TAMPA, Fla. – April 25, 2018 – If someone chose real estate sales as a career, what U.S. and Florida cities offer the most opportunity?
WalletHub compared 179 U.S. cities using 18 indicators in a report, 2018’s Best Places to Be a Real Estate Agent. To come up with a ranking, it studied things like sales per agent, annual median wage for an agent and the city’s housing-market health index.
In the final results, Florida cities generally held the middle ground, though they ranged from Tampa (No. 41) to Tallahassee (No. 158). Nationally, San Francisco topped the list, with Shreveport, La., at the bottom.
Florida city rankings
Rank – City – Job Opportunity & Competition rank – Real estate market health rank
41. Tampa – 83 – 16
70. St. Petersburg – 116 – 58
76. Orlando – 97 – 68
81. Port St. Lucie – 63 – 98
91. Jacksonville – 114 – 87
95. Cape Coral – 122 – 90
109. Pembroke Pines – 103 – 112
117. Miami – 47 – 148
152. Hialeah – 145 – 133
157. Fort Lauderdale – 79 – 168
158. Tallahassee – 144 – 143
Top 10 U.S. cities for selling real estate
1. San Francisco
2. Seattle
3. San Jose, Calif.
4. Fremont, Calif.
5. Oakland, Calif.
6. New York
7. Santa Rosa, Calif.
8. Denver
9. Nashville
10. Vancouver, Wash.
Best vs. worst
Salem, Ore. has the most homes sold in the past year per real estate agent, 148.20 – 21.6 times more than in Houston, the city with the fewest at 6.86.
San Francisco has the highest median house price, $858,800, which is 20.9 times higher than in Detroit, the city with the lowest at $41,000.
Honolulu and Pearl City, Hawaii, have the highest annual median wage for real estate agents, $87,070, which is 3.6 times higher than in Laredo, Texas, the city with the lowest at $23,970.
San Francisco, San Jose, Calif. and Seattle listings have the fewest days on the market, 38, which is 4.3 times fewer than listings in Miami, the city with the most at 165.
Memphis, Tenn., has the highest share of home flips, 11.67 percent, which is 3.9 times higher than in Pittsburgh, the city with the lowest at 3.03 percent.
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