Description:
Barnstable Town Hall (shown on map, website on link above)
PAST HOUSING PRICE CORRECTION
Price corrections, as defined by Global Insight (source of this data), are "declines of at least 10 percent over a period of at least 8 quarters."
Price decline: 18%
Duration: 5 years (20 quarters)
Period: 1988Q1-1993Q1
Overvaluation prior to price correction: 20%
Valuation peak: 1987Q3
CURRENT VALUATION: 2006Q1
$356,800 median sales price
43.4% overvalued
Classification: One of 71 "Extremely overvalued" housing markets nationwide
Have prices started falling in the current market? See:
http://platial.com/place/93960
Source: Overvalued Housing Market? Depends Where You Live
Most Overvalued, Most Undervalued of the 317 Largest U.S. Metro Areas Examined
http://www.globalinsight.com/Highlight/HighlightDetail2350.htm
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http://platial.com/place/93960
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