $310,300
Shreveport-Bossier City LA 12.3% $125,100
Sioux Falls SD 6.2% $137,700
South Bend-Mishawaka IN 8.8% $102,100
Spartanburg SC 3.% $118,700
Spokane WA 24.6% $158,600
Springfield IL 4.3% $109,000
Springfield MA 11.4% $197,900
Syracuse NY 14.8% $108,700
Tallahassee FL 9.7% $163,300
Tampa-St.Petersburg-Clearwater FL 23.3% $195,000
Toledo OH 1.6% $118,600
Topeka KS -0.6% $103,100
Trenton-Ewing NJ 13.5% $267,700
Tucson AZ 30.% $228,500
Tulsa OK 3.6% $117,400
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News VA/NC 23.8% $192,000
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria DC/VA/MD/WV 26.2% $429,200
Waterloo/Cedar Falls IA 5.6% $100,700
Wichita KS 0.5% $106,300
Worcester MA 4.7% $292,300
Yakima WA 1.4% $134,800
Youngstown-Warren-Boardman OH/PA -2.7% $82,900

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