Add It Up: Bubble still bursting
Home price values down for most, up for a few?
Number of cities in the Standard & Poor’s/Case-Shiller housing index: __20
Number of cities in the report that showed monthly and annual home price declines: 20
Amount, in percentage, home prices dropped nationally since January 2008, their largest decline: 19
Amount, in percentage, metro Atlanta home prices dropped since January 2008: 14.5
Amount, in percentage, that Phoenix home prices dropped: 35
Percentage of Atlanta’s population affected by property crimes and violent crime, respectively: 6.6, 1.6
Percentage of Phoenix’s population affected by property crimes and violent crime, respectively: 5.9, .74
Percentage increase in the average home price in Inman Park in early 2009 v. early 2008, according to Trulia.com: 20
Percentage decrease in the average home price in Old Fourth Ward, over the same time period: 28
Sources: Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Standard & Poor’s, Atlanta Business Chronicle’’, Trulia.com
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