EMERYVILLE, Calif.,
Sept. 17, 2013 /PRNewswire/
-- ZipRealty, Inc. (http://www.ziprealty.com) (NASDAQ:
ZIPR), the nation's most prominent online technology-powered
real estate brokerage firm and real estate marketing solutions
provider, has released a list of the top 10 "booming" real estate
markets with the best public schools. These metro areas are leaders
in median home price growth as of mid-August
2013. The public schools were selected because of their high
School Score − a proprietary measure of the performance of each
school district on a scale of 1 to 10, with 10 being the highest –
found exclusively on ZipRealty.com.
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Home buyers who are focused on moving to a specific school
district can begin their search for a home on ZipRealty.com simply
by entering that school district's name in the search bar.
Additionally, users will find a School Score on every listing on
ZipRealty.com. "Home values and school scores are always going to
be linked," says ZipRealty President and CEO Lanny Baker. "In order to give our users the
most complete picture of a home's value, we provide a School Score
− which is calculated based on test-score data as well as
student/teacher ratios − for every home listing on
ZipRealty.com."
1. Sacramento home
prices increased 40% year-over-year to $245,000.
Highest-Rated Public School
1) Rocklin Unified School
District/School Score 8.5
2. San Francisco Bay
Area home prices increased 36% year-over-year to
$585,000.
Highest-Rated Public School
1) Piedmont Unified School
District/School Score 9.5
3. Las Vegas home prices
increased 36% year-over-year to $165,000.
Highest-Rated Public School
1) Clark County School District/School Score
5.5
4. Los Angeles home
prices increased 31% year-over-year to $350,000.
Highest-Rated Public Schools
1) Manhattan Beach Unified
School District/School Score 9.6
2) San Marino Unified School District/School Score 9.6
5. Orlando home prices
increased 26% year-over-year to $144,900.
Highest-Rated Public School
1) Seminole County Public
School District/School Score 7.8
6. Phoenix home prices
increased 25% year-over-year to $188,000.
Highest-Rated Public School
1) Cave Creek Unified School
District 93/School Score 8.0
7. San Diego home prices
increased 25% year-over-year to $429,000.
Highest-Rated Public School
1) Coronado Unified School
District/School Score 8.6
8. Orange County home
prices increased 22% year-over-year to $531,500.
Highest-Rated Public School
1) Irvine Unified School
District/School Score 9.2
9. Chicago home prices
increased 19%year-over-year to $202,000.
Highest-Rated Public School
1) Geneva Community Unit
School District 304/School Score 9.4
10. Portland home prices increased 14% year-over-year to
$270,000.
Highest-Rated Public School
1) Lake Oswego School
District 7J/School Score 9.6
For a full copy of the report, including specific metro-level
housing metrics, contact Stacey
Corso at scorso@ziprealty.com.
www.ziprealty.com
About ZipRealty, Inc.
ZipRealty is a leading national
real estate brokerage and provider of proprietary technology and
comprehensive online marketing tools for the residential real
estate brokerage industry. For home buyers and sellers who
increasingly want control, choice and a seamless, customized
service, ZipRealty offers Internet-enabled, state-of-the-art
technology and complete access to accurate, timely information via
their website and mobile applications, which real estate
professionals can combine with their own local knowledge and
personal expertise to offer an exceptional start-to-finish client
experience. For real estate professionals who seek more productive
ways to conduct business, ZipRealty provides technology and online
marketing tools to enhance their online sales channel, including
lead generation, conversion and service of their clients.
ZipRealty's technology and online marketing products serve its
full-service, owned-and-operated residential real estate brokerage
business in 19 markets nationwide, as well as its Powered by Zip
network of leading third-party local brokerages in 17 markets.
Media Contact: Stacey
Corso
510.735.2667
scorso@ziprealty.com
SOURCE ZipRealty, Inc.