West Virginia

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West Virginia

Metro: Charleston
What a Home Will Be Worth in 2012: $133,642
Q4 2008 price: $128,000
Projected price change by MSA: +4.4%
Projected price change by state: +2.9%

Because the area never experienced the overdevelopment of other regions, nor saw the surge in easy mortgages, prices in Charleston are expected to drop a modest 1.6% this year.