Mortgage rates going up, up, up

Mortgage rates going up, up, up
Fed may take action as soon as next week
BY INMAN NEWS, THURSDAY, AUGUST 23, 2012.


Mortgage rates ticked up from historic lows for the fourth week in a row as the bonds that finance most home loans continue to look overpriced to investors.

Some have speculated that the prospect of rising mortgage rates could spur homebuyers who have been sitting on the fence into action. But for now, mortgage rates are still well below historic norms, and there's speculation that the Federal Reserve could move as early as next week to keep long-term rates in check.

For 30-year fixed-rate mortgages, rates averaged 3.66 percent with an average 0.7 point for the week ending Aug. 23, Freddie Mac said in releasing the results of its latest Primary Mortgage Market Survey. That's up from 3.62 percent last week, but well below the 4.22 percent offered at the same time a year ago. Rates on 30-year fixed-rate mortgages hit an all-time low in Freddie Mac records dating to 1971 of 3.49 percent during the week ending July 26.

For 15-year fixed-rate mortgages -- a popular option for homeowners refinancing a loan -- rates averaged 2.89 percent with an average 0.7 point, up from 2.88 percent last week but down from 3.44 percent a year ago. Rates on 15-year fixed-rate mortgages hit a low in records dating to 1991 of 2.8 percent during the week ending July 26.

Rates on five-year Treasury-indexed hybrid adjustable-rate mortgage (ARM) loans averaged 2.8 percent with an average 0.6 point, up from 2.76 percent last week but down from 3.07 percent a year ago. Rates on five-year ARM loans hit a low in records dating to 2005 of 2.74 percent during the week ending July 26.

For one-year Treasury-indexed ARMs, rates averaged 2.66 percent with an average 0.4 point, down from 2.69 percent last week and 2.93 percent a year ago. Rates on one-year ARMs hit an all-time low in records dating to 1984 of 2.65 percent during the week ending Aug. 9.


A separate survey by the Mortgage Bankers Association showed demand for purchase loans during the week ending Aug. 17 was up a seasonally adjusted 0.9 percent from the week before, and up 3 percent from a year ago.

Applications for refinancings -- which accounted for eight out of 10 loan applications -- were down 9 percent from week to week, to the lowest level since early July, the MBA said.

With mortgage rates at all-time lows in July, sales were up 9.4 percent from a year ago and home prices posted their strongest annual growth since 2006, the National Assocociation of Realtors reported this week. Now, some are wondering if mortgage rates are headed up, what impact that might have on sales.

In the short run, rising mortgage rates could boost home sales by getting buyers off the fence, NAR Chief Economist Lawrence Yun said in March, when mortgage rates also appeared to be on their way up. But a significant increase in mortgage rates will reduce homebuyers' purchasing power and shrink the pool of eligible homebuyers, Yun fretted.

At the time, Yun expected rates on 30-year fixed-rate mortgages were headed to 4.5 percent, which he said would dent home sales by 3 percent. If rates on 30-year loans hit 5 percent, the impact on home sales would be closer to 6 percent, Yun said in March.

The Federal Reserve has made it a priority to keep mortgage rates and other long-term interest rates low during the downturn to encourage borrowing and stimulate the economy.

In a program that wound down in 2010, the Fed bought $1.25 trillion in mortgage-backed securities (MBS) guaranteed by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. The artificial demand for MBS created by the Fed pushed MBS prices up, and yields down (bond prices and yields move in opposite directions).

When the Fed ended the program in March, 2010, the Mortgage Bankers Association predicted that rates on 30-year fixed-rate mortgages would rise from around 5 percent at the time, to 6.6 percent by the fourth quarter of 2012.

But the European debt crisis and continuing uncertainty about the global economic recovery created demand for Treasurys, government-backed MBS and other investments seen as safe havens by investors. That pushed long-term yields -- including mortgage rates -- down even more.

In a forecast issued this week, economists at Fannie Mae said they expect rates on 30-year fixed-rate mortgages will average 3.7 percent next year, and that existing home sales will grow more modestly in 2013 (2.8 percent) than this year's projected growth of 7.8 percent.

