Grabs lots of attention and you have nice graphics in it.  I just wish it were easier to publish a blog with available data on The 10 Safest Real Estate Markets.

Jim

Maureen--Good eyecatching headline! I just had to see if the Twin Cities (Mpls/St Paul) were on the list.

Teri did you see the National City list the other day?  The Twin Cities (Mpls/St Paul) are on the moderately overvalued list in that study.  Someone posted the map here on ActiveRain but it is copyrighted.  I blogged about it on ColumbusBestBlog.com a few days ago but resisted the urge to steal the map, stolen the map is not interactive anyway, lots of great info.

You can find lots of cities on the PMI list via The Real Estate Bloggers list that fall between the 10 Highest risk (oooops see a mistake in my blog top link is highest)and the 10 Lowest risk markets.

Thankfully my market is not on the list!

Monika: Did you see the National City map?  There are two New Hampshire markest on this list but just two.  

Maureen- Definitely an attention getter.. Los Angeles -Long Beach--Glendale is always on the hit list.. but people don't realize how large the market area is.. there are probably over a million homes in the area maybe more depending on what criteria they use for Los Angeles.. so having some homes in trouble is nothing new.. we were on the hit list last summer and nothing much happened..

Woo hoo-we're number 10 on the safe list!!  Gotta love it. =)

Isn't risk on mortgages more than  matter of some homes in trouble Kaye.  I think this goes along with the National City study, red on the east and west coast, over valued.  The red on the east coast has come down, lots of yellow now.  We have a high foreclosure rate (people in trouble) here.  We are just jealous of your beaches and weather and things that would make people want to be there... so we live for studies like this.      

Thanks for the comment Leigh and thanks for the private email that I spelled Riskiest wrong in the graphic.  I have no idea where I made those.  Those were the headlines from The Real Estate Bloggers entries last November.   I made them up months ago... and I so love the skull and cross bones.  Lets just pretend I spelled it right for now while I search for the doo hicky that makes warning labels.   

Congrats on Charlotte being number 10 Leigh! I really have not looked at the whole PMI list to see if other markets in your region are close to number 10 in lowest risk (safety) but I thought it was interesting how the rest of us are in two clusters, Texas and then the markets east, west, north and south of Columbus Ohio.   

RISKIET I am off to Google for warning labels.  A private email is so classy.  I've heard that about you Leigh.

Thanks again Leigh for telling me that I misspelled Riskiest.

Maureen--I am not surprised about the Twin Cities market. There are many sellers out there with high hopes based on markets and appraisals of a year or two back. Thankfully they are getting the message. I will check out your links...Thanks for a post full of interesting information!

and limited misspelling now thanks to Leigh....

Maureen - these lists are very helpful when it comes to pointing out that the 'golden markets' are not always golden.  While Ohio's market may be slow I have always maintained that we have a steady market - even when it declines it doesn't spiral at 100 mph.  And when it is in recovery mode it tends to awaken slowly so there is not a shock to the system.  To me this is a healthier pattern than the more extreme spikes and valleys that are seen in other states.

We are slow and steady aren't we Carol?  A year or so ago (since I started blogging) Toledo was leading the state in appreciation... I want to say it was when we were sloooooooooooooooooooooowing down in Central Ohio. 

Hello - I imagine you've got everyone scrambling to see if they're on the highest risk list.  It's quite surprising but nice to know Michigan didn't show up on that list.

It is a great time for a qualified buyer to buy in MI, prices are low.  There's lots of inventory. 

I know this list was put out sometime ago but to be a part of the 4th market on the safe list is definitely a sigh of relieve...no matter when the list was put out! LOL!

Thanks for the comment Misty.  We are usually a very stable market, I believe the report came out at least one since... it comes out 2 times a year? Or maybe quarterly... we don't have manufdacturing in Central Ohio, like many mid-west cities.  The main employers locally are the  state government, the Ohio State University....