Summary
In a previous post I shared with you where the home improvement market was forecast to go in 2013 and beyond. In this post let's consider what the actual size of the home improvement market is in your city today by considering what it was last year. Find out the market potential for your home improvement franchise in your city by reviewing remodeling magazine's 2012 residential remodeling index.
Residential Remodeling Index: Top 20 Performance Markets 2012
Top performers
Top performing cities are characterized by steady housing prices and building permits. According to remodeling magazine remodelors in these cities enjoyed the most consistent workloads and backlogs in 2012.
If your city is not listed in the top 20 list below please visit http://www.remodeling.hw.net/remodeling-market-data/city-watch.aspx
for the full Top 100 list for 2012.
2012 Rank
|
Market
|
Index
|
2011 Rank
|
Change
|
|
.
|
1
|
Houston
|
97.6
|
2
|
+
|
.
|
2
|
Minneapolis
|
95.4
|
3
|
+
|
.
|
3
|
Dallas
|
95.2
|
4
|
+
|
.
|
4
|
Austin, Texas
|
93.4
|
5
|
+
|
.
|
5
|
Cleveland
|
92.7
|
74
|
+
|
.
|
6
|
Denver
|
92.3
|
13
|
+
|
.
|
7
|
Columbus, Ohio
|
92.2
|
10
|
+
|
.
|
8
|
Seattle
|
92.1
|
13
|
+
|
.
|
9
|
Kansas City, Mo.
|
91.5
|
7
|
–
|
.
|
10
|
Portland, Ore.
|
91.5
|
17
|
+
|
.
|
11
|
Milwaukee
|
91.4
|
18
|
+
|
.
|
12
|
Charlotte, N.C.
|
91
|
8
|
–
|
.
|
13
|
Boston
|
90.9
|
13
|
–
|
.
|
13
|
Oklahoma City
|
90.9
|
9
|
–
|
.
|
15
|
Philadelphia
|
90.7
|
10
|
–
|
.
|
16
|
St. Louis
|
90.2
|
20
|
+
|
.
|
17
|
Detroit
|
89.8
|
20
|
+
|
.
|
18
|
Atlanta
|
89.7
|
40
|
+
|
.
|
19
|
Tulsa, Okla.
|
89.6
|
29
|
+
|
.
|
20
|
Chicago
|
89.4
|
22
|
+
|
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