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