San Francisco in the Top 5 best performing Housing Markets

Compiled by Forbes magazine, this is a list of the top 10 best performing Housing Markets in the US. It shows the third quarter median home sale prices and the percentage that prices have risen compared to third quarter 2006.

Salt Lake City, UT; Median Home Sale Price: $246,700; Percent Change: 14.1 percent

Charlotte, NC, $220,000, 11 percent

San Jose, CA., $852,500, 9.4 percent

San Francisco, CA, $825,400, 8.6 percent

Raleigh, NC, $229,500, 7.5 percent

Austin, TX, $188,200, 7.2 percent

Pittsburgh, PA, $127,700, 6.1 percent

Seattle, WA, $394,700, 6 percent

San Antonio. TX, $154,700, 5.7 percent

Portland, OR., $299,700, 5.2 percent

Source: Forbes, Matt Woolsey (11/21/2007)