Home Prices may be bottoming out

2009 November 10

Prices rose for the second straight quarter but are still down sharply versus last year.

The bleeding in the housing market seems to be stanched, at least temporarily, according to home price data released on Tuesday. Most U.S. cities saw gains in the median prices of single-family homes sold during the three months ended Sept. 30, according to the National Association of Realtors‘ quarterly report on home prices. This is the second consecutive quarter of gains.

NAR 3rd quarter 2009 home prices†
Metro Area State Median home price
3rd Quarter
Percent change from
3rd Quarter 2008
Akron OH $107,200 -0.8%
Albany-Schenectady-Troy NY $195,400 -4.9%
Albuquerque NM $183,500 -5.1%
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton PA-NJ $230,500 -6.1%
Amarillo TX $122,500 -4.5%
Anaheim-Santa Ana CA $498,800 -3.3%
Appleton WI $123,500 -3.1%
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta GA $129,400 -14.5%
Atlantic City NJ $223,000 -10.4%
Austin-Round Rock TX $189,100 -0.9%
Baltimore-Towson MD $261,100 -6.5%
Barnstable Town MA $319,700 -5.4%
Baton Rouge LA $166,900 -2.3%
Beaumont-Port Arthur TX $133,600 3.1%
Binghamton NY $114,200 -1.1%
Birmingham-Hoover AL $153,300 -1.8%
Bismarck ND $157,200 7.5%
Bloomington-Normal IL $157,200 -6.7%
Boise City-Nampa ID $154,700 -17.4%
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy MA-NH** $348,000 -7.0%
Boulder CO $358,300 -0.9%
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk CT $398,200 -15.6%
Buffalo-Niagara Falls NY $119,700 4.8%
Canton-Massillon OH $89,300 -9.3%
Cape Coral-Fort Myers FL $98,000 -40.0%
Cedar Rapids IA $145,700 7.6%
Champaign-Urbana IL $140,600 -4.0%
Charleston WV $195,100 -7.5%
Charleston-North Charleston SC $132,000 3.4%
Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord NC-SC $199,600 -5.4%
Chattanooga TN-GA $124,100 -6.5%
Chicago-Naperville-Joliet IL $210,100 -16.2%
Cincinnati-Middletown OH-KY-IN $131,700 -3.2%
Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor OH $115,800 -0.5%
Colordo Springs CO $195,100 -6.2%
Columbia MO $148,800 -1.7%
Columbia SC $144,000 -2.4%
Columbus OH $142,600 -1.0%
Corpus Christi TX $137,800 -1.2%
Cumberland MD-WV $122,100 19.2%
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington TX $150,500 0.2%
Danville IL N/A N/A
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island IA-IL $115,600 14.3%
Dayton OH $111,600 -2.2%
Decatur IL $88,500 -5.2%
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach FL $126,700 -21.9%
Denver-Aurora CO $229,100 1.8%
Des Moines IA $156,600 0.8%
Detroit-Warren-Livonia MI N/A N/A
Dover DE $200,000 -4.3%
Durham NC $184,300 3.6%
El Paso TX $94,500 -9.9%
Elmira NY $132,800 -2.6%
Erie PA $102,800 -0.5%
Eugene-Springfield OR $206,600 -8.1%
Fargo ND-MN $142,100 2.4%
Farmington NM $186,500 -3.7%
Florence SC $121,300 2.4%
Ft. Wayne IN $102,500 6.9%
Gainesville FL $171,800 -8.5%
Gary-Hammond IN $126,600 -2.2%
Glens Falls NY $152,400 -10.8%
Grand Rapids MI $97,100 -10.2%
Green Bay WI $135,300 -8.0%
Greensboro-High Point NC $131,700 -9.5%
Greenville SC $145,900 -6.9%
Gulfport-Biloxi MS $138,000 -5.3%
Hagerstown-Martinsburg MD-WV $151,900 -16.3%
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford CT $237,500 -4.7%
Honolulu HI N/A N/A
Houston-Baytown-Sugar Land TX $160,600 0.2%
Indianapolis IN $120,200 2.0%
Jackson MS $141,200 4.6%
Jacksonville FL $145,700 -17.0%
Kalamazoo-Portage MI N/A N/A
Kankakee-Bradley IL $133,600 -5.1%
Kansas City MO-KS $146,200 -0.7%
Kennewick-Richland-Pasco WA $172,200 0.7%
Kingston NY $206,600 -18.4%
Knoxville TN $142,000 -6.6%
Lansing-E.Lansing MI $86,600 -15.6%
Las Vegas-Paradise NV $138,500 -34.5%
Lexington-Fayette KY $145,000 -3.7%
Lincoln NE $133,600 -4.6%
Little Rock-N. Little Rock AR $132,500 2.0%
