And the Good News Is...

November 20, 2008

It's getting to be more and more difficult to find good news on TV. Reporters seem to be reveling in stirring up as much "doom and gloom" news as they can – after all it's been proven that bad news sells better than good. Our addiction to news tickers and 24 hour coverage was solidified during horrific news events of the last decade. But there IS positive news to be found if you dig hard enough.

28 Metropolitan areas showed increases in median existing single-family home prices from the same quarter in 2007. Areas such as Elmira NY, Tulsa OK, Wichita KS and Urbana IL.

But even in areas where average home sales have dropped drastically, there is good news. Buyers who have been shut out of the home ownership market, are now finding that they can afford to buy. And they ARE buying. Three states where the ‘housing bubble' has burst are seeing some of the highest increases in sales. The largest sales gain during the third quarter was in Arizona, up 28.3 percent from the second quarter, followed by California which rose 28.1 percent and Nevada, up 26.2 percent. These areas have seen some of the strongest sales gains with some reports of multiple bidding.

And there's also good news for sellers. The typical seller purchased their home six years ago and is still experiencing net equity gains, even in today's depressed markets. The national increase in value since the third quarter of 2002 is 18.3 percent, which is a median gain of $31,000. Even with the current downward price distortion, 90 percent of metro areas are showing six-year price gains.

So while we are definitely in turbulent economic times, there is GOOD NEWS to be found if you look for it. Hopefully, some home buying incentives will be passed soon to stimulate even more home ownership. Lawrence Yun, the chief economist at the National Association of Realtors, said that, "A pattern of sharply higher sales in areas with large price declines is well established," Yun said. "Affordability conditions have consistently been a major factor in driving sales. Historically during recessions, buyers have responded to incentives and it's important for government to keep that in the forefront of stimulus decisions."

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Local Information for Tulsa, OK

Latitude: 36.131294 -- Longitude: -95.937332

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The city is located in Northeast Oklahoma, a part of the state often referred to as "Green Country." It is considered the cultural and arts center of Oklahoma, boasting two world-renowned art museums, full-time professional opera and ballet companies, and the third largest concentration of art deco architecture in the country, behind New York City and Miami, Florida. [citation needed] Many of Tulsa's downtown skyscrapers and also entire neighborhoods were constructed in the art deco style of architecture. The city has the nation's most inland water port, the Tulsa Port of Catoosa [5], which connects the state with international ocean trade routes through the Arkansas River and Mississippi River. Tulsa is also home to an American Airlines maintenance center, the largest airline maintenance base in the world.The Tulsa area has 13 school districts with more than 20,000 students as of Fall 2005.Tulsa Public Schools is the largest school district in Oklahoma. -- Source: Wikipedia.com

Oklahoma 2000 Census Population Profile Map

	Tulsa	Oklahoma	United States
Population	393,049	3,450,654	281,421,906
Median age	34.5	35.5	35.3
Median age for Male	32.6	33.9	34
Median age for Female	36.4	36.9	36.5
Households	165,743	1,342,293	105,480,101
Household population	382,616	3,338,279	273,643,273
Average household size	2.31	2.49	2.59
Families	99,094	921,750	71,787,347
Average family size	2.98	3.02	3.14
Housing units	179,405	1,514,400	115,904,641
Occupied units	165,743	1,342,293	105,480,101
Vacant units	13,662	172,107	10,424,540

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