Texas dominates list of 2021’s best real estate markets
WASHINGTON – The Lone Star State—specifically North Texas—dominated WalletHub’s list of the best places to buy a house.
Five Texas cities were in the top ten, and four of them were in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington.
Frisco ranked first overall, leading in both the real estate market and affordability and economic environment metrics.
Other Texas cities in the top ten were:
No. 2 Austin, 2nd in real estate market and 56th in affordability and economic environment;
No. 4 McKinney, 5th in real estate market and 4th in affordability and economic environment;
No. 5 Denton, 4th in real estate market and 93rd in affordability and economic environment; and
No. 6 Allen, 7th in real estate market and 15th in affordability and economic environment.
Grand Prairie, which was 52nd overall, tied with several other U.S. cities for first in lowest foreclosure rate.
The rest of WalletHub’s top ten cities were No. 3 Gilbert, Ariz.; No. 7 Durham, N.C.; No. 8 Reno, Nev.; No. 9 Roseville, Calif.; and Nashville Tenn.
To determine the rankings, WalletHub compared 300 cities across two key dimensions using 18 metrics.
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