Boston has been dubbed the healthiest housing market among America’s largest cities, according to a WalletHub report.
The top five healthiest housing markets included Boston followed by Oklahoma City, San Antonio, Northern New Jersey and Hartford, according to WalletHub’s “The Health of the Housing Market in 25 Big Cities,” which examined 10 metrics including mortgage costs and access to financing to assess the health of the real-estate markets in 25 of the largest metropolitan areas. Las Vegas ranked dead last in the survey.
Boston was listed as having the lowest interest rate on first mortgages of the 25 metros studied, at 4.23 percent, but had some of the highest down payment percentages, ranking 23rd. Boston was ranked with the second-highest equity level, at 43 percent, and placed second again for having the lowest percent of underwater mortgages at 6.67 percent, among all metros studied.



