South Dakota

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South Dakota

Metro: Sioux Falls
What a Home Will Be Worth in 2012: $151,316
Q4 2008 price: $145,000
Projected price change by MSA: +4.4%
Projected price change by state: +4.3%

Thanks to a strong energy market and moderate development, South Dakota did well in the midst of the recession in 2008: Home prices in Sioux Falls rose more than 2%, and the state jobless rate was 3%, the lowest in the country. Prices in Sioux Falls should rise more than 4% by 2012.