The Fed has continued measures designed to keep a lid on interest rates -- last fall it announced it would reinvest principal payments on its holdings of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac debt and MBS, which totaled $1 trillion at the time, into agency-backed MBS as those investments matured.

Now, there's speculation that the Fed will embark on a third round of "quantitative easing," or QE3, to keep an economic recovery on track.

Minutes of the Federal Open Market Committee's last meeting showed its members in general agreement that "additional monetary accommodation would likely be warranted fairly soon" absent considerable improvement in economic indicators.

The minutes show that committee members discussed the merits of purchases of Treasurys versus agency MBS. While some worried that more large asset purchases could actually "increase the risks to financial stability or lead to a rise in longer-term inflation expectations," others "agreed with the staff's analysis showing substantial capacity for additional purchases without disrupting market functioning."

Many at the meeting said any new purchase program "should be sufficiently flexible to allow adjustments, as needed, in response to economic developments or to changes in the committee's assessment of the efficacy and costs of the program," meeting minutes said.

The Federal Reserve could act at as early as next week's Jackson Hole symposium, where Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke announced QE2 in 2010, Reuters reports.

Mortgage broker and Inman News columnist Lou Barnes sees no fundamental economic explanation to the recent rise in rates. While some analysts think investors are less enthusiastic about buying Treasurys and mortgage-backed securities because the economy is improving and the Fed won't embark on QE3, Barnes thinks there's a more technical explanation.

With yields at record lows, bond and MBS prices are also at record highs. Investors are simply taking profits, pushing bond and MBS prices down and yields up, Barnes says. He thinks the sell-off in 10-year Treasurys could push yields back up to 2 percent, which would put 30-year fixed-rate mortgages back in the 4 percent to 4.25 percent range.

The increase in rates "might stop here, but rates are not going all the way back down until something ugly happens," Barnes said in his most recent Inman News column.





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Ada County housing market rallies

There was a great article in the last Sunday's Idaho Statesman. Our real estate market in Boise is finally going in the right direction. Here are some exerts from the article:

"Agents say buyer activity has picked up in several price ranges and property types, at least in Ada County. Ada County sales rose 13.4 percent to 439 in February, compared with 387 in the same month last year, according to the Intermountain Multiple Listing Service. In Canyon County, they dipped 16 percent to 195 from 234.

“This is the strongest February sales we’ve had since 2007” in Ada County, said Marc Lebowitz, executive officer of the Ada County Realtors Association."

"Across the Valley, the number of homes listed for sale remains at a five-year low: 2,901 in February. The small supply is helping to drive prices up and leading to multiple offers per property that match or exceed the asking price, real estate professionals say.

“The agents in my office say they’re seeing three, four and five offers on one property,” said an agent at Coldwell Banker Tomlinson Group.

In Boise, 928 single-family homes have been listed for sale since January, while 1,080 homes went under contract to sell or were sold. Sales are overtaking listings.

That means the market is turning.

“Buyers are now understanding that prices aren’t going any lower,” she said. “We’re on the cusp of something. The hardest thing right now is getting people to list their homes.”

Agents consider a six-month supply of homes at current selling rates a balanced market, meaning neither buyer nor seller has the advantage. Boise homes in the $200,000-$300,000 range are at a 5.5-month supply"

If you are looking to sell your home, now is the time!

Link to Statesman Article

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Massive Backlog Freezes Foreclosures

Interesting article from UPI.com about foreclosure delays. If your doing a short sale, you may have a higher probability of getting it done.

Published: May 12, 2011
By Steve Cook Real Estate Economy Watch


Massive delays in foreclosure processing brought the number of new foreclosures to a 40-year low in April, extending the average foreclosure timeline to 400 days but reached 900 days in some states.


RealtyTrac reported foreclosure filings in April 2011 fell 9 percent from March and decreased 34 percent from April 2010.


