No matter where you look, you’re bound to find a doom-and-gloom story about the housing market - foreclosures at record highs, prices at record lows, but if you want to know the real story, look deeper at a neighborhood level to get a true feel for what’s happening. We took a look at three cities where prices are down and found neighborhoods that are doing well:
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Prices in the city of San Francisco are down 4% year-over-year.
Two neighborhoods bucking the trend: |
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Prices in the city of Atlanta are down 14% year-over-year.
Two neighborhoods bucking the trend: |
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Prices in the city of San Diego are down 10% year-over-year.
Two neighborhoods bucking the trend: |
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July 26th, 2008 at 3:20 pm
Wow, this is great info. Any chance you can turn these neighborhood heat maps into a widget I can put on my blog in Reno, Nevada? Kind of like what Altos Research does for cities across the US…
July 29th, 2008 at 10:27 am
Very cool - thanks for sharing this. Would love to see this for more metro areas and smaller cities.
August 5th, 2008 at 8:35 pm
Hey guys - Heather from Trulia here. So sorry for the delay in responding.
@ Diane - We love the feedback and are definitely thinking about a Heat Map widget!
@ Adam - you can check out all Heat Maps via the link below. We have heat maps for over 400 cities, and nearly every county across the US.
http://www.truliablog.com/2008/07/25/more-proof-that-all-real-estate-is-local/#comments
Thanks!