[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"$f18z4dd09lqnb5":3,"$ffeh0925h8cuz":37,"$f2emv3tus0uf1":41,"$fbwk2pqjjqsc7":45},{"item":4,"previous":27,"next":32},{"id":5,"slug":6,"title":7,"description":8,"excerpt":9,"contentType":10,"featuredImage":11,"bannerImage":9,"body":12,"agentsBottomLine":13,"bodyImage":14,"isInfographic":15,"categories":16,"isVideo":15,"videoThumbnail":9,"videoSource":9,"publishedAt":25,"updatedAt":26},273,"housing-market-is-healthiest-in-years","Housing Market is Healthiest in Years!","\r\n\r\nAccording to Nationwide’s recently unveiled, Health of Housing Market (HoHM) Report, the US housing market is at it’s healthiest levels since the index’s creation in 2001.\r\n\r\nThe index analyzes the health of the housing market across the country ...","","blog","https:\u002F\u002F\u002F","\u003Cimg class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-30439\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Ffiles.keepingcurrentmatters.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2015\u002F04\u002FHealthiest-in-Years.jpg\" alt=\"Housing Market is Healthiest in Years! | Simplifying The Market\" width=\"600\" height=\"315\" \u002F>\r\n\r\nAccording to Nationwide’s recently unveiled, Health of Housing Market (HoHM) \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.inthenation.com\u002Fhousing\u002F\">Report\u003C\u002Fa>, the US housing market is at it’s healthiest levels since the index’s creation in 2001.\r\n\r\nThe index analyzes the health of the housing market across the country and in 373 metro areas every quarter. Using the data that they have collected over the past 15 years, Nationwide will look to give a \u003Cem>“data-driven view of the near-term performance of housing markets based upon current health indicators.”\u003C\u002Fem>\r\n\r\nThe fourth quarter of 2014 ended with the highest indicator score in over 15 years of data analyzed by the study at 109.8. The report explains:\r\n\u003Cblockquote>\u003Cem>“An index value over 100 suggests that the national housing market is healthy, with lower chances of a housing downturn over the next year as the index moves increasingly above the 100 breakeven value.”\u003C\u002Fem>\u003C\u002Fblockquote>\r\nEmployment, demographics, the mortgage market, and housing prices are all used to evaluate the health of each market. The top 10 healthiest housing markets according to the index are:\r\n\u003Col>\r\n\t\u003Cli>Pittsburgh, PA\u003C\u002Fli>\r\n\t\u003Cli>Cleveland-Elyria, OH\u003C\u002Fli>\r\n\t\u003Cli>Philadelphia, PA\u003C\u002Fli>\r\n\t\u003Cli>Rockford, Ill.\u003C\u002Fli>\r\n\t\u003Cli>Burlington, NC\u003C\u002Fli>\r\n\t\u003Cli>Scranton-Wilkes-Barre, PA\u003C\u002Fli>\r\n\t\u003Cli>Fayetteville-Springdale, AR\u003C\u002Fli>\r\n\t\u003Cli>Idaho Falls, ID\u003C\u002Fli>\r\n\t\u003Cli>Tulsa, OK\u003C\u002Fli>\r\n\t\u003Cli>Kennewick-Richland, WA\u003C\u002Fli>\r\n\u003C\u002Fol>\r\nThe two ‘least healthy’ markets were Bismark, ND and Atlantic City, NJ who received \u003Cem>“just slightly negative performance rankings”\u003C\u002Fem>.\r\n\r\nDavid Berson, Nationwide’s Chief Economist and Senior Vice President, says \u003Cem>“the quarterly report should serve as a resource to gauge how healthy housing markets are today but, perhaps more important, what to expect in the future and why.”\u003C\u002Fem>\r\n\u003Ch3>\u003Cstrong>Bottom Line\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh3>\r\nThe housing market continues to recover and surpass recent history. 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