Friday, May 02, 2008

Save money, buy now?

According to a recent report by Radar Logic, a real estate data and analytics company, homes are less expensive on a $/sqft basis now than they were 1 year ago.

Seattle is down 1.4% from February 2007, however our area led the group of 25 metro areas with a 6.2 percent two-year annualized gain in price per square foot, while Sacramento, Calif., suffered the largest loss during that period at 18.8 percent. Seattle led with a five-year annualized gain of 9.6 percent, while Detroit was last on the list with a 2.5 percent five-year annualized loss.

February 2008 RPX Index



RankMSA% change Feb '07-Feb '08
1Charlotte, N.C.3.6%
2Milwaukee, Wis.3.4%
3New York, N.Y.1.1%
4Seattle, Wash.-1.4%
5Columbus, Ohio-1.7%
6Philadelphia, Pa.-3.9%
7Denver, Colo.-5.4%
8St. Louis, Mo.-7.2%
9Washington, D.C.-7.3%
10Cleveland, Ohio-7.3%
11Chicago, Ill.-8.0%
12Jacksonville, Fla.-8.2%
13Atlanta, Ga.-9.2%
14San Jose, Calif.-11.2%
15Boston, Mass.-11.3%
16Minneapolis, Minn.-11.8%
17Detroit, Mich.-12.7%
18San Francisco, Calif.-14.1%
19Tampa, Fla.-16.4%
20Miami, Fla.-17.7%
21Los Angeles, Calif.-19.3%
22Phoenix, Ariz.-19.4%
23San Diego, Calif.-24.7%
24Las Vegas, Nev.-26.2%
25Sacramento, Calif.-29.8%

Source: Radar Logic Inc.

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