Monday, April 12th, 2010
Even as prospects for the American economy brighten, consumers are about to face a new financial burden: a sustained period of rising interest rates.
That, economists say, is the inevitable outcome of the nation’s ballooning debt and the renewed prospect of inflation as the economy recovers from the depths of the ...
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Friday, April 9th, 2010
America's most undervalued cities
Four years after home prices hit their peaks, CNNMoney looks at how 330 metro areas have fared.
Metro area
Median
home price
% undervalued
2010
% undervalued
2006
Las Vegas, Nev.
$129,700
-41.40%
38%
Vero Beach, Fla.
$123,300
-39.80%
54%
Merced, Calif.
$102,300
-37.70%
77%
Cape Coral, Fla.
$118,700
-36.80%
52%
Houma, La.
$116,200
-34.60%
-1%
Port St. Lucie, Fla.
$115,600
-33.30%
72%
Warren, Mich.
$117,500
-32.30%
15%
Vallejo, Calif.
$196,900
-31.90%
53%
Stockton, Calif.
$145,100
-31.80%
72%
Modesto, Calif.
$138,700
-31.80%
67%
Midland, Texas
$133,100
-30.70%
-7%
West Palm Beach, Fla.
$164,400
-30.30%
57%
Lake Charles, La.
$101,600
-29.40%
N.A.
Lafayette, La.
$126,700
-29.40%
3%
Naples, Fla.
$199,900
-29.00%
84%
Killeen, Texas
$106,700
-28.80%
-16%
Houston, Texas
$128,200
-28.80%
-14%
Sarasota, ...
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