"Foreclosure activity decreased on an annual basis for the seventh straight month in April, bringing foreclosure activity to a 40-month low," said James J. Saccacio, chief executive officer of RealtyTrac. "This slowdown continues to be largely the result of massive delays in processing foreclosures rather than the result of a housing recovery that is lifting people out of foreclosure.


"The first delay occurs between delinquency and foreclosure, when lenders and services are no longer automatically pushing loans that are more than 90 days delinquent into foreclosure but are waiting longer to allow for loan modifications, short sales and possibly other disposition alternatives," Saccacio continued. "Data from the Mortgage Bankers Association shows that about 3.7 million properties are in this seriously delinquent stage. The second delay occurs after foreclosure has started, when lenders are taking much longer than they were just a few years ago to complete the foreclosure process."


Nationwide, foreclosures completed (REOs) in the first quarter of 2011 took an average of 400 days from the initial default notice to the REO, up from 340 days in the first quarter of 2010 and more than double the average 151 days it took to foreclose in the first quarter of 2007.


The foreclosure process took much longer in some states. The average timeframe from initial default notice to REO in New Jersey and New York was more than 900 days in the first quarter of 2011, more than three times the average timeline in the first quarter of 2007 for both states.


The average foreclosure process in Florida took 619 days for foreclosures completed in the first quarter, up from 470 days in the first quarter of 2010 and nearly four times the average of 169 days it took in the first quarter of 2007.


The average foreclosure process in California took 330 days for foreclosures completed in the first quarter, up from 262 days in the first quarter of 2010 and more than double the average of 134 days in took in the first quarter of 2007.


Default notices (NOD, LIS) were filed for the first time on a total of 63,422 U.S. properties in April, a 14 percent decrease from the previous month and a 39 percent decrease from April 2010. After spiking 16 percent in March, default notices in April dropped back down close to the 48-month low hit in February.


Scheduled foreclosure auctions (NTS, NFS) hit a 31-month low in April, with a total of 86,304 U.S. properties scheduled for an auction for the first time during the month — down 7 percent from March and down 37 percent from April 2010.


Lenders foreclosed on 69,532 U.S. properties in April, down 5 percent from March and down 25 percent from April 2010, but bank repossessions (REOs) were still above a 22-month low hit in February 2011.


States with a judicial foreclosure process registered a 3 percent decrease in overall foreclosure activity from March and a 47 percent decrease in overall foreclosure activity from April 2010. States with a non-judicial foreclosure process posted an 11 percent month-over-month decrease and 26 percent year-over-year decrease in overall foreclosure activity.


Nevada posted the nation's highest state foreclosure rate for the 52nd straight month in April, with one in every 97 housing units receiving a foreclosure filing during the month. Overall foreclosure activity in Nevada decreased 9 percent from the previous month and was down 27 percent from April 2010. Bank repossessions increased 23 percent from March and were up 12 percent from April 2010 to 4,606 — an all-time monthly high since RealtyTrac began issuing the report for Nevada in April 2005.


Arizona REOs decreased 3 percent from March but were still up 22 percent from April 2010, helping the state maintain the nation's second highest foreclosure rate for the fifth consecutive month. One in every 205 Arizona housing units received a foreclosure filing during the month, and overall foreclosure activity decreased 15 percent from March and was down 17 percent from April 2010 despite the year-over-year jump in REOs.


Overall, foreclosure activity in California was down monthly and annually in April, but a 22 percent month-over-month jump in REOs helped keep the state's foreclosure rate at the third highest among all states for the sixth consecutive month. One in every 240 California properties received a foreclosure filing in April.


One in every 322 Utah housing units received a foreclosure filing in April, the fourth highest state foreclosure rate, and one in every 325 Idaho housing units received a foreclosure filing in April, the fifth highest state foreclosure rate.


Other states with foreclosure rates ranking among the top 10 in April were Michigan, Florida, Georgia, Colorado and Oregon.


10 states account for 70 percent of total foreclosure activity


Ten states accounted for 70 percent of U.S. foreclosure activity in April, led by California with 55,869 properties receiving a foreclosure filing during the month.


