Best Housing Markets

Housing markets with the highest price increases in the recent past are certainly of interest to real estate investors as they can indicate locations where current demand-supply fundamentals are in favor price increases. However, it should be kept in mind that such market conditions may change and price increases my decelerate or even turn negative if demand in these markets slows down or excessive amount of new space enters the market. Any assumption of continuation of current momentum in these housing markets is predicated on the continuation of current local market imbalances in favor of demand.

Ideally such markets should be identified using monthly data for the last 3-6 months that are seasonally adjusted. However, such data are not available at the metropolitan level so the "best" markets presented in the articles below are based on annual changes, which can be misleading in terms of what has been happening in these markets in the recent months. Read the article below for more elaborate discussion of this.

Top Housing Markets in Terms of Annual Price Increases, Second Quarter of 2009

Best Housing Markets in the First Quarter of 2009

Best Housing Markets 2008

Best Housing Markets 2006