20 best metros for homeownership

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The top five metropolitan areas in the ranking have an average five-year median home value appreciation of 48.49%. The average homeownership rate in these metros is 67.89%. 

Scroll through to see which metros are in the top 20 and how they fared.

Source: LendingTree

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