WalletHub compared 300 cities of varying sizes across 17 key indicators of housing-market attractiveness and economic strength and rated the top real estate markets in the U.S. They looked at things like affordability, median home-price appreciation, new home building, housing affordability and job growth. Interestingly, Texas and North Carolina came out with a strong hold on the top 10 cities and only one city in California, Irvine, broke into that group. Seven cities in the Dallas/Ft. Worth metroplex are in the top 22. Take a look at their graphic below to see the best areas. One of my favorite cities is at the bottom of the list; New Orleans ranked 300.









