In the market to buy a house—whether as a home for yourself or an investment property? WalletHub analyzed 300 cities using 23 indicators having to do with real estate market attractiveness. Those included things like home value forecast, housing affordability, median home price appreciation, and the average time it takes a house to sell. Based on those metrics, the 10 best real estate markets in the US this year:
- Boise, Idaho
- Frisco, Texas
- Overland Park, Kansas
- Cary, North Carolina
- Denton, Texas
- McKinney, Texas
- Carrollton, Texas
- Durham, North Carolina
- Allen, Texas
- Fort Wayne, Indiana
Read on for the 10 best big cities.
WalletHub also broke out the list by large, midsize, and small cities. This year's 10 best large US cities in which to buy a house:
- Austin, Texas
- Fort Worth, Texas
- Aurora, Colorado
- Denver, Colorado
- Charlotte, North Carolina
- Nashville, Tennessee
- Lexington, Kentucky
- Colorado Springs, Colorado
- Seattle, Washington
- Raleigh, North Carolina
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