<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"> <channel> <title>My Blog</title> <link>http://www.chuckweber.kcweber.com/default.cfm/page/blog/blogid/cdf9282d-f79d-920c-6ebf8f6b362d6dbb/categoryname/Marketing/title/My Blog.htm</link> <description></description><item> <title>Real Estate Markets Poised for Recovery </title> <description><h1 class="storyheadline">Real Estate: Your local forecast</h1><h2>384 markets tracked</h2><div class="storysubhead">By the end of September 2011, the national median home price is expected to have fallen 5% from a year earlier. Check the predictions for your city.</div><div class="storytext"><form id="homePriceWidget" onsubmit="validateSelections(this.form);"> <div id="homePriceWidgetForm" class="hideMe"> <div class="innerPad"> <div id="stateMenuDiv" class="hideMe"> <div style="width: 280px; float: left">1. Select your state:</div> <select id="stateMenu" onchange="javascript:createCityMenu(this.value);"> <option value="">Choose state</option> <option value="AL">Alabama</option> <option value="AK">Alaska</option> <option value="AZ">Arizona</option> <option value="AR">Arkansas</option> <option value="CA">California</option> <option value="CO">Colorado</option> <option value="CT">Connecticut</option> <option value="DE">Delaware</option> <option value="DC">Dist. of Columbia</option> <option value="FL">Florida</option> <option value="GA">Georgia</option> <option value="HI">Hawaii</option> <option value="ID">Idaho</option> <option value="IL">Illinois</option> <option value="IN">Indiana</option> <option value="IA">Iowa</option> <option value="KS">Kansas</option> <option value="KY">Kentucky</option> <option value="LA">Louisiana</option> <option value="ME">Maine</option> <option value="MD">Maryland</option> <option value="MA">Massachusetts</option> <option value="MI">Michigan</option> <option value="MN">Minnesota</option> <option value="MS">Mississippi</option> <option value="MO" selected="selected">Missouri</option> <option value="MT">Montana</option> <option value="NE">Nebraska</option> <option value="NV">Nevada</option> <option value="NH">New Hampshire</option> <option value="NJ">New Jersey</option> <option value="NM">New Mexico</option> <option value="NY">New York</option> <option value="NC">North Carolina</option> <option value="ND">North Dakota</option> <option value="OH">Ohio</option> <option value="OK">Oklahoma</option> <option value="OR">Oregon</option> <option value="PA">Pennsylvania</option> <option value="RI">Rhode Island</option> <option value="SC">South Carolina</option> <option value="SD">South Dakota</option> <option value="TN">Tennessee</option> <option value="TX">Texas</option> <option value="UT">Utah</option> <option value="VT">Vermont</option> <option value="VA">Virginia</option> <option value="WA">Washington</option> <option value="WV">West Virginia</option> <option value="WI">Wisconsin</option> <option value="WY">Wyoming</option> </select></div> <div id="cityMenuDiv" class="hideMe"> <div style="width: 280px; float: left">2. Select your city/market:</div> <select id="cityMenu" onchange="javascript:showMarketData(this.value);"> <option value="">Choose city/market</option> <option value="1MO">Cape Girardeau-Jackson, MO-IL</option> <option value="2MO">Columbia, MO</option> <option value="3MO">Jefferson City, MO</option> <option value="4MO">Joplin, MO</option> <option value="5MO" selected="selected">Kansas City, MO-KS</option> <option value="6MO">Springfield, MO</option> <option value="7MO">St. Joseph, MO-KS</option> <option value="8MO">St. Louis, MO-IL</option> </select></div> </div> </div></form><div id="marketDataDiv" class="showMe"><div id="storyTable"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="border-bottom: #999 1px solid; background-color: #eee; font: bold 13px Arial"> <div id="marketDataName" style="font: bold 20px Arial">Kansas City, MO-KS</div> </td> <td style="border-bottom: #999 1px solid; text-align: right; background-color: #eee; margin-right: 12px"><a href="javascript:resetForm();"><img border="0" alt="SEE ANOTHER MARKET" src="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/money/.element/img/1.0/buttons/see_another_market.jpg" width="158" height="23" /></a></td> </tr> <tr class="rowcolor1"> <td class="txtlft1TBL" style="font: 14px Arial"><span style="font-weight: bold">Forecast change:</span> third quarter, 2010 &ndash; third quarter, 2011</td> <td class="txtrgt1TBL" style="font: bold 16px Arial"> <div id="marketData4"><span style="color: red">-2%</span></div> </td> </tr> <tr class="rowcolor1"> <td class="txtlft1TBL" style="font: 14px Arial; border-top: #999 1px solid"><span style="font-weight: bold">Forecast change:</span> third quarter, 2011 &ndash; third quarter, 2012</td> <td class="txtrgt1TBL" style="font: bold 16px Arial; border-top: #999 1px solid"> <div id="marketData5"><span style="color: green">+1%</span></div> </td> </tr> </tbody></table><br /><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3"> <tbody> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="border-bottom: #999 1px solid; background-color: #eee; font: bold 13px Arial">Market fundamentals</td> </tr> <tr class="rowcolor1"> <td class="txtlft1TBL">Median Family Income<br /> (2009)</td> <td class="txtrgt1TBL"> <div id="marketData1">$69,100</div> </td> </tr> <tr class="rowcolor2"> <td class="txtlft1TBL">Median Home Price<br /> (Third quarter 2010)</td> <td class="txtrgt1TBL"> <div id="marketData2">$141,000</div> </td> </tr> <tr class="rowcolor1"> <td class="txtlft1TBL">Change in Home Prices<br /> (From third quarter 2009 thru third quarter 2010)</td> <td class="txtrgt1TBL"> <div id="marketData3"><span style="color: red">-0.6%</span></div> </td> </tr> <tr class="rowcolor2"> <td class="txtlft1TBL">Worst 1-Year Home Price Change<br /> (1980-2010)</td> <td class="txtrgt1TBL"> <div id="marketData6"><span style="color: red">-7.1%</span></div> <div id="marketData7">(1983:Q1)</div> </td> </tr> </tbody></table><div class="sourceTable">Source: FiServ</div></div></div></div></description> <link>http://www.chuckweber.kcweber.com/default.cfm/page/blog/cat/entrydisplay/entryid/346602bc-ba66-5757-bfdb997bdf703b7d.htm</link> <pubDate>Thu, 17 Feb 2011 10:13:43 -0600</pubDate></item> </channel></rss>

