America’s Fastest Growing (and Shrinking) Housing Markets

Fastest Shrinking Housing Markets

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15. Florence, SC
> 1-yr. chg. in median home sale price: -0.2%
> Median home sale price 2017 Q2: $136,400
> Median home sale price 2018 Q2: $136,100
> July unemployment: 3.7%

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14. Cape Girardeau, MO-IL
> 1-yr. chg. in median home sale price: -0.5%
> Median home sale price 2017 Q2: $146,500
> Median home sale price 2018 Q2: $145,800
> July unemployment: 3.1%

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13. Pittsfield, MA
> 1-yr. chg. in median home sale price: -0.6%
> Median home sale price 2017 Q2: $206,800
> Median home sale price 2018 Q2: $205,600
> July unemployment: 4.4%

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12. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA
> 1-yr. chg. in median home sale price: -0.8%
> Median home sale price 2017 Q2: $414,000
> Median home sale price 2018 Q2: $410,500
> July unemployment: 4.0%

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11. Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD
> 1-yr. chg. in median home sale price: -1.3%
> Median home sale price 2017 Q2: $239,100
> Median home sale price 2018 Q2: $236,100
> July unemployment: 4.1%

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