It may be a buyer's market, but the median home prices in some of America's hottest cities are anything but cheap.
New York City actually falls second to San Francisco as the most expensive metropolitan housing market in the U.S., according to the National Housing Conference/Center for Housing Policy, which recently released new data as part of a study on housing costs.
In some of these places, housing is so expensive that the seasonal and blue collar workers who in them can't afford to live there.
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#15 Boston, Mass.
Median home price: $322,000
2009 rank: 23
Median home prices listed are for the third quarter of 2011. 2009 rankings are based on median home prices for the fourth quarter of 2009. The National Housing Conference based its data on new and existing home sales figures provided by the National Home Builder's Association.
Source: National Housing Conference
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#14 San Luis Obispo, Calif.
Median home price: $329,000
2009 rank: 8
Median home prices listed are for the third quarter of 2011. 2009 rankings are based on median home prices for the fourth quarter of 2009. The National Housing Conference based its data on new and existing home sales figures provided by the National Home Builder's Association.
Source: National Housing Conference
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#13 Newark, NJ
Median home price: $330,000
2009 rank: 17
Median home prices listed are for the third quarter of 2011. 2009 rankings are based on median home prices for the fourth quarter of 2009. The National Housing Conference based its data on new and existing home sales figures provided by the National Home Builder's Association.
Source: National Housing Conference
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