Sunday, April 3, 2011

My hometown failed to make the list

City Unemployment Rate Mortgages 90-Plus Days Delinquent 12-Month Home Price Forecast 2011 Net Migration Projection Job Growth Projection
Riverside-San Bernardino 13.9% 8.21% 1% increase 4,110 residents leaving 0.69%
Stockton 18% 7.78% 1% decrease 620 residents leaving 0.54%
Detroit 13.3% 5.42% 2% decrease 1,340 residents leaving 0.53%
Los Angeles 11.7% 5.53% 1% increase 7,880 residents leaving 0.88%
Bakersfield 16.2% 6.85% 3% decrease 311 residents incoming 0.21%
San Francisco-Oakland 10.1% 4.17% No change 3,030 residents leaving 0.94%
Sacramento 12.1% 5.83% 2%
decrease
1,270 residents incoming 0.55%

The Forbes list of cities most unable to withstand a weaker economy. Cities in Decline by Cal Watch

As the state budget shortfall grows, there is increased liability on houses due to the property tax. In Fresno the risk to housing due to unfunded pension decisions made 15 years ago is real. Our county supervisors, all still in office, are watching their city disappear because of ignorant decisions they made, and they knew these decisions were ill founded at the time.

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