| Buy, sell or hold seem to be the biggest worries of | | | | Angeles, California. Declining prices after years of |
| real estate investors in the 2006 residential real | | | | bloat are keeping buyers sidelined to see where the |
| estate market. After solid double-digit appreciation in | | | | plateau will fall.-Miami, Florida. Glutted inventories |
| many major markets the last five years, investors | | | | short-term, south Florida waiting for the next batch |
| see the brakes on growth in 2006. Where to go? | | | | of boomers. Many investors sitting on the |
| Mark Nash real estate author of 1001 Tips for Buying | | | | sidelines.-Minneapolis, Minnesota. Downtown new |
| and Selling a Home and syndicated columnist for gives | | | | construction saturated. First-time buyers breathing life |
| his report on the first quarter of 2006.-Atlanta, | | | | into market.-New Jersey. This is state is one large |
| Georgia. Rising inventories could slow appreciation | | | | bedroom community, prices flat, the sold-in-five-hours |
| rates that have not matched other major | | | | days taking a vacation.-New York, New York. Market |
| markets.-Austin, Texas. Good news here, affordable | | | | price pressure building, but don't call it a buyers |
| housing prices attracting employers. Rising | | | | market. Sticker shock anyone?-Philadelphia, |
| appreciation.-Boise, Idaho. New on real estate | | | | Pennsylvania. Weak job growth projections. Flat |
| investors radar, attracting scores of out-of-state | | | | appreciation expectations.-Phoenix, Arizona. Ignored in |
| buyers. Good profit prospects.-Boston, | | | | the boom, now being discovered by investors. Most |
| Massachusetts. Soft job market, falling prices and | | | | cities here are bargain-priced.-San Antonio, Texas. |
| bloated inventories.-Chicago, Illinois. Recent national, | | | | Waking from a stagnant appreciation period. Good |
| state and local statistics dispel bubble trouble in | | | | returns projected here.-San Diego, California. High |
| conservative middle America.-Dallas, Texas. Prices | | | | inventories, fiercely competitive sellers and declining |
| creeping upward, fueling investor | | | | prices.-San Francisco, California. Greed factor |
| interest.-Detroit,Michigan. Market impacted by soft | | | | subsiding, weathering the storm, bidding wars are |
| auto industry and fears of cutbacks.-Houston, Texas. | | | | gone and could be saved by tech industry emerging |
| Demand from Katrina transplants driving a strong | | | | out of their bubble.-Seattle, Washington. Good |
| market.-Las Vegas,Nevada. Market returning to | | | | economy and low inventories offer attractive |
| normal appreciation rates, demand stays steady.-Los | | | | appreciation gains in 2006. |