<p>In some areas the predictions of doom and gloom come true to some extent while many other have shown strength right through the bust. Here’s a very fiun interactive map you can use to check metro value changes since the peak.</p>
<p>[WSJ.com[/url</a>]</p>
<p>Also a good article on the impact of gas prices on the burbs. As usual prices will vary greatly in any metro area as will the change in prices. I live in a pretty distant burb (over 25 miles out) and it seems homes are sitting much longer now.</p>
<p>[url=<a href=“http://blogs.wsj.com/developments/2008/05/12/as-gas-prices-spike-suburban-home-prices-fall/?mod=modValue]Developments”>http://blogs.wsj.com/developments/2008/05/12/as-gas-prices-spike-suburban-home-prices-fall/?mod=modValue]Developments</a> : As Gas Prices Spike, Suburban Home Prices Fall](<a href=“http://online.wsj.com/public/resources/documents/retro-MORTGAGE0807.html]WSJ.com[/url”>The Wall Street Journal Online - Interactive Graphics)</p>