The number of foreclosures was down 0.5 percent from December and down 12 percent from a year earlier, when the foreclosure storm was raging.Ohio’s foreclosure rate was above the U.S. average and 10th highest in the nation last month, but the state was one of 15 to see drops in foreclosure filings.“The extensive foreclosure efforts on the part of lenders and government agencies appear to have impacted the January numbers – particularly the Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac moratorium on all foreclosure sales that was extended through the end of January,†RealtyTrac CEO James Saccacio said in a release.Around the nation, RealtyTrac recorded 275,399 filings, which equates to one for every 466 households.

I believe they take the median, the middle between high and low.

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Prices were bound to come down from their peaks, we were seeing annual appreciation rates of well over 25% to 30% year over year for 3 almost 4 years.I'm not that familiar with the Atlanta/Savannah market but many Floridians have cashed out and are looking toward GA,TN,NC,SC,etc.One of the problems I saw was that the median home price went to about $425k in Palm Beach county and probably to about $ 330k in Lee County which priced all but the affluent buyer out the market.

Demand is in the urban core and I know of no projects delivering rental units or for sale units below the median prices or rents.

Median home price is just under $200k but like any major market it can change dramatically from one zip code to the next.

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However, I highly doubt that is indicative of our average household income, especially in the Seattle Area.Is Seattle a good area to invest in?

The Housing Affordability Index that they're using to rank these cities is a function of median existing home price and median income.

I ran the following little analysis last week of the the median % sold price over listing price for SFRs in E.