Seems like a million years since I brought you guys a cool real estate tool. So this week when I saw that the National Association of Realtors has made a pretty neato interactive Google map of median home prices in major metro areas around the United States, I thought, wow, that’s worth sharing.

Of course, the first thing you’ll want to look at is Knoxville. According to this map, the median sales price for the second quarter of 2008 was $153,600, down 4.1% from the first quarter.

But as great as this tool is to check in on the Knoxville market from quarter to quarter, the real fun is looking at other cities, from the good -

Des Moine, IA - second quarter median home price of $156,000, up 6% up from first quarter

to the bad -

San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA - $684,900, down 19.1% from first quarter.

to the downright ugly -

Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL - $178,100, down 33.1% from first quarter. Of this year. Yikes!

So have fun clicking around, but keep in mind it’s a lot easier to navigate if you zoom in on an area. Those little houses tend to pile up on each other. Enjoy!