Kelsey Ramírez | HousingWire
Summer is in full swing, and while some are imagining more time on the beach, others just want to get away from the heat.
A new report from ATTOM Data Solutions shows the best cities to do just that. A new report looks at the most popular vacation cities, those where at least one in every 12 buyers in looking for a second home, to find the best place to buy a summer home.
The study considers the best combinations of good air quality, comfortable summertime temperatures, low crime and appreciating home values but with still-reasonably priced homes. ATTOM ranked a total of 100 U.S. cities.
Of those cities, five saw median home prices above half a million dollars:
(Source: ATTOM Data Solutions)
The top 10 summer vacation home bargain markets were located in four states: Tennessee, North Carolina, Florida and Maryland, and all have median home values below $275,000.