No. 20: Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, Calif.

No. 20: Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, Calif.

Q1 Home price index: 1.1 percent
Q1 Foreclosure rate (YOY change): 3.1 percent (up 19.1 percent)
Q1 90+ day delinquency rate (YOY change): 11.4 percent (up 42.1 percent)
April 2010 unemployment rate: 11.9 percent

The L.A. area market is expected to stay strong, as sales of foreclosed homes and prices in the city are forecast to increase 8.3 percent this year, according to Housingpredictor.com. Despite these bright spots, the worst is not over yet in Los Angeles, as more foreclosures enter the market. The L.A. area had an 11.9 percent unemployment rate in April, and according to CoreLogic, 11.4 percent of loans had been more than 90 days' delinquent in the first quarter.