The greater West Palm Beach area recently made national news when Money Magazine published a list of the top home price appreciation areas and projected declines in the next 12 months. Here's the lists:

Where prices will rise:

• Santa Rosa, Calif., 6.0 percent
• Cheyenne, Wyo., 4.7 percent
• Kennewick, Wash., 4.6 percent
• Merced, Calif., 4.4 percent
• Bremerton, Wash., 4.2 percent
• Fairbanks, Alaska, 4.2 percent
• Corvallis, Ore., 4.1 percent
• Tacoma, Wash., 3.9 percent
• Anchorage, Alaska, 3.8 percent
• Bend, Ore., 3.3 percent

Where prices will decline:

• Hanford, Calif., -25.9 percent
• Miami, Fla., -22.5 percent
• Fort Lauderdale, Fla., -21.3 percent
• West Palm Beach, Fla., -18.5 percent
• Phoenix, -18.5 percent
• Las Vegas, -15.4 percent
• Tampa, -13.8 percent
• Pensacola, Fla., -13.6 percent
• Gainesville, Fla., -13.4 percent
• Suffolk, N.Y., -13.4 percent
• New York City, -12.9 percent

Money Magazine (03/20/2010)