A total of 19,649 Florida properties received a foreclosure filing in April, the second highest state total despite a 59 percent decrease from April 2010. Florida overall foreclosure activity in April was still up marginally from a 46-month low set in February, and default notices and scheduled auctions increased from March.


Arizona tallied the third highest state total, with 13,419 properties receiving foreclosure filings in April, followed by Michigan, with 12,996 properties receiving foreclosure filings, and Nevada, with 11,761 properties receiving foreclosure filings.


Other states with foreclosure activity totals among the nation's 10 highest in April were Illinois (10,055), Texas (8,793), Georgia (8,479), Ohio (7,962) and Colorado (4,379).

The Iron Eagle Realty Team's mission is to assist you, our client, in the sale and acquisition of real estate properties in the state of Idaho, specifically the Boise Idaho Real Estate Market. Whether you are buying or selling a home, whether it is a foreclosure, short sale or equity property, we handle our customers and clients with empathy and honest truths so they can make informed decisions as they advance in the process of buying and selling real estate that meet specific needs.

PS: We've Helped More Buyers and Sellers than 99.8% of any Local Realtor

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Associate Broker, Silvercreek Realty Group
Certified Short Sale Specialist®
Investment Property Consultant
Direct: 208.919.0458 Office: 208.939.9033 Fax: 208.514.1422
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FHA Annual Mortgage Insurance Premium to Increase

If you are still on the fence about buying a home in the Boise Real Estate Market, you should know that the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) is increasing mortgage insurance premiums on FHA home loans as of April 18, 2011. This deadline applies to the FHA case assignment date.

This increase could cost you more money each month for their total monthly mortgage payment. What can you do? If they are close to contract, buy now before the new mortgage insurance premium takes effect. You must have an active loan application for the subject property prior to April 18, 2011.

HUD Temporary Flipping Waiver Extended

In an effort to expand access to FHA mortgages and allow for the rapid resale of foreclosed properties, HUD announced a temporary waiver of the 90-day flipping restriction until December 31, 2011.

The waiver is subject to certain conditions, and eligible mortgages must meet these conditions to take advantage of the waiver. The complete text of the waiver extension, including conditions the waiver is limited to, is available on the HUD website.

PS - We are seeing an increase in customers in the Boise Real Estate Market using their tax refund to make a down payment on a property, and it's a GREAT IDEA! As you know, the fantastic opportunity of low interest rates and home prices combined with a large housing inventory makes the current market extremely advantageous to buyers. Call me today to learn more and to get started on your home loan application.

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Is This Going To Be A Scary Ride?

This is a repost from Feb. 11th on the ACAR Watercooler Blog. 

January sales were 339 in Ada County, an increase of 21% over January 2010. This level of sales is what we were experiencing in 2008.

Historically, January sales are the lowest of the year. In January 2010 we started with 279 sales and marched strongly upward through the end of April. We experienced a slowing after the tax credit expired, but rallied in the fall to finish the year strongly.

Of our total sales in January…slightly less than 59% were distressed….down 2% from December 201. (Short sales 20% and REO’s 38%). Distressed sales continue to dominate the market as Boise was recently recognized again in the national press for our large number of foreclosures.

A bright spot is our pending sales – they jumped 25% from 575 in December to 720 in January. The percentage of pending sales in distress rose 2% from December totaling 56% overall.

The number of houses available at the end of January showed its first mild increase since a blip at the beginning of the peak selling season. We have the same number of homes for sale as we did in April 2006…2,711. We are beginning the year with 843 fewer homes for sale than in January 2010.

At the same time, the percentage of active inventory that is distressed remained essentially unchanged from December’s at 44%. In Ada County we have 6.4 months of inventory on hand. The price categories in shortest supply are equally distributed between $100K-$250, with the fewest in the $100,000 to $119,000 range.

Separating New Construction from Existing Homes and the numbers are more interesting. Existing Homes inventory is below 5 months in several price categories.

The January median home price dropped $9,500 from December, an 18% decrease from January 2010. This supports the lack of inventory in the $100-119k range, as those are the homes that were mostly sold.

