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Cities In North Carolina And South Carolina Rank Among Most Affordable In U.S.
A cheerleader of the South Carolina Gamecocks waves a flag throughout their sport in opposition to the Coastal Carolina Chanticleers at Williams-Brice Stadium on September 1, 2018 in Columbia, South Carolina. SC gained 49-15. (Picture by Lance King/Getty Pictures)
We hold listening to about how excessive the price of dwelling is today, and it actually feels that means in Charlotte. Whereas that’s true in lots of components of the nation, there are some locations within the U.S. the place it’s extra reasonably priced to reside than others and the Wall Avenue Journal has discovered them for us.
The brand new Wall Avenue Journal-Realtor.com Rising Housing Market Index ranks America’s most reasonably priced locations to reside. They decided their findings based mostly on housing-market indicators, financial and way of life knowledge, real-estate taxes, unemployment charges, wages, commute time, and out there small-business loans.
Topping the record is Johnson Metropolis, Tennessee, which has a powerful economic system, low taxes, and property costs which might be undervalued, though they’re rising. Total, median house itemizing costs within the space are abut $48,000 under the nationwide common at $379,000, with house values up 27% final yr, virtually twice the speed of nationwide worth development. So, mainly, it seems like Johnson Metropolis gained’t be a cut price for for much longer.
On the opposite finish of the spectrum, the New York Metropolis-Newark-Jersey Metropolis metro space lands on the very backside of the record at 300. Not stunning. However a few cities within the Carolinas are nonetheless on the reasonably priced facet, together with Columbia, SC and Raleigh, NC, though I’m a bit shocked about Raleigh.