Austin Tops List of Best US Housing Markets for Growth and Value Increase.

According to a study by SmartAsset, 12 of the top 20 US cities with the best housing markets for growth and stability are in Texas, with six Texas cities making the top 10. The Austin-Round Rock-Georgetown metro area ranked first overall, with home prices increasing by 353.92% between 1998 and 2022, the most cumulative growth in the study. The study also found that the population in the area has nearly doubled in the last 20 years, partly due to the presence of large tech companies. Other Texas metro areas in the top 20 included Midland, Odessa, Dallas-Plano-Irving, San Antonio-New Braunfels, Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, Waco, Fort Worth-Arlington-Grapevine, San Angelo, College Station-Bryan, Sherman-Denison, and Abilene.