[ladtx]

Prices fell everywhere in the country, with the Northeast and West most affected.

The MSM is slipping. That should have been, "women, children and minorities most affected." Some editor is going to get fired over this.

[sten]

another factor to hit home prices in the coming years will be the 78m baby boomers retiring. Its already started and as they retire, they will most likely move to a warmer, cheaper area. The baby boomers will start to hit 63 in 2010.

The folks that can afford early retirement are already moving. Look for prices to increase in the south and southwest, especially states with no state income tax (texas, florida, nevada)