New Homes median price for January 2011 was $211,000, an increase of almost 10% from January 2010. Remember you read it here first…2011 will be a good year to be selling new homes.

So where do we start this second year of recovery… We continue to “benefit” from inventory lower than national average. The bad news is a high percentage continues to be distressed property. With inventory this low, and not likely to increase quickly, prices should stabilize, but not if the number of distressed properties continue to grow.

Median home price for existing homes continues to bounce along the bottom and shows no real sign of improvement, a victim of the unusually high levels of distressed properties.

This is a repost from Feb. 11th, 2001 from the ACAR Watercooler Blog.

We seem to be at the beginning of a transition in consumer expectations in home purchase.

New Federal policies on the role of the GSE’s in the mortgage market will have a long term, and perhaps, immediate effect, likely to benefit lenders over consumers.

Banks are lobbying for higher down payments – as much as 30% – which cannot have anything but a negative impact on home buyers.

The desirability and availability of new homes that don’t carry the baggage of short sales and REOs may eclipse the historical consumer preference for existing (used) homes.

This shift in preference could also provide a secondary benefit…more jobs.

Unemployment numbers improved in the last couple of weeks. We’ve known all along that jobs will drive home sales more than any other single variable.

The Iron Eagle Realty Team's mission is to assist you, our client, in the sale and acquisition of real estate properties in the state of Idaho, specifically the Boise Idaho Real Estate Market. Whether you are buying or selling a home, whether it is a foreclosure, short sale or equity property, we handle our customers and clients with empathy and honest truths so they can make informed decisions as they advance in the process of buying and selling real estate that meet specific needs.
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Michael Hon
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Certified Short Sale Specialist®
Investment Property Consultant
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MID Facts: Who's Hurt Most by Curbs?

Here's a link to an interesting video from NAR's website regarding the Mortgage Interest Deduction issue.

President Obama Silent on MID 

President Obama's January 25 State of the Union address made no mention of the mortgage interest deduction (MID). The President did express interest in pursuing reforms that would improve the competitive position of Corporate America. Those reforms would not affect the MID. While the President did reference the Deficit Commission report, he did not specifically embrace any of its recommendations. (That report recommended reducing the $1 million cap to $500,000, eliminating the MID for second homes and converting the deduction to a 12% tax credit.) Moreover, the President did not express an intent to lead a battle for individual tax reform, but rather appeared to leave the details of any individual reforms to Congress. The MID is part of the individual income tax. 

NAR's Homeownership Matters (HOM) campaign is poised to mount a campaign should formal proposals emerge that would reduce the value of the MID. 


Reposted from NAR Website


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Selling Your Home in the Boise Idaho Real Estate Market - Now's The Time

Activity is picking up in the real estate market in Boise Idaho and surrounding areas such as Eagle, Meridian, Nampa and Caldwell. Our marketplace is seasonal and most real estate buying activity takes place from late winter to late spring and early summer with activity peaking in the April/May time frame. For example, here's the statistics for homes sold in Ada County for 2010. You will notice that the activity peaks in April, May and June.

If you are looking to sell your home in today's market, you must be competitively priced and start the marketing no later than mid to late February. You want to sell into strength as the activity climbs rather than sell into weakness when the majority of buyers have already found homes and are in contract.

Yes, the equity seller will continue to compete with REO's and short sales. However, we are noticing that buyers are pulling out of short sale contracts and looking at REO's and equity sales. They are tired of waiting and not knowing whether or not they will close on the property. Therefore, for the equity seller, there may be a "non-distressed" premium in some cases.

Please call or email us if you have any questions about selling your home.


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Certified Short Sale Specialist®
Investment Property Consultant
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Boise Idaho Real Estate: Heaven For Open-Air Activity Devotees

Boise Idaho Real Estate: Heaven For Open-Air Activity Devotees
Posted Thursday, December 16, 2010 on StockMarketReviews.com

City of Boise, a city known for its natural beauty is situated circled by challenging mountains and the lovely Boise river slowly seeing its way, meeting the feet of Boise city alongside. Boise is the capital of the Idaho state with a population slightly over 0.2million. Boise is a heaven for open-air activity lovers. Mountains and Boise river makes clean locations for exercising outdoor activities such as biking, skiing, camping, hunting, fishing and many more.

