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