10 Best and 10 Worst Housing Markets

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  Dryad

  07/01/09 | Report as spam

  RE: 10 Best and 10 Worst Housing Markets

  I was going to move to Jacksonville in 2006. I was shown a new house that was listed for $579k; the realtor "whisper" price was $379k.
  
  Last week I go an email that the same house is still unsold. The price: $179k plus concessions.
  
  Watch "Coconuts" by the Marx Brothers.

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  fredocorleone

  12/24/09 | Report as spam

  RE: 10 Best and 10 Worst Housing Markets

  My father said that during the 1950s there were so many devastating hurricanes in Florida that nobody wanted to truly live there. I guess people have short memories...and the big hurricanes will eventually return to destroy the pretty condos and houses again and again.

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  SBork

  01/22/10 | Report as spam

  RE: 10 Best and 10 Worst Housing Markets

  The author must be on the chamber in one of the Ohio cities.
  Four OH cities in the best housing market in the country? Are
  you kidding? Homes are given away. Cleveland is awful,
  dominated by union mentality driving business away.
  Recently Ohio doubled the turnpike fee, then ran a campaign
  to buy passes for a reduced rate. Like a teenager thinking
  about instant gratification to get money now and worry about
  tomorrow later. Desperate state leadership trying to scramble
  for money to pay for a sinking ship. Sorry. I don't think so.