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Missouri

Metro: St. Louis (Mo.-Ill.)
What a Home Will Be Worth in 2012: $143,088
Q4 2008 price: $143,000
Projected price change by MSA: +0.1%
Projected price change by state: +0.1%

The St. Louis area, located at the confluence of the Mississippi, Missouri, and Illinois rivers, is home to the Cardinals baseball team, a well-respected art museum, and such large corporations as Enterprise Rent-A-Car and UniGroup. Despite rising unemployment, the projections for the metro's real estate prices remain moderately positive.