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Forbes: Seattle is #1

Posted on October 3, 2008 by The Tim

Good news everyone! Seattle is at the top of another one of Forbes’ famous lists!

Hardest And Easiest Places To Sell A Home

As the dismal U.S. housing market slides further downhill—home prices in July posted a 16.3% annual drop—some sellers are unloading their homes to bargain-hunters.

But in cities like Seattle, Jacksonville, Fla., and St. Louis—the hardest major cities in which to sell a home—even sellers who have substantially lowered their prices aren’t finding it easy to move their houses.

Here’s the specific entry for #1 ranked Seattle. Here’s the whole list of Forbes’ hardest places to sell a home:

  1. Seattle, WA
  2. St. Louis, MO
  3. Jacksonville, FL
  4. Atlanta, GA
  5. Manhattan, NY (Condos)
  6. Charlotte, NC
  7. Columbus, OH
  8. Chicago, IL
  9. Detroit, MI
  10. Cleveland, OH
  11. Miami, FL
  12. Boston, MA
  13. Tampa, FL
  14. Milwaukee, WI
  15. New York, NY
  16. Denver, CO
  17. San Jose, CA
  18. Minneapolis, MN

The list is based on a single statistic, the total YOY drop in home sales for each city as of July, according to the latest report from Radar Logic (pdf). Seattle comes in with a 43.7% drop in home sales, with #2-ranked St. Louis showing a 36.1% drop.

(Francesca Levy, Forbes, 10.02.2008)

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