RelocateAmerica.com, a web site offering resources to people relocating within the US, has published their Top 100 Places to Live list and, you guessed it, Seattle was on that list. But even better - it made the Top 10!!! I can certainly attest to this positioning, I love living here!
In addition to this good news, the PMI Mortgage Insurance Company just released their Spring 2008 US Market Risk Index and Seattle was on the low end. The Company is rating cities based on the likelihood that home prices will be lower in 2 years. They ranked cities from 1-5 with 1 being the most risk. Seattle was in the 5 ranking.
| PMI Spring 2008 PMI US Market Risk Index |
| Rank |
MSA |
Score |
| 1 |
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA |
93 |
| 1 |
Las Vegas-Paradise, NV |
91 |
| 1 |
Orlando-Kissimee, FL |
85 |
| 1 |
Fort Lauderdale-Pompano-Beach-Deerfield Beach, FL |
84 |
| 1 |
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ |
84 |
| 1 |
Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, CA |
81 |
| 1 |
West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach, FL |
79 |
| 1 |
Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, CA |
78 |
| 1 |
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL |
78 |
| 1 |
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, CA |
77 |
| 1 |
San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA |
72 |
| 1 |
Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, CA |
63 |
| 1 |
Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, FL |
61 |
| 2 |
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA |
51 |
| 2 |
Providence-New Bedford Fall River, RI-MA |
47 |
| 3 |
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MC |
37 |
| 3 |
San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, CA |
30 |
| 3 |
Nassau-Suffolk, NY |
29 |
| 3 |
Boston-Quincy, MA |
20 |
| 3 |
Edison, NJ |
19 |
| 4 |
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC |
17 |
| 4 |
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN |
16 |
| 4 |
Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, MI |
15 |
| 5 |
Baltimore-Towson, MD |
10 |
| 5 |
Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills, MI-NJ |
9 |
| 5 |
Cambridge-Newton-Framingham, MA |
9 |
| 5 |
Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, OR |
9 |
| 5 |
New York-White Plains-Wayne, NY |
7 |
| 5 |
Newark-Union, NJ |
5 |
| 5 |
Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA |
4 |
| 5 |
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA |
4 |
| 5 |
Nashville-Davidson-Murfreesboro-Franklin, TN |
3 |
| 5 |
Philadelphia, PA |
3 |
| 5 |
St. Louis, MO-IL |
2 |
| 5 |
Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL |
2 |
| 5 |
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI |
2 |
| 5 |
Denver-Aurora, CO |
1 |
| 5 |
Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH |
|
| 5 |
Austin-Round Rock, TX |
|
| 5 |
Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord, NC-SC |
|
| 5 |
Kansas City, MO-KS |
|
| 5 |
Columbus, OH |
|
| 5 |
Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN |
|
| 5 |
Memphis, TN-MS-AR |
|
| 5 |
San Antonio, TX |
|
| 5 |
Indianapolis-Carmel, IN |
|
| 5 |
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX |
|
| 5 |
Dallas-Plano-Irving, TX |
|
| 5 |
Pittsburgh, PA |
|
| 5 |
Fort Worth-Arlington, TX |
|
The published web site address for more information is http://www.pmi-us.com/eret, however the site wasn't working when I tried going to it.
New to Western Washington? Are you considering a move to the Emerald State? Just ask for my Welcome Home Washington booklet filled with helpful information about the area.
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Tina Faust, GRI
RE/MAX Champions
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