But Boise’s pride is not just about stunning scenes and rocky terrains; most of it comes from the people living in Boise city. Boise is graded as the 4th best city to live, work and play in USA according to the Kiplinger Personal Finance’s report published in May 2008.

Talking about the city residential area, according to America’s Promise Alliance’s statement on January 2008, Boise is acquainted as one of the best 100 residential areas for young people. This is why Boise real estate has become a good occupation point for numerous realtors.

Boise real estate has been in core of attractiveness for a lot of people searching for homes. Even during the time of economic recission, it’s understood that the investments for Boise real estates haven t declined. This only advises that, the Boise real estates are in very high demand.

There are several well known companies and traders who are in to Boise real estate business sector. Many Boise real estate dealer companies promote their selective information through the cyberspace. It’s simple for anybody to surf through some good web sites and come to some understanding about the nature of the Boise real estate that interests them.

Most of these web sites offer Boise real estate alternatives, grouped in to various sections based on location, property type, price, area and so on. Most of these internet sites offer fine descriptive information about each Boise real estate. Even functions such as online inquiry, making calling appointments etc. are proposed in some internet sites. However it’s better for Boise real estate seekers not to count on the selective information provided by sites, alone.

Average price range for standard single family homes may change between $200,000 to $1,000,000 in the Boise area. Price may somewhat become painful to the location of the house as well. Boise is well known as a city rich from geographical diverseness and natural beauty. Northern end of the city is home to older mansions which was the first village that was enforced.

These homes are conceived quite exclusive and are differentiated with compatibly high costs than the fresher homes situated in southwest Boise area where, clients are extended a range of choices to select from with respect to space, floor arrangements, etc. Normally North Boise and East Boise has most expensive prices for per square. Due to this understanding, the area has less walk-ins and homes with small or no garages


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Housing Markets That Will Be Strongest by 2014

Here's a link and the text for an interesting article off Yahoo Real Estate provided by Bloomberg BusinessWeek

Housing Markets That Will Be Strongest by 2014

By Venessa Wong, Bloomberg Businessweek

Aug 4, 2010

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A housing market rebound seems tenuous following the expiration of the home buyer tax credit, and consumer confidence remains weak due to lackluster employment, but David Stiff, chief economist at Fiserv, says the bottom is near. Home prices in the U.S. have declined 29.5 percent over the past four years, according to the Fiserv Case-Shiller Indexes. Stiff says prices should form a trough early next year, when median prices will be down an estimated 32.9 percent from the 2006 peak.

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By early 2014, they will have climbed about 7.2 percent from 2010 levels, according to the indexes. Fiserv and Moody’s Economy.com base the housing forecast on factors that include income growth, demographic trends, unemployment rates, foreclosure rates, and construction costs. Of 384 places surveyed, the Bremerton-Silverdalearea in Washington State had the highest four-year growth forecast, with prices expected to increase 44.7 percent from 2010 to 2014. Other leading growth markets:Bend, Ore., where prices are expected to jump 33.6 percent by 2014, and Detroit, with a 33.1 percent forecast. Markets with the weakest projections: Miami andNaples in Florida and Atlantic City, N.J., where prices are expected to continue to fall over the next four years.

Top 10 Housing Markets That Will Be Strongest by 2014

Ferry heads toward Bremerton, Wash. (AP)

1. Washington

Biggest home price increase projected in 2014: Bremerton-Silverdale metro

Forecast 4-year price increase: 44.7 percent
Current median price: $245,000
Prices to reach trough in: 2010 Q1
Median family income: $69,900
Population: 240,860

The Bremerton-Silverdale area, on Puget Sound's Kitsap Peninsula, has the highest growth forecast of all MSAs in the country, with prices expected to jump 44.7 percent by 2014, according to Fiserv. Cathy Doney, general manger for Reid Real Estate in Silverdale, says the waterfront community has benefited from government employment, which has helped sustain the job market, and attracted buyers looking to live close to Seattle at a lower cost. Washington’s second-strongest market isTacoma, with a growth rate expected to be 33.1 percent. Prices in the Seattle area are expected to grow 25.5 percent by 2014.

