21 worst metros for homeownership

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The bottom five metropolitan areas in the ranking have an average five-year median home value appreciation of 35.46%. The average homeownership rate in these metros is 57.36%. 

Scroll through to see which metros are in the bottom 21 and how they fared.

Source: LendingTree

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