No indication of Antioch improving soon, but if you wanted to brave it for the long term, Nashville's growth means that Antioch may rebound in another decade.

Yet, even during the depths of the Jimmy Carter years, when not only our national economy was stagnant but people were losing faith in the US as being the greatest country in the world, one which could rebound from anything, a time at which people thought getting a mortgage for 15% was a SCREAMING DEAL, people were still buying and selling real estate and everything else!

Here are a couple of my favorite articles on the city if you'd like to read a little more.http://m.metrotimes.com/news/news-features/detroit-s-real-estate-market-sees-rebound-1.1580633http://www.forbes.com/sites/realtorcom/2012/06/14/detroit-real-estate-comeback-kid/http://www.mlive.com/business/detroit/index.ssf/2013/11/developing_detroit_metro_detro.html

I have had success in investing in condos in South Beach, but it was all about timing.....they were acquired on the rebound from the real estate crash in a buyer's market/ Now prices for condos in South Beach are skyrocketing and the capital appreciation has been well worth the investment, even though the cash flow wasn't great (but still positive) over the years!

So if well located peninsula locations only fell 10-15% in '08, and six years later they have rebounded 35%+, I recognize this.  

This city will be on the rebound in the next few years hopefully and even if it doesn't, I am not losing.

As of now prices haven’t come down much, I think sellers are holding onto the hope that the spring selling season will result in a rebound in the market.

Go to Google and search for the article title “double digit home price drops”Here is the basics of the article but it is interested to see when it is estimate for each local real estate market to rebound.

Latest reports are (I'm summarizing here) that we've been recovering for a few years, and it's picking up steam. 2014 should be even better economically for Vegas, and estimates are that we should be back to pre-recession levels by 2016.More reading:http://lasvegas.cbslocal.com/2014/06/17/report-economic-recovery-not-slowing/http://www.8newsnow.com/story/25799311/report-employment-in-las-vegas-will-rebound-by-2016http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2014/jun/17/report-las-vegas-area-employment-will-rebound-2016/That's good news long term for the stability of our housing recovery that's occurred.

Having been through recessions we knew that southern California is always the first to rebound, and wanted to be out in front of the market, so we relocated; and I'm so glad we did.