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2005/10/21-24 [Reference/RealEstate] UID:40215 Activity:nil
10/21   http://tinyurl.com/4ghvb
        16% of the houses in Vegas are bought as investments, followed
        by 15% Sac, and 13% Phoenix. Please don't cuss or delete this lafe.
        \_ I see no reason find your post at all offensive.  -lafe
        \_ I see no reason to find your post at all offensive.  -lafe
        \_ Who is lafe?
        \_ It says bay area construction permits are down -25% 99-04. I wonder
           if that's offset by more condo building.
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tinyurl.com/4ghvb -> bwnt.businessweek.com/housing_boom/index.asp?sortCol=investment_change&sortOrder=DESC&pageNum=1&resultNum=100
Cover Story: After the Housing Boom COVER STORY Interactive Table: How Bubbly Is Your Housing Market? After one of the greatest booms in history, housing is likely to cool off in 2005. While prices won't collapse nationally, some overheated market s could see sharp price declines in the next year or so. It contains nine key data points on each of more than 30 major metro areas. See how much home pric es have risen, how prices stack up against local incomes, or how expensi ve it is to buy a house vs. Each colu mn can be sorted from highest to lowest values to see how the various me tro areas rank by that measure. HOUSING OPPORTUNITY INDEX Ranking out of 159 metro areas, from most to le ast affordable. Affordability is measured by the percentage of household s in the area who can afford a mid-price home. As of fourth quarter, 200 4 Data: National Association of Home Builders. BW'S LUXURY HOUSING AFFORDABILITY INDEX BusinessWeek's own index of the a ffordability of luxury homes. It measures whether a family whose income is at the 90th percentile of area incomes (90% of families earn less; HOUSING VOLATILITY INDEX Ranking out of 379 metro areas, from those in th e greatest danger of a sharp price drop to those in the least danger. It takes into account the historical volatility of area house prices and r ecent trends in prices. CHANGE IN EMPLOYMENT Percentage change in nonfarm employment. CHANGE IN SINGLE-FAMILY HOUSE CONSTRUCTION PERMITS Percentage change in t he number of permits issued for construction of single-family homes. COST OF RENTING IN PROPORTION TO COST OF OWNING Monthly cost of renting a house as a percentage of the monthly cost of owning a similar house, in cluding mortgage payments and maintenance. HOUSING CYCLE BAROMETER AFFORDABILITY A measure of the affordability of m edian-price homes by median-income families that amortizes the down paym ent over seven years, the typical period people live in a house. HOMES BOUGHT AS INVESTMENTS Percentage of homes purchased with a mortgage that are bought as investment properties, as noted on loan documents.