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana CA $345,600 -11.5%
Louisville KY-IN $135,600 0.1%
Madison WI $217,900 -5.6%
Manchester-Nashua NH $237,600 2.6%
Memphis TN-MS-AR $129,300 2.2%
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Miami Beach FL $217,000 -24.6%
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis WI $199,500 -8.0%
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington MN-WI $184,800 -9.9%
Mobile AL $128,300 -7.5%
Montgomery AL $134,200 -1.0%
NY: Edison NJ N/A N/A
NY: Nassau-Suffolk NY $241,300 -13.1%
NY: Newark-Union NJ-PA $164,300 -1.5%
Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro TN $389,100 -14.1%
New Haven-Milford CT $449,700 -13.9%
New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner LA $343,800 -8.9%
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island NY-NJ-PA $384,900 -9.2%
New York-Wayne-White Plains NY-NJ $385,400 -14.8%
Norwich-New London CT $217,100 -7.8%
Ocala FL $102,700 -24.0%
Oklahoma City OK $144,100 9.1%
Omaha NE-IA $137,600 0.1%
Orlando FL $157,900 -26.0%
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville FL $109,500 -24.6%
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent FL $151,700 -0.5%
Peoria IL $125,200 -0.1%
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington PA-NJ-DE-MD $227,500 -5.6%
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale AZ $142,700 -22.9%
Pittsburgh PA $124,600 1.5%
Pittsfield MA $200,500 -2.5%
Portland-South Portland-Biddeford ME $202,800 -13.1%
Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton OR-WA $244,500 -12.2%
Providence-New Bedford-Fall River RI-MA $229,700 -7.2%
Raleigh-Cary NC $207,900 -6.3%
Reading PA $156,400 -4.3%
Reno-Sparks NV $192,200 -24.1%
Richmond VA N/A N/A
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario CA $168,100 -26.0%
Rochester NY $121,500 -1.7%
Rockford IL $108,700 -8.0%
Sacramento–Arden-Arcade–Roseville CA $186,600 -12.0%
Saginaw-Saginaw Township North MI $61,400 -6.7%
Saint Louis MO-IL $136,400 -4.4%
Salem OR $180,400 -9.8%
Salt Lake City UT $218,900 -4.9%
San Antonio TX $152,800 -1.0%
San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos CA $378,100 -3.3%
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont CA $538,100 -12.6%
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara CA $566,000 -12.9%
Sarasota-Bradenton-Venice FL $185,200 -22.0%
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue WA $321,500 -8.1%
Shreveport-Bossier City LA $152,300 8.6%
Sioux Falls SD $137,200 -5.1%
South Bend-Mishawaka IN $88,500 0.6%
Spartanburg SC $127,200 -0.4%
Spokane WA $177,600 -7.1%
Springfield IL $114,400 3.2%
Springfield MA $195,400 -5.4%
Springfield MO $113,800 -7.6%
Syracuse NY $125,200 -1.6%
Tallahassee FL $145,900 -8.0%
Tampa-St.Petersburg-Clearwater FL $137,400 -20.8%
Toledo OH $88,300 -12.1%
Topeka KS $111,100 -0.6%
Trenton-Ewing NJ $291,200 -15.0%
Tucson AZ $174,000 -12.7%
Tulsa OK $132,100 -5.5%
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News VA-NC $215,000 -5.7%
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria DC-VA-MD-WV $324,700 -2.5%
Waterloo/Cedar Falls IA $118,200 2.4%
Wichita KS $120,400 -3.9%
Worcester MA $224,100 -5.0%
Yakima WA $158,400 2.7%
Youngstown-Warren-Boardman OH-PA $70,700 -4.8%
U.S.   $177,900 -11.2%
NE   $244,500 -9.4%
MW   $150,200 -5.5%
SO   $160,000 -7.9%
WE   $224,000 -16.4%

California prices provided by the California Association of REALTORS®
*All areas are metropolitan statistical areas (MSA) as defined by the US Office of Management and Budget as of 2004. They include the named central city and surrounding areas. N/A Not Available p Preliminary r Revised
† Most current data available
© 2008 National Association of REALTORS®

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