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City-by-city price guide: Seattle
The home of Starbucks needs a jolt. Porter says the housing market continues to be stagnant, in terms of slowing price growth and lackluster sales activity. Prices continued to rise in 2007, making it overpriced. Markstein notes the area has positive economic growth, although, like other cities, it's feeling the pinch of tighter lending standards. Add a glut of condos to those factors, and John Burns Real Estate Consulting expects costs to continue to drop in the next several years.
| | Median price end of 2007: | $377,500 | | Median price end of 2006: | $372,900 | | % change: | + 1.2% | | Projected change through Q3 2008: | - 3.9% | | Affordability rating: | 7 | | Foreclosures in 2007:
(1 for every 211 households) | 5,016 | | Foreclosures in 2006:
(1 for every 245 households) | 4,311 | | Change in foreclosures: | +16.4% |
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