And Then There Was One: Charlotte NC Is The Last Major Metro Area With Positive Real Estate Price Growth

Until now, Seattle had been one of the only metropolitan areas out of the 20 in the indexes not to post a year-to-year price drop during the latest housing downturn. Charlotte, N.C., is now the sole area with that distinction, with an annual increase of 1.8 percent in January. Prices were down 0.5 percent, year over year, in Portland, the only other area whose prices held up better than Seattle's.

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