Now with December 2021 data uploaded on Redfin, I decided to go back and plug in large cities to see how they fared in 2021.
A few notes on this data:
1. This is for city proper, NOT MSA/CSA/Urban Area (you can find MSA data easily online, so this was to present a different angle)
2. I considered a "large city" a city with either (a) 500,000 people in the city proper, or (b) the largest city in a MSA or CSA of 2,000,000 or more (for cases like Atlanta, and Miami).
3. This data is January 1, 2021-December 21, 2021.
4. Inflation is currently 6.8% Y-O-Y from October 2020 to October 2021, so I would consider any city that grew by <6.8% to be "good" as theoretically that city may have gotten cheaper in real terms.
Category Red
$1,000,000+
1. San Francisco: $1,478,000 +10.7%
2. San Jose: $1,303,000 +24.6%
Category Orange
$750,000-$999,999
3. Los Angeles: $950,000 +13.1%
4. San Diego: $790,000 +15.3%
5. New York: $776,000 +7.0%
6. Seattle: $765,000 +4.8%
7. Boston: $750,000 +7.1%
Category Yellow
$500,000-$749,999
8. Honolulu: $720,000 +10.8%
9. Washington: $675,000 +6.2%
10. Riverside: $580,000 +20.9%
11. Austin: $570,000 +19.5%
12. Denver: $543,000 +13.8%
13. Portland: $510,000 +7.3%
Category Green
$400,000-$499,999
14. Salt Lake City: $490,000 +23.9%
15. Miami: $460,000 +22.7%
16. Sacramento: $455,000 +12.3%
17. Mesa: $428,000 +31.5%
18. Phoenix: $418,000 +30.6%
19. Nashville: $412,000 +23.0%
20. Dallas: $400,000 +9.6%
Category Blue
$300,000-$399,999
21. Las Vegas: $390,000 +23.8%
22. Raleigh: $388,000 +21.9%
23. Atlanta: $385,000 +11.6%
24. Charlotte: $365,000 +23.7%
25. Fresno: $360,000 +20.0%
26. Tampa: $339,000 +15.1%
27. Orlando: $335,000 +19.4%
28. Fort Worth: $327,000 +24.7%
29. Minneapolis: $315,000 +6.6%
30. Chicago: $314,000 +4.7%
31. Houston: $310,000 +14.8%
32. Tucson: $308,000 +23.2%
Category Purple
$200,000-$299,999
33. Albuquerque: $295,000 +18.0%
34. Jacksonville: $285,000 +22.8%
35. San Antonio: $278,000 +17.3%
36. Philadelphia: $255,000 +6.1%
37. Kansas City: $240,000 +9.9%
38. Louisville: $240,000 +9.0%
39. Columbus: $235,000 +12.7%
40. Oklahoma City: $225,000 +4.7%
41. Indianapolis: $220,000 +18.9%
42. Pittsburgh: $220,000 +6.3%
43. Cincinnati: $216,000 +11.5%
44. El Paso: $210,000 +12.9%
45. Baltimore: $208,000 +6.7%
Category Pink
<$200,000
46. Saint Louis: $195,000 +2.6%
47. Memphis: $194,000 +21.3%
48. Milwaukee: $170,000 +10.7%
49. Cleveland: $115,000 +13.3%
50. Detroit: $85,000 +21.4%
ALPHABETIZED (for easier spotting)
- Albuquerque: $295,000 +18.0%
- Atlanta: $385,000 +11.6%
- Austin: $570,000 +19.5%
- Baltimore: $208,000 +6.7%
- Boston: $750,000 +7.1%
- Charlotte: $365,000 +23.7%
- Chicago: $314,000 +4.7%
- Cincinnati: $216,000 +11.5%
- Cleveland: $115,000 +13.3%
- Columbus: $235,000 +12.7%
- Dallas: $400,000 +9.6%
- Denver: $543,000 +13.8%
- Detroit: $85,000 +21.4%
- El Paso: $210,000 +12.9%
- Fort Worth: $327,000 +24.7%
- Fresno: $360,000 +20.0%
- Honolulu: $720,000 +10.8%
- Houston: $310,000 +14.8%
- Indianapolis: $220,000 +18.9%
- Jacksonville: $285,000 +22.8%
- Kansas City: $240,000 +9.9%
- Las Vegas: $390,000 +23.8%
- Los Angeles: $950,000 +13.1%
- Louisville: $240,000 +9.0%
- Memphis: $194,000 +21.3%
- Mesa: $428,000 +31.5%
- Milwaukee: $170,000 +10.7%
- Miami: $460,000 +22.7%
- Minneapolis: $315,000 +6.6%
- Nashville: $412,000 +23.0%
- New York: $776,000 +7.0%
- Oklahoma City: $225,000 +4.7%
- Orlando: $335,000 +19.4%
- Philadelphia: $255,000 +6.1%
- Phoenix: $418,000 +30.6%
- Pittsburgh: $220,000 +6.3%
- Portland: $510,000 +7.3%
- Raleigh: $388,000 +21.9%
- Riverside: $580,000 +20.9%
- Sacramento: $455,000 +12.3%
- Saint Louis: $195,000 +2.6%
- Salt Lake City: $490,000 +23.9%
- San Antonio: $278,000 +17.3%
- San Diego: $790,000 +15.3%
- San Francisco: $1,478,000 +10.7%
- San Jose: $1,303,000 +24.6%
- San Juan: Not Available on Redfin
- Seattle: $765,000 +4.8%
- Tampa: $339,000 +15.1%
- Tucson: $308,000 +23.2%
- Washington: $675,000 +6.2%
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