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Billings, Bozeman , Great Falls, Livingston and Missoula predicted among top 25 housing markets for 2009 – Missoula, Mont., home sales drop, but not from subprimes

Housing Predictor http://www.housingpredictor.com/ , a national online real estate research firm, is forecasting that Billings, Bozeman, Great Falls, Livingston and Missoula will be among the top 25 U.S. housing markets in 2009.

The firm predicts — based on things like income levels, employment trends, school enrollment and housing markets — that home values in Bozeman will increase slightly, by 1.8 percent, this year.

By GAIL SCHONTZLER Chronicle Staff Writer

Full Story: http://bozemandailychronicle.com/articles/2009/01/20/news/10housing.txt

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Missoula, Mont., home sales drop, but not from subprimes

By Christine Dugas, USA TODAY

In the winter, the Continental Divide protects Missoula, Mont., from the arctic air. It has not, though, protected it from the frigid housing crisis.

Home sales in Missoula County were down sharply in November — 64.2% — compared with a year earlier. Experts say the local mortgage market has been stable, but the national mortgage crisis and the economic downturn have sparked much anxiety.

Full Story: http://www.usatoday.com/money/economy/housing/closetohome/2009-01-19-missoula-montana-real-estate_N.htm

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