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