Here are the nation’s healthiest – and unhealthiest – housing markets

Source: CNBC

Housing remains in high demand in most of the nation, but the housing recovery looks increasingly uneven, depending on location. Whether buyers are shopping for their own homes or for investment properties that will throw off some cash, certain markets are becoming far more lucrative than anyone might have expected just a few years ago. Still, some of the hottest markets are falling from grace. A few of the recession's hardest-hit housing markets have suddenly some of the healthiest. Tampa, Fla., which lost thousands of homes to foreclosure in the past decade, now takes the title of the nation's healthiest housing market, at least according to TenX. It rated locations based on a number of key factors, including population and job growth, unemployment rate and wage growth, as well as industry-specific indicators like inventory and construction. Other healthiest housing markets include Dallas, Tex.; Columbus, Ohio; Las Vegas, and Jacksonville, Fla