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NAR's (National Association of Realtors) third-quarter median existing single-family home price survey, covering changes in 147 metropolitan statistical areas, revealed that the average home nationwide appreciated by 14.7 percent since last year. Homes in only six metro areas lost value.
See table tracking all 147 markets.
Regionally, the South recorded the slimmest gain, at 7.7 percent, while the West had the highest - 18.8 percent. The Midwest (13.1 percent) trailed the Northeast (13.2 percent) slightly for second place.
January 31, 2006, NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - http://money.cnn.com/pf/features/lists/nar_3q05/
This Scale is taken from a study of California in the late 70's which shows the increase of new home purchase prices from 1973 - 1978. New homes purchased at just over $40,000 in 1973 rose to just under $100,000 in 1978.
Results are ranked by state. Click to view South Bend-Mishawaka.
| Metropolitan Area | State | Median Price | Growth |
| Birmingham-Hoover | AL | $158,400 | 7.2% |
| Mobile | AL | $133,600 | 15.6% |
| Montgomery | AL | $139,600 | 15.8% |
| Little Rock-N. Little Rock | AR | $122,700 | 10.6% |
| Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale | AZ | $268,000 | 55.2% |
| Tucson | AZ | $242,300 | 34.7% |
| Anaheim-Santa Ana (Orange Co.) | CA | $710,700 | 10.4% |
| San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos | CA | $615,000 | 6.3% |
| Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario | CA | $387,300 | 24.3% |
| Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville | CA | $388,900 | 18.1% |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana | CA | $553,200 | 22.3% |
| San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont | CA | $721,900 | 11.7% |
| Colordo Springs | CO | $200,900 | N/A |
| Denver-Aurora | CO | $253,500 | N/A |
| Boulder | CO | $357,500 | 6.7% |
| New Haven-Milford | CT | $291,900 | 12.1% |
| Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk | CT | $476,900 | 7.2% |
| Norwich-New London | CT | $261,100 | 10.9% |
| Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford | CT | $259,500 | 8.2% |
| Washington-Arlington-Alexandria | DC-VA-MD-WV | $441,400 | 26.3% |
| Dover | DE | $194,300 | 25.3% |
| Jacksonville | FL | $187,000 | 18.7% |
| Sarasota-Bradenton-Venice | FL | $353,800 | 23.7% |
| Cape Coral-Fort Myers | FL | $277,600 | 42.5% |
| Gainesville | FL | $185,700 | 11.3% |
| Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach | FL | $208,200 | 33.8% |
| Ocala | FL | $151,500 | 31.9% |
| Tampa-St.Petersburg-Clearwater | FL | $213,500 | 27.8% |
| Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent | FL | $175,500 | 31.2% |
| Tallahassee | FL | $163,700 | 5.2% |
| Orlando | FL | $261,300 | 44.8% |
| Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville | FL | $212,800 | 33.6% |
| Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Miami Beach | FL | $386,600 | 28.9% |
| Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta | GA | $171,200 | 7.2% |
| Honolulu | HI | $615,000 | 31.1% |
| Waterloo/Cedar Falls | IA | $111,000 | 14.8% |
| Des Moines | IA | $147,800 | 2.3% |
| Cedar Rapids | IA | $134,200 | 3.4% |
| Davenport-Moline-Rock Island | IA-IL | $123,300 | 3.2% |
| Boise City-Nampa | ID | $151,300 | 8.0% |
| Danville | IL | $72,800 | 3.7% |
| Peoria | IL | $114,900 | 1.7% |
| Decatur | IL | $85,500 | 9.5% |
| Springfield | IL | $111,500 | 4.7% |
| Champaign-Urbana | IL | $140,700 | 5.1% |
| Chicago-Naperville-Joliet | IL | $274,700 | 10.8% |
| Rockford | IL | $120,400 | 13.7% |
| Bloomington-Normal | IL | $170,900 | 14.5% |
| Kankakee-Bradley | IL | $130,500 | -0.3% |
| Gary-Hammond | IN | $136,200 | 8.4% |
| South Bend-Mishawaka | IN | $101,600 | 3.1% |
| Indianapolis | IN | $128,900 | 0.3% |
| Ft. Wayne | IN | $106,500 | 6.8% |
| Topeka | KS | $108,300 | -1.3% |
| Wichita | KS | $111,200 | 4.3% |
| Lexington-Fayette | KY | $149,800 | 7.4% |
| Louisville | KY-IN | $137,700 | 3.9% |
| Shreveport-Bossier City | LA | $131,100 | 17.5% |
| New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner | LA | $162,100 | 13.0% |
| Baton Rouge | LA | $156,300 | 19.5% |
| Springfield | MA | $217,600 | 16.2% |
| Barnstable Town | MA | $398,500 | 4.1% |
| Worcester | MA | $296,600 | 4.4% |
