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| Daren Blomquist |
IRVINE, CA – Oct. 14, 2014 — RealtyTrac®
(www.realtytrac.com), the nation’s leading source for comprehensive housing
data, today released a 2014 Election Housing Scorecard report analyzing the
health of local housing markets in more than 1,500 counties nationwide compared
with two years ago.
The report scored 1,547 U.S. county housing markets based on
up to five factors impacting housing health: housing affordability compared to
two years ago, unemployment rates compared to two years ago, foreclosure starts
compared to two years ago, median home prices compared to two years ago, and
the percentage seriously underwater homeowners. County housing markets were
categorized as Better Off, Worse Off or a Toss-Up based on this score.
“The housing market recovery has truly taken hold in about
half of the country, but the recovery is weak or experiencing a relapse in the
other half,” said Daren Blomquist, vice president of RealtyTrac.
“Whether because of good government policy, sheer luck or
otherwise, the majority of county housing markets in six of the eight states
with close U.S. Senate races are better off than they were two years ago.
“This should favor the incumbent, or the incumbent’s party,
all else being equal — which of course we know it is not.
" The only exceptions
were Iowa and Alaska, where the majority of county housing markets were
classified as toss-ups compared with two years ago.”
For a complete copy of the company’s news release, please
contact:
Ginny Walker
Office: 949.502.8300 ext. 268
Mobile: 323-317-5852
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