Top 10 Cities For Home Sellers

Real Estate Bubble? Really? Well for everybody in United States there indeed is real estate bubble burst. However to these 10 cities listed in Forbes, the bubble burst seem to be unheard of. Hear they are:

1. San Jose, California: 1.2% job growth and 1.6% vacancy
2. San Francisco, California: 2.4% vacancy rate and limited inventory
3. Salt Lake City, Utah: 3% job growth and 2.2% vacancy rate
4. Austin, Texas: 1.5% vaacncy rate and 4.1% job growth
5. Kansas City, Mo.: 2.5% vacancy rate and 2% job growth
6. San Antonio, Texas: 1% foreclosure rate and 7.9% rise in price
7. Denver, Colorado: 20% drop in vacancy rate and 2% rise in job growth
8. Providence, Rhode Island: low vacancy rate of 1.6%
9. Charlotte, North Carolina: strong job growth
10. Seattle, Washington: low inventory of 1.8% and strong job grwoth

Top 10 Tech Cities

So what would you think the top 10 up and coming tech cities would be? San Jose with the internet companies? Or Seattle of Microsoft? Unfortunately the top 10 tech cities from Forbes didn't include either. Instead most cities such as Houston are listed due to booming in energy. Here are the top 10:

1. Columbus, Ohio: energy
2. Santa Fe, New Mexico: energy
3. Palm Beach County, Florida: biotech
4. Houston, Texas: energy
5. Milwaukee, Wisconsin: manufacturing
6. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: heath care, biomedical, nuclear
7. Boise City, Idaho: semiconductor, information technilogy
8. Iowa City, Iowa: biotechnology
9. Lake Charles, Louisiana: energy
10. Yuma, Arizona: Defense

Most Expensive Rental Markets

The following cities are heavens for landlord based on new stats from Forbes. For tenants, good luck if you can find something affordable.

1. New York City: $2,922 average rent
2. San Francisco: $1,904 average rent
3. Boston: $1,658 average rent
4. San Jose: $1,612 average rent
5. Los Angeles: $1,452 average rent
6. San Diego: $1,304 average rent
7. Washington, DC: $1,302 average rent
8. Miami: $1,080 average rent
9. Philadelphia: $1,014 average rent
10. Chicago: $1,010 average rent

Top US Murder Cities

When you think of the murder capital, which city came to your mind? Is it New York? Not anymore because after years of increasing police enforcement the Big Apple actually becomes one of the safest metropolitan in United States. Detroit on the other hand being the unemployment capital becomes the murder capital in US. Here is the top ten cities in US with the most murder per 100,000 residents.

1. Detroit - total murder (418) - murder per 100,000 (47.3)
2. Baltimore - total murder (276) - murder per 100,000 (43.3)
3. New Orleans - total murder (162) - murder per 100,000 (37.6)
4. Newark, NJ- total murder (105) - murder per 100,000 (37.4)
5. St. Louis- total murder (129) - murder per 100,000 (37.2)
6. Oakland- total murder (145) - murder per 100,000 (36.4)
7. Washington, D.C. - total murder (169) - murder per 100,000 (29.1)
8. Cincinnati- total murder (89) - murder per 100,000 (28.8)
9. Philadelphia- total murder (406) - murder per 100,000 (27.7)
10. Buffalo- total murder (74) - murder per 100,000 (26.4)

Top 10 Most Affordable Luxury Cars

Still looking to buy a car? Want to give yourself something luxury on the road withough spending too much money? Here on Forbes.com list the top 10 most affordable luxury cars.

1. Audi A3 2.0T - $25,340
2. BMW 328i - $33,175
3. Cadillac CTS - $32,500
4. Infiniti G37 - $32,000
5. Jaguar x-type 3.0 - 34,995
6. Land Rover LR2 - $34,700
7. Lexus IS 250 - $30,970
8. Lincoln MKZ - $29,305
9. Mercedes-Benz C300 - $31,975
10. Porsche Cayenne - $44,295

Top 10 Vehicles for Family Travel

For family travel what people are looking for are safty, comfort and reliability in cars. Consumer Report, one of the most trusted source in terms of car rating gives the top 10 cars for families.

1. Audi A6
2. BMW 5 Series
3. Cadillac CTS
4. Honda Accord EX
5. Honda Odyssey EX
6. Infiniti M
7. Lexus RX
8. Toyota Avalon
9. Toyota Highlander Limited
10. Toyota Sienna XLE

Top 10 Places To Celebrate July 4

Just in case you don't know why we all get a day off in the middle of the hot summer day. Let me reminds you again it is the birthday of the strongest nation of the world - United States. It is still not too late to celebrate about it and find the nearest spot for the firework spectator. On MSNBC.com it talks about the top 10 places to celebrate July 4:

1. Boston
2. Cape Cod
3. Chicago
4. Mount Rushmore
5. Philadelphia
6. Queen Mary 2
7. San Diego
8. San Juan Islands
9. US Virgin Islands
10. Washington, DC

Top 10 Fastest Growing Large Cities

CNN.com recently posted the top 10 fastest growing large cities (population over half million) in US. Not only half of the top 10s are in Texas, most of the top 10s are in the sun belt. Here are the top 10:

1. Ft. Worth, TX: 4.8%
2. PHoenix, AZ: 2.9%
3. Austin, TX: 2.7%
4. San Antonio, TX: 2.6%
5. Charlotte, NC: 2.3%
6. Albuquerque, NM: 2.1%
7. El Paso, TX: 1.9%
8. San Jose, CA: 1.6%
9. Denver, CO: 1.5%
10. Jacksonville, FL: 1.5%