Realizing that this takes in a very large area......is it improving in Middletown?  I have my doubts and think Middletown will lag seriously behind the surrounding cities and area by years in any recovery, if at all.  What do you think?

10 Most Improved Housing Markets

No. 1: Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colo.
Q1 Home price index: 5.8 percent*
Q1 Foreclosure rate (YOY change): 1.9 percent (up 21.9 percent)*
Q1 90+ day delinquency rate (YOY change): 5.7 percent (up 34.3 percent)*
April 2010 unemployment rate: 7.8 percent** * Source: CoreLogic
**Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

No. 2: Boston-Quincy, Mass.
Q1 Home price index: 6 percent
Q1 Foreclosure rate (YOY change): 2.1 percent (up 32.8 percent)
Q1 90+ day delinquency rate (YOY change): 7.2 percent (up 43 percent)
April 2010 unemployment rate: 7.9 percent

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

No. 4: Pittsburgh
Q1 Home price index: 1.3 percent
Q1 Foreclosure rate (YOY change): 1.8 percent (up 20.8 percent)
Q1 90+ day delinquency rate (YOY change): 5.5 percent (up 24.7 percent)
April 2010 unemployment rate: 8.1 percent

No. 5: San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, Calif.
Q1 Home price index: 8.3 percent
Q1 Foreclosure rate (YOY change): 1.9 percent (up 39.8 percent)
Q1 90+ day delinquency rate (YOY change): 6.9 percent (up 53.1 percent)
April 2010 unemployment rate: 11.7 percent

No. 6: San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, Calif.
Q1 Home price index: 1.6 percent
Q1 Foreclosure rate (YOY change): 1 percent (up 56.2 percent)
Q1 90+ day delinquency rate (YOY change): 3.7 percent (up 69.5 percent)
April 2010 unemployment rate: 9.3 percent

No. 7: Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, D.C.-Va.-Md.
Q1 Home price index: 5.6 percent
Q1 Foreclosure rate (YOY change): 2.3 percent (up 28.6 percent)
Q1 90+ day delinquency rate (YOY change): 7.9 percent (up 40.3 percent)
April 2010 unemployment rate: 6 percent

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

No. 9: Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, Minn.-Wis.
Q1 Home price index: 0.5 percent
Q1 Foreclosure rate (YOY change): 1.9 percent (up 26.9 percent)
Q1 90+ day delinquency rate (YOY change): 6.1 percent (up 29.7 percent)
April 2010 unemployment rate: 6.8 percent

No. 10: Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, Wis.
Q1 Home price index: 0.1 percent
Q1 Foreclosure rate (YOY change): 2.3 percent (up 25.4 percent)
Q1 90+ day delinquency rate (YOY change): 6.1 percent (up 32.7 percent)
April 2010 unemployment rate: 8.5 percent