NE Had 3rd Hottest Housing Market At End Of 2020

(KFOR NEWS March 4, 2021) (FOX News) The coronavirus pandemic sent Americans moving amid high unemployment and negative job growth in 2020, propelling some states in the West and Midwest to have the country’s hottest housing markets. Utah had the strongest housing market in the final quarter of 2020, according to a new Housing Heat Index report from Bankrate.com. Hawaii had the weakest.

The financial information website analyzed data like home prices, overdue mortgages, unemployment and cost of living to rank the housing economies in all 50 states and Washington, D.C.

“With home prices soaring and remote working the new norm, Americans have been taking a hard look at where they live – and many have decided to move out of pricey coastal markets,” Jeff Ostrowski, an analyst at Bankrate.com, said in a written statement.

Utah benefited from the third-best home price appreciation, few past-due mortgage payments, relatively low unemployment and second-best job growth, according to Bankrate.

Montana had the second-hottest housing market, thanks to the lowest rate in the country of past-due mortgages, plus high rankings in home price appreciation and low tax burden.

5 states with the strongest housing economies in the 4th quarter of 2020:

1 Utah

2 Montana

3 Nebraska

4 Idaho

5 Indiana

Coolest housing markets:

47 Illinois

47 (tie) Louisiana

49 New York

50 Washington, D.C.

51 Hawaii