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Thursday, April 13, 2006

Top 10 Real Estate Bubble Sitters

Can't Get Bigger Bubbles! Today Bankrate.com gives three interesting top 10 list - top 10 real estate market that will continue to soar, top 10 real estate market with little room to run and top 10 real estate market which will see bubble burst. Here is the top 10 real estate market which wont' appreciate too much :
  1. Washington, D.C.: ranked 10th of markets facing possible housing bubble and price may decline in 2007.
  2. Fort Myers/Cape Coral, Florida: overvalued as the annual appreciation soared 33% in 2005 yet still affordable.
  3. Chicago: no major housing price appreciation yet ratio of housing costs to income exceeds other markets in the state with slow job growth.
  4. Honolulu: great economy with little room for home price to increase before drop-off in 2007.
  5. Tucson, Arizona: 32% home price increase for the 12 months pushes the current price about 25% higher than the normal price. The market is expected to stablize in 2006.
  6. San Francisco: one of the most expensive cities with median home price around $720,000. Shortage of supply will keep the price from falling yet the high price will also keep people from buying.
  7. Detroit: despite low housing price appreciation in 2005 compare to other big cities, major job loss and high unemployment rate won't attract buyers.
  8. Minneapolis: little home price appreciation when other cities are hot and still expect to see little increase for the next two years.
  9. Baltimore: reports indicating the market is overpriced by 17%.
  10. Denver: only small housing price appreciation expected in the next few years.

Top 10 Real Estate Bubble Blowers

Bubbles? No! Not Here! Today Bankrate.com gives three interesting top 10 list - top 10 real estate market that will continue to soar, top 10 real estate market with little room to run and top 10 real estate market which will see bubble burst. First is the top 10 real estate market which will still see appreciation:
  1. Boise, Idaho: ranked first for the best places for business and a career.
  2. El Paso, Texas: the most undervalued market in the nation.
  3. Albuquerque, New Mexico: listed as the market that should experience growth in the next two years
  4. Seattle, Washington/Portland, Oregon: low supply with high demand.
  5. Salt Lake City: stable economy and steady job growth; ranked 20th out of 100 as the market for growth over the next two years.
  6. Raleigh, North Carolina: below national average housing price and the last place on the list of markets that may have housing bubble.
  7. Philadelphia: stable price appreciation with housing-cost-to-income ratio at 31% compare to 72% in New York City and 53% in Washington, D.C.
  8. Atlanta: home to major corporations, busy airport and second-largest housing market with steady appreciation.
  9. Little Rock, Arkensas: below national average housing price with steady appreciation of 7.7% from 2004 to 2005.
  10. Cincinnati, Ohio and Birmingham, Alabama: underperforming housing markets.

Friday, April 07, 2006

Top 10 Cars for Cyber-Shoppers

Top Cars Today on MSN lists the top 10 vehicles of the first three months of 2006 for the cyber shoppers. Here is the list:
  1. Honda Civic
  2. Honda Accord
  3. BMW 3-Series
  4. Toyota Camery
  5. Ford Mustang
  6. Chevrolet Corvette
  7. Toyota RAV4
  8. Ford F-150
  9. Acura TL
  10. Chevrolet Tahoe