Five cities poised for home price growth (and five that aren't)

In case you missed it in the news section of HousingZone [1], Fiserv and Moody's Analytics are predicting home prices will increase in 365 out of 384 metro areas by 2013.

Here are what they're saying will be the top-five and bottom-five performers over the next two years.

The best:

1. Tacoma, Wash., up 24.9 percent
2. Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, Fla., up 18.3 percent
3. Seattle, up 10.2 percent
4. Tucson, Ariz., up 10.2 percent
5. Memphis, Tenn., up 10.0 percent

The worst:

1. Miami, down 21.8 percent
2. Las Vegas, down 19.3 percent
3. Fort Lauderdale, Fla., down 18.9 percent
4. Phoenix, down 15.0 percent
5. Bethesda-Rockville-Frederick, Md., down 13.2 percent

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