Erie Real Estate Market Tops Pennsylvania Cities in New 2024 Rankings According to Wall Street Journal – Erie News Now [Video]

Ready to buy or sell a home in Erie?  According to new Wall Street Journal/Realtor.com rankings, you’re in the 28th best place in the nation to do so.

In the rankings of 200 metro markets across the U.S. released by the Wall Street Journal last week, Erie landed higher than 7 other Pennsylvania real estate markets across the state.

That’s not surprising to Mary Smrekar, longtime broker and real estate agent with Coldwell Banker Select in Erie.  “It’s no surprise, Erie’s a wonderful place to live, to raise a family, to work, there’s an ease of living here,” Smrekar said.  “There’s affordability in the housing market, and in grocery shopping…we have natural resources, parks, the peninsula lots of wonderful things,” she added.

First time home buyer Margo Dowd and her husband have an appreciation for those wonderful things. After renting in the area for about 6 years, they just moved …