No. 3: St. Louis, Mo.-Ill.

No. 3: St. Louis, Mo.-Ill.

Q1 Home price index: 2.1 percent
Q1 Foreclosure rate (YOY change): 1.4 percent (up 34.9 percent)
Q1 90+ day delinquency rate (YOY change): 5.9 percent (up 39.2 percent)
April 2010 unemployment rate: 9.5 percent

Things are looking up in the Gateway City. Prices here have fallen to 2004 levels, according to the Federal Housing Finance Agency, and the number of residents who can afford to buy a home is near 18-year highs, reported the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.