Seattle #10 Best Place To Own A Home In U.S.

Two Seattle-based companies, Porch.com and Redfin, recently teamed up to create a list of the nation’s top places to own a home, and the Emerald City came in at number 10. They surveyed 10,000 U.S. homeowners and asked them to evaluate factors such as safety, climate, commute times, access to education, taxes, and real estate trends in order to rank the cities in their list. Redfin’s real estate agents also gave input on their local markets. Not surprisingly, Seattle scored above the national average for economic opportunity (#7), healthy living (#8), and walkability (#19), and…climate? Well, we natives like the rain, at least. Seattle came in well below the national averages for security and safety, and also for real estate confidence, likely owing to our pricey and challenging housing market. The only two cities that reported lower levels of real estate confidence were Portland, Ore., and Worcester, Mass. Denver came in at #1 as the overall best place to own a home in the U.S.

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