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