For the first time since 2005, home prices are expected to increase in 2010, according to a leading panel of economic forecasters.

Appreciation will be slow due to lingering unemployment issues, but most are expecting gains in value of around 2%.

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Numbers in the Athens, GA Real Estate market are down, but it could be worse, according to a recent report by Forbes Magazine.

The study says that cities that are attracting the most new residents in this slow market are college towns because of the educated population and youthful nature of the area.

In contrast, the areas that were cited as being the least desirable were Detroit (the obvious) and a few less obvious selections – New York, Chicago and Los Angeles.