Washington, Oregon And Idaho Real Estate Markets Make Top 25 Forecast

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