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The median price for a house fell 14% to $169,000 in the first quarter from a year earlier, the National Association of Realtors reported.\par The group said first-time home buyers accounted for half of all purchases in the quarter, and many of them zeroed in on foreclosed homes. That dragged down the means one realtor group said.

The going price for the 4 months is at 26% from a peak of $227,600 in the third quarter of 2005. The newest mean price was down from a year earlier in 134 of the 152 metro areas included in the survey.

The going price for the 4 months of 2008 and the first of 2009 is at 26% less than the peak of $227,600 in the third quarter of 2005. The newest mean price was down from a year earlier in a number of American city areas included in the survey.

The lowly mean price among the suburban areas was $30,300 in Saginaw, Mich., and the largest was $570,000 in Honolulu. Most of the areas with the lowest prices are in troubled parts of the industrial Midwest. But an overstock of homes in Cape Coral-Fort Myers, Fla., pushed the median down 59% from a year earlier to $87,300 -- ranking it just below Gary, Ind., which, at $92,000, was down 26%.

While rising joblessness and a recession economy in the United States has played an important factor in the median for the housing market, what this has also done has made a buyer?s market for families who are just starting out. These used homes are in many cases like new, only having been lived in a few years at best. The time to buy is not just now but for the next ten years or more.

While rising unemployment and a flagging economy in the United States has played an important factor in the median for the housing market, what this has also done has made a buyer?s market for families who are just starting out. These used homes are in many cases like new, only having been lived in a few years at best. The time to buy is not just now but for the next ten years or more.

The incredible number of unsold and foreclosed houses has caused a panic in the market. Because of this a number realtors are worried because in a down economy people don?t buy homes. Realtors need to get these houses off their hands. The reason for this because of the large amount of property taxes they pay on each house. And with no steady income they are just losing money. The houses need to go for just about any price. As the market slows and housing declines the rising price of housing will continue to drop. The houses most affected by this will be the brand new houses built in the last 8 years. But this not to say that those houses are not worth their weight in gold, history has shown that even in a recession, the housing market still shows promise.

It has been projected in the next few years the prices will drop. This may alarm a lot of investors and first time home buyers, but the indicators are that the prices are actually going back to pre-Bush government levels. As the middle decreases and the current houses on the market are bought you will see a steady increase in house prices and the resale value. It will take time but time is all you have once you have bought a home.

It has been estimated that in the next 10 years prices will stabilize and then begin to rise again. So buy a house now!