Index used to calculate historical home price changes: Case-Shiller

Bend, Oregon (Getty Images)

2. Oregon

Biggest home price increase projected in 2014: Bend metro

Forecast 4-year price increase: 33.6 percent
Current median price: $144,533*
Prices to reach trough in: 2011 Q1
Median family income: $58,200
Population: 158,630

The area around Bend area, in central Oregon's high desert by the Cascade Mountains, has the second-highest four-year growth forecast, 33.6 percent, after Bremerton-Silverdale, Wash. Bend draws home buyers and visitors with its wealth of outdoor recreational opportunities, but its prices have dropped about 40 percent since hitting a peak in late 2006. Fiserv and Moody's Economy.com now expect a rapid recovery starting next year. Greg Broderick, a real estate broker in Bend, says prices have overcorrected and buyers are seeing good value in the market. Homes priced the low hundred-thousand-dollar range "are being snapped up at a furious pace," he says. Still, the area must deal with a higher-than-average unemployment rate, which the BLS says was 13.4 percent in June.

Index used to calculate historical home price changes: FHFA

Detroit, Michigan (Getty Images)

3. Michigan

Biggest home price increase projected in 2014: Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn metro

Forecast 4-year price increase: 33.1 percent
Current median price: $51,000
Prices to reach trough in: 2011 Q2
Median family income: $54,400
Population: 1,925,850

Since reaching a peak in 2006, home prices in the Detroit area have fallen 60.5 percent, according to the Fiserv Case-Shiller Indexes. As homes have become more affordable—the median home price in Detroit is lower than median family income—demand is expected to pick up. Prices are forecast to jump 33.1 percent over the next four years. George Moma, a broker with Century 21 Dupont Realtors, says the growing prevalence of short sales over foreclosures will help drive up the median price in the Detroit metro area. He adds that the area is attracting interest among international investors from the U.K., Dubai, Moscow, India, Ireland, and France.

Index used to calculate historical home price changes: Case-Shiller

Napa, California (Getty Images)

4. California

Biggest home price increase projected in 2014: Napa metro

Forecast 4-year price increase: 31.7 percent
Current median price: $355,000
Prices to reach trough in: 2010 Q4
Median family income: $79,600
Population: 134,650

Prices in the Napa area have dropped an enormous 44.6 percent since peaking in early 2006, according to first-quarter 2010 data from Fiserv and Moody’s Economy.com. Despite the drop, home prices are expected to rebound quickly. According to an article in the St. Helena Star, Napa County is vulnerable to economic and real estate market fluctuations, but the impact is mitigated by managed growth and the county’s natural and agricultural resources. The unemployment rate in the Napa area fell to 9.3 percent in June, from 11.1 percent in January, according to the BLS.

Index used to calculate historical home price changes: Case-Shiller

Carson City, Nevada (Convention and Vistor's Bureau)

5. Nevada

Biggest home price increase projected in 2014: Carson City metro

Forecast 4-year price increase: 31.6 percent
Current median price: $141,524*
Prices to reach trough in: 2011 Q2
Median family income: $63,100
Population: 55,180

By the second quarter of 2011, prices in theCarson City area are expected to have fallen 34.4 percent from peak levels, according to the Fiserv and Moody's Economy.com. Recovery will depend on job creation, as the unemployment rate was 13.4 percent in June, according to the BLS. While expectations for near-term economic growth have diminished recently and competition for jobs is extremely high, opportunities exist, even in a declining labor market, according to Nevada's Employment, Training, & Rehabilitation Dept.

