STUDENT DEBT: With the average student loan debt reaching $37,000 per borrower, the personal-finance website WalletHub released a report on 2021’s States with the Most and Least Student Debt, as well as accompanying videos and expert commentary.
To determine the states that are friendliest toward student-loan debtors, WalletHub compared the 50 states and the District of Columbia across 11 key metrics.
According to the results, Pennsylvania is second in average student debt, sixth in proportion of students with debt, seventh in terms of student debt as percentage of income, 11th when it comes to the unemployment rate for workers age 25 to 34 and ninth in availability of paid internship. On a positive note, the state is 12th in grant growth.
For the full report, visit:
https://wallethub.com/edu/best-and-worst-states-for-student-debt/7520
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BEST REAL ESTATE MARKETS: WalletHub also compared 300 cities across 18 key metrics to determine the most attractive real-estate markets in the US.
With the median existing-home price up a record 23.6% compared to last year, the personal-finance website WalletHub released a report on 2021’s Best Real-Estate Markets. According to the report, four of the top 5 places to buy a home are in Texas: Frisco, Texas is the top market, followed by Austin, Texas; Gilbert, Ariz.; McKinney, Texas and Denton, Texas. Rounding out the top 10 are one more Texas city and locations in NC, Nevada, California and Tennessee.
The sixth best place to buy a home currently is Allen, Texas; followed by Durham, NC.; Reno, Nev.; Roseville, Calif. And Nashville, Tenn.
Centennial, Colorado, has the lowest vacancy rate at 2.10 percent, which is 17.6 times lower than in Miami Beach, Florida, which is the city with the highest at 37.00 percent.
