NW is the overall best real estate market in the nation right now. Look at the top 5 states from this Fed report...
Percent Change in House Prices
Period Ended March 31, 2007
(Estimates use all-transactions HPI which includes purchase and refinance mortgages)
State *Rank 1-Yr Qtr. 5-Yr. Since 1980
Utah, (UT) 1 17.01 2.77 48.29 269.99
Idaho, (ID) 2 12.27 1.69 64.25 253.03
Montana, (MT) 3 11.68 2.49 62.17 282.77
Wyoming, (WY) 4 11.67 1.34 60.96 171.25
Washington, (WA) 5 11.63 1.88 67.17 398.38
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