| Real estate markets in Washington, Oregon and | | | | U.S. Census Bureau to easily double in size |
| Idaho composing the greater Pacific | | | | over the next decade. Boise is business |
| North-West have made the annual U.S. Housing | | | | friendly and has been named by many |
| Predictor Top 25 market forecast. Housing | | | | periodicals to be the best place to start a |
| Predictor, which is an information driven web | | | | new business in the nation. The Housing |
| site forecasts more than 250 local housing | | | | Predictor Top 25 Market Forecast is regarded |
| markets in all 50 states, and names the Top | | | | as a leading resource for real estate buyers, |
| 25 markets annually in January, updating the | | | | owners, investors and real estate |
| list as local market conditions demand. The | | | | professionals. The addition of the three |
| Top 25 markets have the highest probability | | | | Pacific North-West markets comes shortly |
| of appreciation of all U.S. markets forecast. | | | | before the annual mid-year update of the Top |
| Fourteen states are now represented by local | | | | 25 U.S. markets, which is issued July 1st |
| housing markets in the Top 25 that are | | | | each year projecting housing market |
| appreciating, despite the national real | | | | appreciation through the end of the year. |
| estate slump. Housing Predictor has a special | | | | The top markets growing leap into 14 states |
| report this month on just how "The Worst May | | | | are further evidence that local housing |
| Be Over in the U.S. Real Estate Slowdown." | | | | markets in a majority of the nation are |
| Propelled by a growing high tech boom and a | | | | appreciating or are at least stabilizing as |
| healthy aerospace industry, the real estate | | | | the U.S. real estate market rebounds from a |
| market in Seattle, Washington, which appeared | | | | nationwide slowdown triggered by higher |
| as though it would slow down and depreciate | | | | interest rates and massive fraud in mortgage |
| in 2007 earlier in the year was added to the | | | | lending. Congress is considering the |
| list. Portland, Oregon, which has seen it's | | | | institution of new laws to further control |
| home prices more than double in the last six | | | | mortgage lending, which has been rampant with |
| years alone and Boise, Idaho were also named | | | | unethical lending practices forcing many |
| to the Top 25 list. Boise is forecast by the | | | | homeowners into foreclosure. |