| Pittsfield | MA | $196,300 | -0.1% |
| Boston-Cambridge-Quincy | MA-NH | $430,900 | 5.8% |
| Baltimore-Towson | MD | $282,100 | 19.6% |
| Hagerstown-Martinsburg | MD-WV | $222,400 | 29.5% |
| Cumberland | MD-WV | $90,200 | 24.9% |
| Portland-South Portland-Biddeford | ME | $249,100 | 6.7% |
| Lansing-E.Lansing | MI | $149,000 | 7.0% |
| Grand Rapids | MI | $140,700 | 5.2% |
| Kalamazoo-Portage | MI | N/A | N/A |
| Detroit-Warren-Livonia | MI | $172,100 | 2.3% |
| Saginaw-Saginaw Township North | MI | $125,000 | N/A |
| Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington | MN-WI | $233,000 | 6.0% |
| Springfield | MO | $122,300 | 11.0% |
| Saint Louis | MO-IL | $148,000 | 8.4% |
| Kansas City | MO-KS | $159,000 | 4.4% |
| Jackson | MS | $136,500 | 12.7% |
| Gulfport-Biloxi | MS | $133,400 | 15.2% |
| Greensboro-High Point | NC | $150,800 | 5.4% |
| Durham | NC | $156,400 | 6.4% |
| Raleigh-Cary | NC | $185,400 | 7.8% |
| Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord | NC-SC | $189,800 | 11.0% |
| Fargo | ND-MN | $135,100 | 8.4% |
| Lincoln | NE | $138,300 | -0.9% |
| Omaha | NE-IA | $138,000 | 2.9% |
| Atlantic City | NJ | $247,600 | 22.3% |
| NY: Edison | NJ | $386,900 | 13.6% |
| Trenton-Ewing | NJ | $290,500 | 16.0% |
| NY: Newark-Union | NJ-PA | $446,800 | 12.5% |
| Albuquerque | NM | $170,800 | 18.2% |
| Farmington | NM | $156,100 | 15.5% |
| Las Vegas-Paradise | NV | $313,000 | 10.5% |
| Reno-Sparks | NV | N/A | N/A |
| Rochester | NY | $120,000 | 4.4% |
| Syracuse | NY | $118,200 | 15.1% |
| NY: Nassau-Suffolk | NY | $471,000 | 11.6% |
| Kingston | NY | $259,300 | 19.8% |
| Buffalo-Niagara Falls | NY | $103,700 | 4.4% |
| Binghamton | NY | $97,600 | 8.7% |
| Elmira | NY | $77,100 | -5.4% |
| Albany-Schenectady-Troy | NY | $192,800 | 14.2% |
| Glens Falls | NY | $160,000 | 25.4% |
| New York-Wayne-White Plains | NY-NJ | $533,600 | 16.2% |
| New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island | NY-NJ-PA | $461,100 | 15.8% |
| Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor | OH | $147,000 | 5.3% |
| Canton-Massillon | OH | N/A | N/A |
| Columbus | OH | $156,600 | 3.6% |
| Dayton | OH | $123,600 | 4.3% |
| Akron | OH | $129,100 | 5.0% |
| Toledo | OH | $123,500 | 8.2% |
| Cincinnati-Middletown | OH-KY-IN | $148,700 | 3.9% |
| Youngstown-Warren-Boardman | OH-PA | $90,200 | -1.0% |
| Tulsa | OK | $123,100 | 6.3% |
| Oklahoma City | OK | $121,000 | 10.9% |
| Salem | OR | $182,800 | 11.7% |
| Eugene-Springfield | OR | $208,900 | 25.9% |
| Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton | OR-WA | $253,700 | 20.0% |
| Reading | PA | $143,800 | 9.1% |
| Pittsburgh | PA | $122,600 | 4.4% |
| Erie | PA | $108,400 | 1.2% |
| Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton | PA-NJ | N/A | N/A |
| Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington | PA-NJ-DE-MD | $230,600 | 19.0% |
| Providence-New Bedford-Fall River | RI-MA | $305,100 | 5.4% |
| Columbia | SC | $138,300 | 7.1% |
| Charleston-North Charleston | SC | $202,000 | 9.8% |
| Spartanburg | SC | $124,400 | 9.2% |
| Greenville | SC | $147,500 | 5.9% |
| Sioux Falls | SD | $134,700 | 3.9% |
| Knoxville | TN | $146,000 | 8.1% |
| Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro | TN | $164,300 | 10.3% |
| Chattanooga | TN-GA | $136,300 | 8.3% |
| Memphis | TN-MS-AR | $145,500 | 3.9% |
| Amarillo | TX | $111,100 | 13.3% |
| Houston-Baytown-Sugar Land | TX | $145,100 | 5.5% |
| El Paso | TX | $113,600 | 19.5% |
| Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington | TX | $147,200 | 4.9% |
| Corpus Christi | TX | $128,800 | 10.2% |
| San Antonio | TX | $137,600 | 8.8% |
| Austin-Round Rock | TX | $167,100 | 5.4% |
| Beaumont-Port Arthur | TX | $103,700 | 8.8% |
| Salt Lake City | UT | $181,400 | 12.5% |
| Richmond | VA | $214,500 | 22.9% |
| Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News | VA-NC | $208,600 | 14.5% |
| Spokane | WA | $167,500 | 20.9% |
| Kennewick-Richland-Pasco | WA | $157,100 | 4.2% |
| Yakima | WA | $140,700 | 3.2% |
| Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue | WA | $325,000 | 16.8% |
| Appleton | WI | $132,500 | 8.5% |
| Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis | WI | $219,700 | 7.1% |
| Green Bay | WI | $155,200 | 7.0% |
| Madison | WI | $222,800 | 6.3% |
| Charleston | WV | $120,600 | 0.8% |
