Election 2012 Housing Heat Maps: Is Your County's Housing Market Better Off Than Four Years Ago?

These heat maps are part of RealtyTrac's Exclusive Election 2012 Local Housing Market Health Check released a few days ago.

Each of the maps below displays a different metric related to housing along with information about how each county voted in the last presidential election. Different shades of red and blue represent how each county voted. To see the housing-related data for a county, simply hover over that county on the map.

Please note, not all the data is available for some counties.

Home Prices
Average home prices decreased from four years ago in 72 percent of counties analyzed in the RealtyTrac report. Learn more about the home price trends.




Unemployment Rates
Unemployment rates increased compared to four years ago in a whopping 94 percent of the 919 counties analyzed for the ReatlyTrac report. Learn more about the unemployment trends.




Foreclosure Inventory
Foreclosure inventory decreased from four years ago in 52 percent of the counties analyzed for the report, although there were some notable exceptions to that downward trend in counties in Illinois, Pennsylvania and Florida, among others. Learn more about the foreclosure inventory trends.




Foreclosure Starts
Similar to foreclosure inventory, foreclosure starts decreased compared to four years ago in the majority of counties (53 percent) analyzed in the RealtyTrac report. Learn more about the foreclosure start trends.




Share of Distressed Sales
The percentage of residential sales involving properties in some stage of foreclosure or bank-owned increased in a very narrow majority of counties analyzed for the report, 455, versus 450 counties where the distressed percentage of sales was down compared to four years ago. Learn more about distressed sale trends.



Author Bio: Rob Alley earned a bachelors degree at Virginia Tech, in Blacksburg, VA in Biology. Rob Alley consults with homeowners regarding Real Estate transactions and speciliazes in listing and selling Charlottesville Real Estate. Realtor/Owner of Virginia Real Estate Solutions at RE/MAX Assured Properties
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