Rankings

Oklahoma Listed Among the Best States for Retirement in 2011

October 25, 2011

Oklahoma was recently ranked third for “Best States for Retirement in 2011″ by MoneyRates.com. Criteria for the ranking included economy, climate, life expectancy, and crime. Oklahoma ranked right at the top for economic factors which overcame its’ lower ranking factors of life expectancy and crime. Oklahoma got the best overall score for economics, because its [...]

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Oklahoma City, a Tale of Two Cities

August 4, 2011

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it [...]

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Oklahoma City Among the Top Mobile-Friendly Cities

June 9, 2011

photo © 2010 Yutaka Tsutano | more info (via: Wylio) As a Realtor©, I am a small business. Today, 96% of small business are relying on wireless, mobile technology. Now, Intuit has released an infographic showing just how businesses are coming to rely on this technology. Somewhat surprisingly, Oklahoma City arrives at number 6 on [...]

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Oklahoma City Tops List of Most Affordable

November 2, 2010

Forbes has just released its’ list of the most affordable cities in the US and Oklahoma City tops it! Forbes searched for cities with a balance of cheap living and economic prosperity.Thanks to good jobs and low cost of living, the Oklahoma City metro area ranks as America’s most affordable. Forbes looked at cities with [...]

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Stressed? Not In Oklahoma City!

September 9, 2010

Portfolio.com recently released their report on the stress levels to the 50 top metropolitan cities. Oklahoma City came in at #6 on the least stressful list! Factors considered included unemployment, personal finances, traffic, crime and pollution. They even analyzed deaths resulting from  circulatory system diseases. Heading the list as most stressful was Detroit, and the [...]

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Oklahoma City #8 For Real Estate Investments

September 7, 2010

Oklahoma City Metro ranks #8 among 315 US Markets for making single-family real estate investments, according to a recent survey by Local Market Monitor Inc and reported in the Wall Street Journal. Local Market Monitor compiled its’ first Investor Suitability report using market data through July 31 for 315 US markets. It ranks communities by [...]

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Oklahoma City #14 On Best Cities For College Grads List

July 29, 2010

BusinessWeek recently announced the 2010 “Top Cities for College Grads” list. Not surprising to me, a number of the 30 cities are in the south. BusinessWeek’s Methodology: “Starting with the cities with the largest numbers of employers posting entry-level positions on the After College site, Bloomberg BusinessWeek compiled the most recent data from the U.S. [...]

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