These are the five most affordable major metro areas in the nation for homebuyers and five markets where home prices are least affordable.
Foreclosure filings climbed in 75% of the nation's metro areas during the first half of 2010, according to a report issued Thursday.
Here are the 5 metro areas where the average American family can easily afford to purchase a median-priced home -- and the 5 where they can't.
Cities in the so-called Sand States dominated the foreclosure rankings in 2009, with the 20 worst-hit metro areas residing in Nevada, Florida, California and Arizona.
Here are the 5 metro areas where the average American family can afford to purchase a median-priced home -- and the 5 where they can't.
While foreclosure rates are easing in some of the hardest-hit cities, the crisis is beginning to expand into new metro areas.
The past year proved just how dramatically the health of the housing market can vary from one part of the country to another. But what you may not realize is that variation within metro areas can be just as large.
Sun Belt cities dominated the list of metro areas with the biggest foreclosure problems during the first six months of 2009.
