Unemployment Rates Forecast Weaker Housing Markets

Mortgage insurer PMI Group is forecasting lower housing prices by the end of March 2011 in 30 of the top 50 metropolitan areas. Forecasting algorithm uses a combination of price-appreciation trends, affordability, unemployment, interest rates and local economic conditions.

http://www.inman.com/news/2009/07/8/mortgage-insurer-ids-weak-markets

You can view a copy of the PMI research report at http://www.pmi-us.com/econ/index.html