HUD USER has posted Comprehensive Housing Market
Analysis (CHMA) reports for the areas of Fort Worth,
Texas; Beaumont-Port Arthur, Texas; and Albuquerque, New
Mexico. These CHMAs contain valuable information for
builders, mortgage lenders, borrowers, local planners,
and others who keep abreast of area housing conditions
and trends. Prepared by field economists in HUD's Office
of Policy Development and Research, the reports provide
data that are useful in anticipating changes in the
demand for new housing. Our analyses describe the
economic, demographic, and housing inventory
characteristics of these housing market areas from 1990
to 2000 and from 2000 through May 2008. They also
include projections regarding anticipated market
activity for the period of June 1, 2008 to June 1, 2011.
 
These, and additional analyses examining housing market
areas across the nation, are available
at www.huduser.org/publications/econdev/mkt_analysis.html
and can be downloaded at no cost.