The North Port-Sarasota-Bradenton region was recently ranked as the No. 10 "hottest" real estate market of 2017 by the real estate research website Trulia. The site compiled the list by examining "five key metrics including high affordability, strong job growth, low vacancy rates, home searches on Trulia, and, because of the 2016 election’s outcome, a big population of Republicans," according to the site. Five of the top 10 markets are located in Florida.