U.S. Housing Market Round-Up

The Wall Street Journal reviews real estate articles from across the US about the top-ranked places to live and where housing prices are falling.

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July 21, 2006, 7:00 AM PDT

By Chris Steins @planetizen

From the findings:

"June was a "dismal" month for home resales in "The Valley," a region in the metropolitan Phoenix area, according to an article published by The Arizona Republic.
Homeowners in California's Bay Area saw their homes appreciate 200% in price in the past 15 years, says Contra Costa Times.
In June, the median selling price in San Diego Country, Calif., had a year-over-year drop of 1%, the first such decline for the county since July 1996, says an article posted by the Los Angeles Times.
To increase home sales in Massachusetts' weakening housing market, real-estate firm Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage is coaching agents on a strategy called "drama" or "energy" pricing.
Prices remain high on Long Beach Island in New Jersey, a second-home destination on the shore.
Another interesting list on the site is its "Pricey Homes/Home Appreciation" ranking, with Newport Beach, Calif., topping the crew with a median 2005 home-sale price of nearly $1.4 million."

[Editor's note: This article is available to Planetizen readers for a period of 7 days.]

FULL STORY: Top-Ranked Places to Live And Where Prices Are Falling

Thursday, July 20, 2006 in The Wall Street Journal

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