No. 8: Cincinnati-Middletown, Ohio-Ky.-Ind.

Q1 Home price index: 4.7 percent
Q1 Foreclosure rate (YOY change): 2.4 percent (up 26.2 percent)
Q1 90+ day delinquency rate (YOY change): 6.4 percent (up 29.5 percent)
April 2010 unemployment rate: 10.2 percent

Sales in greater Cincinnati were down in the first two months of the year but rebounded in March and April as buyers tried to take advantage of the tax credit. A report by Cincinnati USA, a business group, and the North Kentucky Chamber of Commerce says the worst of the recession in the area is over. Still, the slow housing market and unemployment will limit economic growth.