When over 72,000 home listings in over 2,500 Real Estate markets within the United States are analyzed, what would you guess was the State that came out with the most expensive properties on average? Studies show from January through June of 2012 that when comparing similar properties across the Nation, Massachusetts ranked as the second most expensive. Completing the Top 10 highest priced areas for a four-bedroom, two-bathroom home were:

1 Hawaii – $742,511
2 Massachusetts – $489,063
3 California – $431,625
4 New Jersey – $421,108
5 Connecticut – $411,884
6 Colorado – $387,309
7 New York – $359,682
8 Minnesota – $357,461
9 Maryland – $354,465
10 Washington – $342,716