Strongest Housing Markets Nationally

Here is the latest from Forbes on where they see the strongest housing markets are across tha nation. Most are in the Heartland, the South, and in more divesified areas in the Rustbelt. Virtually no cities in the Sunbelt are included outside of El Paso, Houston, Austin, and San Antonio. Even these strongest of markets are expected to see a decline in home values, but it is clearly not as great as is the case virtually everywhere else.

-1) McAllen TX
-2) Syracuse
-3) Pittsburgh
-4) Buffalo
-5) El Paso
-6) Tulsa
-7) Houston
-8) Charleston SC
-9) Little Rock
10) Birmingham
11) Fort Worth
12) New Orleans !?!
13) Dallass
14) Austin
15) Rochester NY
16) San Antonio
17) Augusta GA
18) Baton Rouge
19) Memphis
20) Oklahoma City
21) Albany NY

http://www.forbes.com/2009/01/07/housing-cities-realestate-forbeslife-cx_do_0107realestatestrong_slide_2.html?partner=abcnews

http://abcnews.go.com/Business/Economy/story?id=6658494&page=1

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