Top U.S. High Schools Property Investment Guide eBook
Education drives home prices. This guide from the America Mortgages research team ranks the top public and private high schools in California, New York, Texas and Florida — the four most popular states for foreign-national real estate investors — three ways: highest SAT scores, highest rental yield, and lowest home-price-to-income ratio. It closes with the team’s top three cities to own an investment property in, from San Diego to Coral Gables to the Bronx. Read it in full below or download the PDF.
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Schools, yields and value — state by state
Research for u.s. expats & foreign nationals choosing where to buy. Sources include Niche, City-Data, US News, OECD data, the U.S. Census Bureau and school websites; figures reflect the data available when the report was written.
- Why education drives home prices — and the popular “buy ahead of college” strategy overseas families use to earn rental income before (and after) their child enrols
- Top 5 SAT scores — the leading public and private high schools in California, New York, Texas and Florida
- Top 5 highest rental yield — the school cities where average yearly rent is highest relative to home price (Houston 7.8% and Dallas 9.5% stand out in Texas)
- Top 5 lowest home-price-to-income ratio — the value-for-money districts, benchmarked against the 4.7 national average
- The team’s top picks: Canyon Crest Academy (San Diego, CA), School for Advanced Studies (Coral Gables, Miami, FL) and Bronx High School of Science (New York, NY)
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