No. 15: San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, Calif

Q1 Home price index: 5.6 percent
Q1 Foreclosure rate (YOY change): 2.6 percent (up 17.9 percent)
Q1 90+ day delinquency rate (YOY change): 9.3 percent (up 37.9 percent)
April 2010 unemployment rate: 10.4 percent

Prices in the San Diego area have been increasing despite the high unemployment rate (10.4 percent in April). A release from the S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices, says, "San Diego, in particular, has stood out with 11 consecutive months of increasing home prices" through March 2010.

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