Fayetteville Ninth Healthiest Housing Market According to New Survey

According to Builder, Fayetteville 's housing market is doing really well. The magazine lists reasons including it's proximity to the Wal-mart corporate offices, the university and low unemployment rates as reasons why the housing slump hasn't really effected Fayetteville.

"Residents are drawn by an affordable housing stock; median prices average only $139,400, below the national average, and they’ve lost only 2.4 percent of their value in the last year. Builders pulled only 2,989 residential permits last year, down from 7, 449 in 2005." Article

Several Texas cities including Dallas and Austin also make the list of 15.

I've been half-way looking for a house in Little Rock for the past year or so, and I've noticed the market hasn't been hit very badly here either. It's unscientific, but it seems like new homes are being built frequently, and homes that I've had my eye on for a few months are no longer on the market.

Has anyone else noticed the Little Rock housing market hanging in there? Or do you see a slump?