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top 10 Riskiest U.S. Housing Markets

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Real Estate Agent with RE/MAX of Naperville

 Matt Woolsey, Forbes.com  has written an incredible article about the "Riskiest U.S, Housing Markets"  which is currently available online through Yahoo.com

The article gives a great perspective from the standpoint at educating the consumer and not just throwing a generalizrion out there which has been done traditionally by the media in the past year or so... and of course he has a "Top 10" of markets to be concerned about...

So if you live in or near these areas: 1. Miami, FL., 2. Orlando, FL., 3. Sacramento, CA., 4. San Francisco, CA., 5. San Diego, CA., 6. Phoenix, AZ., 7. Kansas City, MO., 8. Cincinnati, Ohio, 9. Chicago, IL., 10. Denver, CO.... a word to the wise check it out!

Read the full story at forbes.com

In Pictures: Riskiest U.S. Housing Markets

Video: Riskiest Real Estate Markets

And finally, I live and work near the Chicago area...  will this impact your market?  Let's have a discussion here on what you think the impact will be...

I represent real estate transactions traditionally in an around Naperville, IL, asuburb of Chicago.  We are pretty stable... values continue to rise and the market is generally sound...leading to a "normal" market.  It is not a buyers' market here nor a sellers' market... it has leveled off and balanced....  but if the media and I've even seen experienced realtors continue to generalize bad market conditions I'm sure we'll be affected.  The funny thing here is it's just simple education... but it seems most people want to fear the worst...  so how and can we change the outlook...  I hope to by education of the mere facts!  What do you think?  

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Greg Zaccagni
The Federal Savings Bank - Wheaton, IL
Illinois Mortgage Lender

Oak brook has been in decline even before the current mortgage lending problems.  By contrast Hinsdale appears to still be going strong.  Another interesting observation is that Oak Brook offers much larger lots (in general).  What do your parents think is causing this?

Greg Z

Aug 19, 2007 07:10 AM