The 2012 Home Listing Report compares the average home listing price of more than 72,000 four-bedroom, two-bathroom properties listed on coldwellbanker.com between January and June 2012.

Of the 48 markets surveyed in Virginia, Arlington topped the list. Here, the average price of a four-bedroom, two-bathroom home was $678,486. Northern Virginia certainly isn’t a stranger to high home prices. Vienna, Alexandria, Ashburn and Fairfax rounded out the top five in the Coldwell Banker report.

On the other end of the spectrum, Danville was ranked most affordable in Virginia. There, the average price of a comparable home was $153,957.

Nationally, the five most expensive markets were all in California — four in the San Francisco Bay area. Los Altos, Calif., is the most expensive market in the country, according to the report. The average listing there? $1,706,688.

Of 2,479 markets surveyed nationally, Arlington ranked 85th most expensive.

The most affordable market in the country is Redford, Mich., where a comparable piece of property goes for $60,490.

The average listing price of a four-bedroom, two-bathroom home in the United States is $292,152, according to the report.

Coastal states are home to the majority of the country’s most expensive markets, the report states.

Article source: http://arlington-va.patch.com/articles/report-arlington-real-estate-market-the-most-expensive-in-virginia

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UPDATE: Evan Flanary, phone his mother to let her know he is safe and staying with a friend. He had turned off his phone.

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Police are looking for a missing San Francisco man who was last seen Tuesday in the South of Market district, according to reports.

Evan Flanary, 22, was last seen on his way to meet a “stranger from a social phone app contact,” according to his family.

He is 6-foot 1, 160 lbs, has blonde hair and blue eyes, and was last seen wearing blue jeans and a gray hooded sweatshirt, according to the San Francisco Appeal online newspaper.

Flanary has no history of medical or psychological conditions and was not on any form of medication, the newspaper reported.

His family is asking for any and all help from the community.

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