Five years ago, housing values in Atlanta were comparable to those in Charlotte, Dallas, Denver and Cleveland. In fact, Atlanta was a close second to Denver among those five. But as the chart below documents, that’s no longer the case.

I don’t think you can look at that data and shrug it off as a momentary blip. It’s also not the inevitable consequence of the larger national economic situation. This is a long-term problem, and it’s a metro Atlanta problem.

At least munich has a good beer festival.