10 Riskiest Housing Markets Fall 2007 : Discover Columbus

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Nov. 14, 2007 - 10 Riskiest Housing Markets Fall 2007

From the PMI Group - News Release - It actually came out over a month ago...

Columbus is NOT on the Riskiest US Housing Market List. Columbus is among the 10 Safest (Or LEAST RISKY) on the list of the 50 largest US Cities.

PMI Fall 2007 PMI U.S. Market Risk Index

Risky US Housing Markets - ( top ten on PMI Market Risk Index )

1. Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA

2. Las Vegas-Paradise, NV

3. Santa Ana-Anaheim - Irvine, CA (MSAD)

4. Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ

5. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, CA (MSAD)

6. West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach, FL (MSAD)

7. Sacramento-Arden- Arcade-Roseville, CA

8. San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA

9. Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, CA (MSAD)

10. Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach, FL (MSAD)

Safest (Least Risky ) US Housing Markets - ( the last ten cities on the list of the 50 largest US markets)

1. Pittsburgh PA

2. Fort Worth - Arlington TX (MSAD)

3. Houston Sugar Land - Baytown, TX

4. Dallas-Plano-Irving, TX (MSAD)

5. Indianapolis-Carmel, IN

6. Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN

7. Columbus, OH

8. Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord, NC-SC

9. Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH

10. Austin-Round Rock, TX

Each market has a score, "the average score, weighted by population, was 329," Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, MI (MSAD) is 328. The score for Columbus Ohio is 129.

A .pdf about the Fall 2007 report... lots of detail. I love the map on page 11. California is red hot with risk. Ohio is all blue... not the red and blue of a political map..

A year ago... 10 Riskiest US Housing Markets - Fall 2006 (Columbus was among the 10 safest markets)

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