| Buy, sell or hold seem to be the biggest | | | | Angeles, California. Declining prices after |
| worries of real estate investors in the 2006 | | | | years of bloat are keeping buyers sidelined |
| residential real estate market. After solid | | | | to see where the plateau will fall.-Miami, |
| double-digit appreciation in many major | | | | Florida. Glutted inventories short-term, |
| markets the last five years, investors see | | | | south Florida waiting for the next batch of |
| the brakes on growth in 2006. Where to go? | | | | boomers. Many investors sitting on the |
| Mark Nash real estate author of 1001 Tips for | | | | sidelines.-Minneapolis, Minnesota. Downtown |
| Buying and Selling a Home and syndicated | | | | new construction saturated. First-time buyers |
| columnist for gives his report on the first | | | | breathing life into market.-New Jersey. This |
| quarter of 2006.-Atlanta, Georgia. Rising | | | | is state is one large bedroom community, |
| inventories could slow appreciation rates | | | | prices flat, the sold-in-five-hours days |
| that have not matched other major | | | | taking a vacation.-New York, New York. Market |
| markets.-Austin, Texas. Good news here, | | | | price pressure building, but don't call it a |
| affordable housing prices attracting | | | | buyers market. Sticker shock |
| employers. Rising appreciation.-Boise, Idaho. | | | | anyone?-Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Weak job |
| New on real estate investors radar, | | | | growth projections. Flat appreciation |
| attracting scores of out-of-state buyers. | | | | expectations.-Phoenix, Arizona. Ignored in |
| Good profit prospects.-Boston, Massachusetts. | | | | the boom, now being discovered by investors. |
| Soft job market, falling prices and bloated | | | | Most cities here are bargain-priced.-San |
| inventories.-Chicago, Illinois. Recent | | | | Antonio, Texas. Waking from a stagnant |
| national, state and local statistics dispel | | | | appreciation period. Good returns projected |
| bubble trouble in conservative middle | | | | here.-San Diego, California. High |
| America.-Dallas, Texas. Prices creeping | | | | inventories, fiercely competitive sellers and |
| upward, fueling investor | | | | declining prices.-San Francisco, California. |
| interest.-Detroit,Michigan. Market impacted | | | | Greed factor subsiding, weathering the storm, |
| by soft auto industry and fears of | | | | bidding wars are gone and could be saved by |
| cutbacks.-Houston, Texas. Demand from Katrina | | | | tech industry emerging out of their |
| transplants driving a strong market.-Las | | | | bubble.-Seattle, Washington. Good economy and |
| Vegas,Nevada. Market returning to normal | | | | low inventories offer attractive appreciation |
| appreciation rates, demand stays steady.-Los | | | | gains in 2006. |