Allen ranks second overall and first among small cities in an annual ranking of the country's best real-estate markets.
To determine the most attractive real-estate markets in the U.S., WalletHub compared 300 cities across 17 key metrics. The criteria considered for this ranking ranges from median home-price appreciation to share of recently-built homes to job growth. Cities with a population of under 150,000 were considered "small cities" in this study.
Among all ranked cities, Allen ranked second in overall real-estate market and third in affordability and economic environment criteria.
Read WalletHub’s report.