Where are the best places to be a real estate agent in 2019?

WalletHub analyzed 170 US cities to determine best housing market health

Where are the best places to be a real estate agent in 2019?

An analysis of 170 US cities has determined Seattle to be the best place to be a real estate agent in 2019.

The city takes top ranking based on 19 key indicators of a healthy housing market including sales per agent to annual median wage for real-estate agents to housing-market health index.

The WalletHub study ranks Salem, Oregon in second place with the rest of the top 5 in California: San Francisco third; Oakland, fourth and San Jose fifth.

Best Places to Be a Real-Estate Agent

1

Seattle, WA

 

11

Santa Rosa, CA

2

Salem, OR

 

12

Vancouver, WA

3

San Francisco, CA

 

13

Fargo, ND

4

Oakland, CA

 

14

Sioux Falls, SD

5

San Jose, CA

 

15

Tempe, AZ

6

Denver, CO

 

16

Gilbert, AZ

7

Fremont, CA

 

17

Portland, OR

8

Boston, MA

 

18

Irvine, CA

9

Washington, DC

 

19

Tacoma, WA

10

Phoenix, AZ

 

20

Mesa, AZ

Best vs. Worst

  • Modesto, California, has the most homes sold in the past year per real-estate agent, 106.48, which is 14.7 times more than in Houston, the city with the fewest at 7.25.
  • San Francisco has the highest median house price, $927,400, which is 21.7 times higher than in Detroit, the city with the lowest at $42,800.
  • New York has the highest annual median wage for real-estate agents, $79,810, which is 2.8 times higher than in Fort Smith, Arkansas, the city with the lowest at $28,130.
  • Oakland, California, listings have the fewest days on the market, 41, which is 3.9 times fewer than listings in New York, the city with
    the most at 160.
  • Memphis, Tennessee, has the highest share of home flips, 12.76 percent, which is 9.5 times higher than in Albuquerque, New Mexico, the city with the lowest at 1.35 percent.