Plano Texas is ranked as the healthiest housing market in the U.S., while Newark, New Jersey is ranked as the east healthiest housing market In order to find the big cities* with the healthiest housing markets in the country, Smartasset considered the following four factors: stability, affordability, fluidity, and risk of loss. They measured stability with two equally weighted indicators: the number of years people remain in their homes and the percentage of homeowners with negative equity .