Index used to calculate historical home price changes: FHFA
* Source: John Burns Real Estate Consulting, April 2010

Panama City Beach, Florida (Getty Images)

6. Florida

Biggest home price increase projected in 2014: Panama City-Lynn Haven-Panama City Beach metro

Forecast 4-year price increase: 26.9 percent
Current median price: $158,669*
Prices to reach trough in: 2010 Q3
Median family income: $53,800
Population: 164,770

Home prices in the Panama City area fell about 27 percent after hitting a peak in 2006, according to the FHFA home price index. Jennifer Mackay, an agent at Keller Williams Success Realty in Panama City, says the market was stabilizing earlier this year, but the BP oil spill led some buyers to pull out and sent the rental market into a tailspin. Despite the area’s large number of foreclosures (1.93 percent in the first half, according to RealtyTrac), Mackay says the new Northwest Florida Beaches International Airport, which opened in May, should help stimulate local business. "I see our economy doing better than others over the course of the next year," she says. The area's unemployment rate reached 12.1 percent in January and dropped to 9.3 percent in June, according to BLS data.

Index used to calculate historical home price changes: FHFA

Flagstaff, Arizona (Getty Images)

7. Arizona

Biggest home price increase projected in 2014: Flagstaff metro

Forecast 4-year price increase: 26 percent
Current median price: $278,000
Prices to reach trough in: 2011 Q3
Median family income: $56,700
Population: 129,850

Although Arizona has been one of the states hit hardest by the housing downturn, sales activity in the Flagstaff area, home to Northern Arizona University and Flagstaff Medical Center, has picked up since the start of the year, due in part to the home buyer tax credit. Flagstaff-based broker Ann Heitland says prices still may drop in the near term, but the decrease will be limited by shrinking inventory, as there has been a lack of new construction in the area. She adds that because more than one-fifth of the Flagstaff market is second homes, demand from second-home buyers from Phoenix will also affect the recovery.

Index used to calculate historical home price changes: Case-Shiller

Santa Fe, New Mexico (Getty Images)

8. New Mexico

Biggest home price increase projected in 2014: Santa Fe metro

Forecast 4-year price increase: 25.8 percent
Current median price: $197,601*
Prices to reach trough in: 2010 Q3
Median family income: $64,300
Population: 147,530

Fiserv and Moody’s Economy.com expect prices in Santa Fe to drop a total of 13.4 percent from their height in 2007. Lois Sury, president of the Santa Fe Association of Realtors, states in a release that median prices fell during the second quarter, but homes are moving across all price ranges. Sales in the city and county of Santa Fe rose 40 percent during the second quarter, compared with the same period last year, according to the association.

Index used to calculate historical home price changes: FHFA
* Source: John Burns Real Estate Consulting, April 2010

Wyoming (Getty Images)

9. Wyoming

Biggest home price increase projected in 2014: Cheyenne metro

Forecast 4-year price increase: 23.7 percent
Current median price: $106,602*
Prices to reach trough in: 2010 Q1
Median family income: $62,600
Population: 88,850

The Cheyenne metro area, which includes Laramie County, has been a fairly stable market, with home prices estimated to drop only 2.6 percent from peak to trough. Home prices increased in June, and the average time on the market decreased, according to the Cheyenne Board of Realtors. The metro area had a 7 percent unemployment rate in June, according to the BLS.

Index used to calculate historical home price changes: FHFA
* Source: John Burns Real Estate Consulting, April 2010

Anchorage, Alaska (Getty Images)

10. Alaska

Biggest home price increase projected in 2014: Anchorage metro

Forecast 4-year price increase: 20 percent
Current median price: $177,699*
Prices to reach trough in: 2010 Q1
Median family income: $77,700
Population: 374,550

The housing market in Anchorage has been stable: The estimated peak-to-trough price drop was only 2.1 percent, according to the Fiserv Case-Shiller Indexes. Home sales, aided by the first-time home buyers' tax credit earlier this year, as well as the fact that the area is home to many people who work in the resilient energy sector, are projected to stay strong as buyers take advantage of lower prices and low mortgage rates. According to Housingpredictor.com, "the state is seeing few foreclosures and is already showing signs of recovering."

Index used to calculate historical home price changes: FHFA
* Source: John Burns Real Estate Consulting, April 2010

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