Top 10 Best Performing Housing Markets

Washington, DC, December 1, 2007—Here are the top 10 best performing housing markets, according to Forbes magazine, their third quarter median home sale prices, and the%age that prices have risen compared to third quarter 2006.

Salt Lake City — median home sales price: $246,700;% change: 14.1%

Charlotte, N.C. — $220,000, 11%

San Jose, Calif. — $852,500, 9.4%

San Francisco — $825,400, 8.6%

Raleigh, N.C. — $229,500, 7.5%

Austin — $188,200, 7.2%

Pittsburgh — $127,700, 6.1%

Seattle — $394,700, 6%

San Antonio — $154,700, 5.7%

Portland, Ore. — $299,700, 5.2%