Baltimore tops January 2012 list for most competitive real estate market.

Baltimore, Maryland, tops the January 2012 list for the most competitive real estate market according to BuyersUSA Relocation. The top 20 competitive markets are:

Baltimore, MD
Glendale, AZ
San Antonio, TX
Cary, NC
Alexandria, VA
Orlando, VA
Charlotte, NC
Jacksonville, FL
Salt Lake City, UT
Roseville, CA
Las Vegas, NV
Atlanta, GA
Phoenix, AZ
Houston, TX
Raleigh, NC
Round Rock, TX
Oakland, CA
San Jose, CA
Irvine, CA
Seattle, WA

BuyersUSA Relocation tracks 222 major US cities as to advertising activity regarding real estate and home buyer relocation. Advertising activity by local real estate agencies is the key component of our competition report. High competition normally means that a large number of real estate agencies and individual agents are competing for the available potential customers. Normally, high competition equates to higher than average interest in real estate in that city. However, occasionally we find cities – such as New York City – that have extremely high competition among the local real estate agencies and very low interest.