Top 10 Housing Markets for Growth and Stability

SmartAsset rounded up the top 10 cities that have delivered in home price growth and stability for 25 years. The personal finance technology company compared every quarter of home value data in 357 metro areas from Q1 of 1995 to Q4 of 2019 for long-term trends in growth and stability by analyzing the probability of a price decrease and overall home price growth for each area. Dominating the list are cities in Texas, but cities in California, Colorado, and North Dakota also made appearances. See if your city cracked the top 10--or at least nabbed a spot in the top 50. 

Homeownership often represents a foundation to build on as well as long-term stability. This applies not only to the lifestyle a homeowner envisions when making a purchase, but also to the value of the property. Ideally, a home you purchase will steadily grow in value and not fluctuate too much in price. To that end, SmartAsset analyzed the data to uncover which metro areas in America are the best housing markets for growth and stability.

Specifically, we compared home value data in 357 metro areas for every quarter during the 25-year period from Q1 of 1995 through Q4 of 2019. For details on our data sources and how we put all the information together to create our final rankings, check out the Data and Methodology section below.

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