| Buy, sell or hold seem to be the biggest worries of real | | | | -Los Angeles, California. Declining prices after years of |
| estate investors in the 2006 residential real estate | | | | bloat are keeping buyers sidelined to see where the |
| market. After solid double-digit appreciation in many | | | | plateau will fall. |
| major markets the last five years, investors see the | | | | -Miami, Florida. Glutted inventories short-term, south |
| brakes on growth in 2006. Where to go? Mark Nash | | | | Florida waiting for the next batch of boomers. Many |
| real estate author of 1001 Tips for Buying and Selling a | | | | investors sitting on the sidelines. |
| Home and syndicated columnist for gives his report on | | | | -Minneapolis, Minnesota. Downtown new construction |
| the first quarter of 2006. | | | | saturated. First-time buyers breathing life into market. |
| -Atlanta, Georgia. Rising inventories could slow | | | | -New Jersey. This is state is one large bedroom |
| appreciation rates that have not matched other major | | | | community, prices flat, the sold-in-five-hours days |
| markets. | | | | taking a vacation. |
| -Austin, Texas. Good news here, affordable housing | | | | -New York, New York. Market price pressure building, |
| prices attracting employers. Rising appreciation. | | | | but don't call it a buyers market. Sticker shock |
| -Boise, Idaho. New on real estate investors radar, | | | | anyone? |
| attracting scores of out-of-state buyers. Good profit | | | | -Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Weak job growth |
| prospects. | | | | projections. Flat appreciation expectations. |
| -Boston, Massachusetts. Soft job market, falling prices | | | | -Phoenix, Arizona. Ignored in the boom, now being |
| and bloated inventories. | | | | discovered by investors. Most cities here are |
| -Chicago, Illinois. Recent national, state and local | | | | bargain-priced. |
| statistics dispel bubble trouble in conservative middle | | | | -San Antonio, Texas. Waking from a stagnant |
| America. | | | | appreciation period. Good returns projected here. |
| -Dallas, Texas. Prices creeping upward, fueling investor | | | | -San Diego, California. High inventories, fiercely |
| interest. | | | | competitive sellers and declining prices. |
| -Detroit,Michigan. Market impacted by soft auto | | | | -San Francisco, California. Greed factor subsiding, |
| industry and fears of cutbacks. | | | | weathering the storm, bidding wars are gone and could |
| -Houston, Texas. Demand from Katrina transplants | | | | be saved by tech industry emerging out of their bubble. |
| driving a strong market. | | | | -Seattle, Washington. Good economy and low |
| -Las Vegas,Nevada. Market returning to normal | | | | inventories offer attractive appreciation gains in 2006. |
| appreciation rates, demand stays steady. | | | | |