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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
Birmingham-Hoover AL 4.4% $156,100
Mobile AL 10.5% $129,100
Montgomery AL 14.0% $133,300
Little Rock-N. Little Rock AR 7.7% $118,900
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale AZ 47.0% $243,400
Tucson AZ 30.0% $228,500
Anaheim-Santa Ana (Orange Co.) CA 6.2% $696,100
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana CA 8.3% $474,800
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario CA 24.8% $367,600
Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville CA 22.5% $377,400
San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos CA 8.2% $605,600
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont CA 12.3% $726,900
Boulder CO 4.5% $346,200
Colordo Springs CO 13.0% $214,200
Denver-Aurora CO 2.7% $248,400
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk CT 7.6% $487,300
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford CT 13.9% $257,700
New Haven-Milford CT 15.0% $283,800
Norwich-New London CT 4.3% $246,800
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria DC/VA/MD/WV 26.2% $429,200
Dover DE 19.4% $176,300
Cape Coral-Fort Myers FL 45.2% $266,800
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach FL 31.2% $194,000
Gainesville FL 7.0% $178,800
Jacksonville FL 7.8% $166,600
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Miami Beach FL 31.7% $371,600
Ocala FL 20.5% $135,300
Orlando FL 36.5% $232,200
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville FL 40.0% $204,000
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent FL 23.3% $163,600
Sarasota-Bradenton-Venice FL 34.3% $367,800
Tallahassee FL 9.7% $163,300
Tampa-St.Petersburg-Clearwater FL 23.3% $195,000
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta GA 6.2% $166,500
Honolulu HI 28.1% $577,800
Cedar Rapids IA -0.2% $131,600
Des Moines IA 2.3% $145,100
Waterloo/Cedar Falls IA 5.6% $100,700
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island IA/IL 24.0% $133,900
Boise City-Nampa ID 15.8% $161,800
Bloomington-Normal IL 4.4% $155,800
Champaign-Urbana IL 9.9% $137,600
Chicago-Naperville-Joliet IL 8.0% $263,600
Danville IL 16.9% $73,400
Decatur IL 12.3% $86,800
Kankakee-Bradley IL 14.6% $132,300
Peoria IL 12.3% $110,500
Rockford IL 18.6% $122,700
Springfield IL 4.3% $109,000
Ft. Wayne IN 4.3% $102,800
Gary-Hammond IN 4.0% $129,600
Indianapolis IN -1.0% $124,600
South Bend-Mishawaka IN 8.8% $102,100
Topeka KS -0.6% $103,100
Wichita KS 0.5% $106,300
Lexington-Fayette KY 3.9% $144,800
Louisville KY/IN 2.5% $136,800
Baton Rouge LA 5.6% $135,400
New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner LA 11.0% $152,600
Shreveport-Bossier City LA 12.3% $125,100
Barnstable Town MA 7.0% $398,600
Pittsfield MA 6.6% $211,800
Springfield MA 11.4% $197,900
Worcester MA 4.7% $292,300
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy MA/NH 6.6% $418,500
Baltimore-Towson MD 17.5% $264,700
Cumberland MD/WV 18.6% $88,600
Hagerstown-Martinsburg MD/WV 28.7% $206,000
Portland-South Portland-Biddeford ME 8.8% $247,200
Detroit-Warren-Livonia MI 0.4% $169,200
Grand Rapids MI 3.3% $139,000
Kalamazoo-Portage MI -3.5% $122,600
Lansing-E.Lansing MI 2.3% $143,600
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington MN/WI 9.0% $237,700
Saint Louis MO/IL 7.9% $141,900
Kansas City MO/KS 3.3% $157,100
Gulfport-Biloxi MS 9.6% $124,000
Jackson MS 11.0% $131,700
Greensboro-High Point NC 5.5% $148,000
Raleigh-Cary NC 7.4% $185,200
Durham NC 30.9% $198,500
Fargo ND/MN 6.8% $132,600
Lincoln NE 2.2% $138,300
Omaha NE/IA 3.1% $137,300
Atlantic City NJ 25.7% $244,900
Edison NJ 22.8% $394,100
Trenton-Ewing NJ 13.5% $267,700
Newark-Union NJ/PA 9.9% $414,400
Albuquerque NM 18.1% $171,700
Farmington NM 12.6% $151,800
Las Vegas-Paradise NV 11.2% $300,100
Reno-Sparks NV 32.1% $357,400
Albany-Schenectady-Troy NY 11.6% $176,100
Binghamton NY 10.2% $93,300
Buffalo-Niagara Falls NY 1.6% $97,500
Glens Falls NY 7.0% $142,000
Kingston NY 13.8% $250,700
Nassau-Suffolk NY 12.8% $467,700
Rochester NY 5.3% $110,700
Syracuse NY 14.8% $108,700
New York-Wayne-White Plains NY/NJ 20.0% $506,800
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island NY/NJ/PA 18.3% $452,700
Akron OH 3.3% $119,800
Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor OH 3.9% $144,700
Columbus OH 3.7% $155,900
Dayton OH -0.3% $119,400
Toledo OH 1.6% $118,600
Cincinnati-Middletown OH/KY/IN 0.7% $148,500
Youngstown-Warren-Boardman OH/PA -2.7% $82,900
Oklahoma City OK 8.1% $115,700
Tulsa OK 3.6% $117,400
Eugene-Springfield OR 18.0% $192,400
Salem OR 13.7% $172,000
Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton OR/WA 16.6% $238,000
Pittsburgh PA 0.9% $118,500
Reading PA 16.5% $140,400
Erie PA 4.7% $98,500
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton PA/NJ 23.9% $249,100
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington PA/NJ/DE/MD 12.2% $211,000
Providence-New Bedford-Fall River RI/MA 6.3% $291,600
Charleston-North Charleston SC 0.9% $193,600
Columbia SC 10.8% $133,700
Greenville SC 5.1% $143,200
Spartanburg SC 3.0% $118,700
Sioux Falls SD 6.2% $137,700
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro TN 8.3% $159,700
Knoxville TN 9.1% $143,400
Chattanooga TN/GA -1.0% $130,500
Memphis TN/MS/AR 8.5% $150,100
Amarillo TX 11.4% $107,400
Austin-Round Rock TX 5.0% $166,800
Beaumont-Port Arthur TX 0.6% $96,500
Corpus Christi TX 10.3% $123,000
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington TX 5.7% $149,100
El Paso TX 13.4% $108,900
Houston-Baytown-Sugar Land TX 2.4% $142,500
San Antonio TX 7.5% $134,000
Salt Lake City UT 5.2% $169,900
Richmond VA 14.7% $198,400
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News VA/NC 23.8% $192,000
Kennewick-Richland-Pasco WA 3.7% $152,700
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue WA 19.9% $310,300
Spokane WA 24.6% $158,600
Yakima WA 1.4% $134,800
Appleton WI 3.2% $129,600
Green Bay WI 12.4% $159,200
Madison WI 13.0% $220,100
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis WI 9.9% $216,800
Charleston WV 5.7% $121,700

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