2005 Crime Data Now Available for Top Retirement Cities

RetireHomeSmart.com is the first site of its kind to adopt the recently released F.B.I. 2005 crime data. Our database of 60 top retirement cities now contains five years of crime data (2001-2005).

Our competitors are either late in incorporating new data when released by the F.B.I. or attempt to create an index or rating that conceals the impact of the raw numbers.

At RetireHomeSmart.com, crime data is reported as soon as possible after the data is released by the F.B.I. (2005 data was released September 2006). And data is reported as the F.B.I. reports it, by violent crime and property crime incident. We normalize the data by reporting crimes per 10,000 in city population.

Pinehurst North Carolina has Lowest Crime

Crime data is tracked for 5 years and bar-charted so you can see long-term trends. Of the 60 top retirement cities surveyed by RetireHomeSmart.com, Pinehurst, North Carolina reports the lowest crime. Naperville, Illinois and Yarmouth, Massachusetts are not far behind.

To view home sales prices, crime data and other important facts about the top retirement cities in the country, go to RetireHomeSmart.com today.

Paradise Valley Continues to Lead the Pack

Average home sales prices for July and August are now available. 50 out of the 60 cities tracked by RetireHomeSmart.com show a gain over the average home sales price for 2005. 23 cities now show double digit growth from last year.

With eight months of home prices in for 2006, Paradise Valley, Arizona continues as the leader with a sizzling 90% gain since 2005. St George, Utah and Southampton, New York follow with 40% and 32% gains. Home prices in Kailua, Hawaii are down 17% and Portland, Maine 7% to lead the laggards. Ten of our top retirement cities are showing flat or negative growth in average home sales prices year-to-date.

Average home sales prices are updated monthly and you can check sales prices for all 60 of our top cities at RetireHomeSmart.com.