Done Deals: RealtyTrac and Local Market Monitor Team up for Analysis that Incorporates 10 Health-Related Criteria, Job Prospects, Future Price Appreciation and Foreclosure Discount

Thursday, August 22, 2013

RealtyTrac and Local Market Monitor Team up for Analysis that Incorporates 10 Health-Related Criteria, Job Prospects, Future Price Appreciation and Foreclosure Discount

IRVINE, CA, Aug. 22, 2013 — RealtyTrac® (www.realtytrac.com), the nation’s leading source for comprehensive housing data, and Local Market Monitor (www.localmarketmonitor.com), the premier real estate forecasting solution, today released a special report that shows the top housing markets for good health and building real estate wealth are in Texas, North and South Dakota, Utah, North Carolina, California, Tennessee, Montana, Wyoming, Iowa and Arkansas.

Daren Blomquist

“While families have many good options across the country in terms of places where healthy living is evident and the prospect of appreciating home prices is solid, there are some markets that clearly stand head and shoulders above the rest,” said Daren Blomquist, vice president at RealtyTrac.

“The markets considered for the Health and Wealth list all have strong appreciation potential.

Some are healthier than others. This report not only features those top markets for appreciation but also highlights important health- and wealth-related factors for families to research in any market before they make the decision to buy a home.”