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   Realizing that this takes in a very large area......is it improving in Middletown?  I have my doubts and think Middletown will lag seriously behind the surrounding cities and area by years in any recovery, if at all.  What do you think?

10 Most Improved Housing Markets
No. 1: Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colo.
Q1 Home price index: 5.8 percent*
Q1 Foreclosure rate (YOY change): 1.9 percent (up 21.9 percent)*
Q1 90+ day delinquency rate (YOY change): 5.7 percent (up 34.3 percent)*
April 2010 unemployment rate: 7.8 percent** * Source: CoreLogic
**Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
No. 2: Boston-Quincy, Mass.
Q1 Home price index: 6 percent
Q1 Foreclosure rate (YOY change): 2.1 percent (up 32.8 percent)
Q1 90+ day delinquency rate (YOY change): 7.2 percent (up 43 percent)
April 2010 unemployment rate: 7.9 percent
No. 3: St. Louis, Mo.-Ill.
Q1 Home price index: 2.1 percent
Q1 Foreclosure rate (YOY change): 1.4 percent (up 34.9 percent)
Q1 90+ day delinquency rate (YOY change): 5.9 percent (up 39.2 percent)
April 2010 unemployment rate: 9.5 percent
No. 4: Pittsburgh
Q1 Home price index: 1.3 percent
Q1 Foreclosure rate (YOY change): 1.8 percent (up 20.8 percent)
Q1 90+ day delinquency rate (YOY change): 5.5 percent (up 24.7 percent)
April 2010 unemployment rate: 8.1 percent
No. 5: San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, Calif.
Q1 Home price index: 8.3 percent
Q1 Foreclosure rate (YOY change): 1.9 percent (up 39.8 percent)
Q1 90+ day delinquency rate (YOY change): 6.9 percent (up 53.1 percent)
April 2010 unemployment rate: 11.7 percent
No. 6: San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, Calif.
Q1 Home price index: 1.6 percent
Q1 Foreclosure rate (YOY change): 1 percent (up 56.2 percent)
Q1 90+ day delinquency rate (YOY change): 3.7 percent (up 69.5 percent)
April 2010 unemployment rate: 9.3 percent
No. 7: Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, D.C.-Va.-Md.
Q1 Home price index: 5.6 percent
Q1 Foreclosure rate (YOY change): 2.3 percent (up 28.6 percent)
Q1 90+ day delinquency rate (YOY change): 7.9 percent (up 40.3 percent)
April 2010 unemployment rate: 6 percent
No. 8: Cincinnati-Middletown, Ohio-Ky.-Ind.
Q1 Home price index: 4.7 percent
Q1 Foreclosure rate (YOY change): 2.4 percent (up 26.2 percent)
Q1 90+ day delinquency rate (YOY change): 6.4 percent (up 29.5 percent)
April 2010 unemployment rate: 10.2 percent
No. 9: Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, Minn.-Wis.
Q1 Home price index: 0.5 percent
Q1 Foreclosure rate (YOY change): 1.9 percent (up 26.9 percent)
Q1 90+ day delinquency rate (YOY change): 6.1 percent (up 29.7 percent)
April 2010 unemployment rate: 6.8 percent
No. 10: Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, Wis.
Q1 Home price index: 0.1 percent
Q1 Foreclosure rate (YOY change): 2.3 percent (up 25.4 percent)
Q1 90+ day delinquency rate (YOY change): 6.1 percent (up 32.7 percent)
April 2010 unemployment rate: 8.5 percent
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Pacman Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Prominent MUSA Citizen Joined: Jun 02 2007 Status: Offline Points: 2612	Post Options Post Reply Quote Pacman Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Is it improving............ Posted: Jun 14 2010 at 8:58am
	Realizing that this takes in a very large area......is it improving in Middletown? I have my doubts and think Middletown will lag seriously behind the surrounding cities and area by years in any recovery, if at all. What do you think? 10 Most Improved Housing Markets No. 1: Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colo. Q1 Home price index: 5.8 percent* Q1 Foreclosure rate (YOY change): 1.9 percent (up 21.9 percent)* Q1 90+ day delinquency rate (YOY change): 5.7 percent (up 34.3 percent)* April 2010 unemployment rate: 7.8 percent** * Source: CoreLogic Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics No. 2: Boston-Quincy, Mass. Q1 Home price index: 6 percent Q1 Foreclosure rate (YOY change): 2.1 percent (up 32.8 percent) Q1 90+ day delinquency rate (YOY change): 7.2 percent (up 43 percent) April 2010 unemployment rate: 7.9 percent No. 3: St. Louis, Mo.-Ill. Q1 Home price index: 2.1 percent Q1 Foreclosure rate (YOY change): 1.4 percent (up 34.9 percent) Q1 90+ day delinquency rate (YOY change): 5.9 percent (up 39.2 percent) April 2010 unemployment rate: 9.5 percent No. 4: Pittsburgh Q1 Home price index: 1.3 percent Q1 Foreclosure rate (YOY change): 1.8 percent (up 20.8 percent) Q1 90+ day delinquency rate (YOY change): 5.5 percent (up 24.7 percent) April 2010 unemployment rate: 8.1 percent No. 5: San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, Calif. Q1 Home price index: 8.3 percent Q1 Foreclosure rate (YOY change): 1.9 percent (up 39.8 percent) Q1 90+ day delinquency rate (YOY change): 6.9 percent (up 53.1 percent) April 2010 unemployment rate: 11.7 percent No. 6: San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, Calif. Q1 Home price index: 1.6 percent Q1 Foreclosure rate (YOY change): 1 percent (up 56.2 percent) Q1 90+ day delinquency rate (YOY change): 3.7 percent (up 69.5 percent) April 2010 unemployment rate: 9.3 percent No. 7: Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, D.C.-Va.-Md. Q1 Home price index: 5.6 percent Q1 Foreclosure rate (YOY change): 2.3 percent (up 28.6 percent) Q1 90+ day delinquency rate (YOY change): 7.9 percent (up 40.3 percent) April 2010 unemployment rate: 6 percent No. 8: Cincinnati-Middletown, Ohio-Ky.-Ind. Q1 Home price index: 4.7 percent Q1 Foreclosure rate (YOY change): 2.4 percent (up 26.2 percent) Q1 90+ day delinquency rate (YOY change): 6.4 percent (up 29.5 percent) April 2010 unemployment rate: 10.2 percent No. 9: Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, Minn.-Wis. Q1 Home price index: 0.5 percent Q1 Foreclosure rate (YOY change): 1.9 percent (up 26.9 percent) Q1 90+ day delinquency rate (YOY change): 6.1 percent (up 29.7 percent) April 2010 unemployment rate: 6.8 percent No. 10: Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, Wis. Q1 Home price index: 0.1 percent Q1 Foreclosure rate (YOY change): 2.3 percent (up 25.4 percent) Q1 90+ day delinquency rate (YOY change): 6.1 percent (up 32.7 percent) April 2010 unemployment rate: 8.5 percent Click Here for the Complete List of Most Improved U.S. Housing Markets 2010**

wasteful Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List MUSA Citizen Joined: Jul 27 2009 Status: Offline Points: 793	Post Options Post Reply Quote wasteful Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: Jun 15 2010 at 7:48am
	Not in Middletown. I have also not talked to anyone that doesn't agree that Middletown is going to lag far behind the rest of SW Ohio and Butler County when any recovery comes, just a fact of the way city leadership has taken the City in the last 5 years is going to cause a huge lag for most of the city. Poverty reins supreme in Middletown, hence businesses will avoid it for the most part.