{"id":2901,"date":"2008-10-03T09:04:36","date_gmt":"2008-10-03T16:04:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/seattlebubble.com\/blog\/?p=2901"},"modified":"2008-10-03T09:04:36","modified_gmt":"2008-10-03T16:04:36","slug":"forbes-seattle-is-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seattlebubble.com\/blog\/2008\/10\/03\/forbes-seattle-is-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Forbes: Seattle is #1"},"content":{"rendered":"

Good news everyone! Seattle is at the top of another one of Forbes’ famous lists!<\/p>\n

Hardest And Easiest Places To Sell A Home<\/a><\/p>\n

As the dismal U.S. housing market slides further downhill\u2014home prices in July posted a 16.3% annual drop\u2014some sellers are unloading their homes to bargain-hunters.<\/p>\n

But in cities like Seattle, Jacksonville, Fla., and St. Louis\u2014the hardest major cities in which to sell a home\u2014even sellers who have substantially lowered their prices aren’t finding it easy to move their houses.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Here’s the specific entry for #1 ranked Seattle<\/a>. Here’s the whole list of Forbes’ hardest places to sell a home:<\/p>\n

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

    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<\/a> (pdf). Seattle comes in with a 43.7% drop in home sales, with #2-ranked St. Louis showing a 36.1% drop.<\/p>\n

    (Francesca Levy, Forbes<\/a>, 10.02.2008<\/em>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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