Check out Grand Rapids - Wyoming - in the top 5

The Yahoo articlehas dubbed Grand Rapids/Wyoming in the top 5 for the most affordable housing markets! This is not the first time Grand Rapids has had great press! Matt Lauer did one not too long ago and featured East Grand Rapids, Michigan. There have been several others in the last few years.

The Yahoo article is a good one, talking about affordable housing, a snip it "The house cost $48,000. "If you have the credit score to do it, there's nothing that can stop you from buying a home" Which is what I have been say all along.

However they do go on to say "The most affordable markets, on the other hand, haven't changed very much. They didn't appreciate much during the boom, and most aren't seeing dramatic declines. "The most affordable places are mostly where there are no job markets"

I do agree with this statement for the most part as we are experiencing job losses just like everyone else, but we did have a real estate boom in many area's! Not to compare our selves with places like Florida or California, but we did have a great selling market 7 years ago! I think with the job losses, new one are coming, but are different.............we are not as much manufacturing as we once were............in my opinion we are becoming more metro and more of a service industry..............so people will move out to find a job like the one they used to do here, but others will move here for the"new" job market that is coming.

Changing......we are changing............