America’s most overvalued and undervalued housing markets

Tri-State area's Hartford, New Haven markets among locales with most undervalued homes

We got a ton of housing data this morning.

In his preview, Trulia chief economist Jed Kolko lists the most overvalued and undervalued housing markets, which is a measure of current price levels against fundamentals like incomes, rents, and historical price paths.

Here are the markets getting close to overheating:

Note: Positive numbers indicate overvalued prices; negative numbers indicate undervalued, among the 100 largest metros.

Note: Positive numbers indicate overvalued prices; negative numbers indicate undervalued, among the 100 largest metros. (Trulia)

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And here are those underperforming. Detroit and Chicago both had double-digit price gains last year. Detroit, of course, remains mired in the largest municipal bankruptcy case in U.S. history.

Note: Positive numbers indicate overvalued prices; negative numbers indicate undervalued, among the 100 largest metros. (Trulia)

And for good measure, here’s their bubble chart for the 100 largest metros. Starting to creep higher.

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(Trulia)