Rating

High Home Price Growth

Scale56-100

Graded like school, from F (56) to A+ (100). Higher is better.

About This Ranking

Goal

Highlight places whose county home prices rose faster over the last five and ten years. This is past appreciation, not a forecast.

Sources

Data behind the rating

1 source

FHFA House Price Index: Annual County Indexes

Annual values through 2025; updated March 31, 2026
Data
County all-transactions indexes built from repeat sales and appraisals on single-family homes with Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac mortgages.
What it tells us
Shows how fast typical single-family values in the surrounding county rose, not any home's value, rents, or future prices.

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