Metro Area Median Home Prices Ranked 2005

Median Home Prices by MSA ranked. NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - Single-home price growth over the 12 months ending June 30 was the strongest in history, according to the National Association of Realtors. Link: http://money.cnn.com/pf/features/li...rice.html#table The list in the link above includes duplications of Metro Areas and Metro Divisions, in particular with New York City and Los Angeles. The list below includes only traditional MSAs with over 500,000 residents based on 2004 U.S. Census Bureau estimates. Twelve MSAs over 500,000 were not included and no explanation was given. Perhaps this is due to latest data not available. Those MSAs over 500,000 not included (listed in order of population size) are: San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC Fresno, CA Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA Bakersfield, CA Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, NY McAllen-Edinburgh-Pharr, TX Stockton, CA Scranton-Wilkes Barre, PA Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA Augusta, GA The remainder of MSAs over 500,000 are ranked below by median home price. * Please note that median home price differs from average home price as the median price means that half the homes are worth more and half the homes are worth less, whereas average includes the value of all homes divided by number of homes. Rank; MSA; Median Price 6-30-05 1. San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA $726,900 2. San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA $605,600 3. Honolulu, HI $577,800 4. Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT $487,300 5. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA $474,800 6. New York-Newark-Edison, NY-NJ-PA $452,700 7. Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV $429,200 8. Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH $418,500 9. Sacramento-Arden Arcade-Roseville, CA $377,400 10. Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL $371,600 11. Sarasota-Bradenton-Venice, FL $367,800 12. Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA $367,600 13. Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA $310,300 14. Las Vegas-Paradise, NV $300,00 15. Worcester, MA $292,300 16. Providence-New Bedford-Fall River, RI-MA $291,600 17. New Haven-Milford, CT $283,800 18. Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL $266,800 19. Baltimore-Towson, MD $264,700 20. Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL-IN-WI $263,600 21. Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT $257,700 22. Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ $249,100 23. Denver-Aurora, CO $248,400 24. Portland-South Portland, ME $247,200 25. Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ $243,400 26. Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, OR-WA $238,000 27. Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI $237,700 28. Orlando, FL $232,200 29. Tucson, AZ $228,500 30. Madison, WI $220,100 31. Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI $216,800 32. Colorado Springs, CO $214,200 33. Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD $211,000 34. Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL $204,000 35. Richmond, VA $198,400 36. Springfield, MA $197,900 37. Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL 204,000 38. Charleston-North Charleston, SC $193,600 39. Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC $192,000 40. Raleigh-Cary, NC $185,200 41. Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY $176,100 42. Albuquerque, NM $171,700 43. Salt Lake City, UT $169,900 44. Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI $169,200 45. Austin-Round Rock, TX $166,800 46. Jacksonville, FL $166,600 47. Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA $166,500 48. Boise City-Nampa, ID $161,800 49. Nashville-Murfreesboro, TN $159,700 50. Kansas City, MO-KS $157,100 51. Birmingham-Hoover, AL $156,100 52. Columbus, OH $155,900 53. New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA $152,600 54. Memphis, TN-MS-AR $150,100 55. Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX $149,100 56. Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN $148,500 57. Greensboro-High Point, NC $148,000 58. Des Moines, IA $145,100 59. Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH $144,700 60. Knoxville, TN $143,400 61. Greenville, SC $143,200 62. Houston-Baytown-Sugar Land, TX $142,500 63. St. Louis, MO-IL $141,900 64. Grand Rapids, MI $139,000 65. Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA $137,300 66. Louisville, KY-IN $136,800 67. Baton Rouge, LA $135,400 68. San Antonio, TX $134,000 69. Columbia, SC $133,700 70. Jackson, MS $124,600 71. Indianapolis, IN $124,600 72. Akron, OH $119,800 73. Dayton, OH $119,400 74. Little Rock-North Little Rock, AR $118,900 75. Toledo, OH $118,600 76. Pittsburgh, PA $118,500 77. Tulsa, OK $117,400 78. Oklahoma City, OK $115,700 79. Rochester, NY $110,700 80. El Paso, TX $108,900 81. Syracuse, NY $108,700 82. Wichita, KS $106,300 83. Buffalo-Niagra Falls, NY $97,500 84. Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA $82,900>