As Midwest heats up, those ‘move-here’ incentives look sweeter than ever

For decades, everyone — housing economists, advocates, employers — has fretted about the lack of affordability in hot housing markets. And for decades, homebuyers have resolutely avoided moving to such places as the Rust Belt, the Midwest and the former Cotton Belt states — even when homes were available at a fraction of the price of coastal markets.

Now, though, that seems to be changing. The fastest home-price appreciation is coming in big metro areas like Detroit and Cleveland and in such smaller cities as Peoria, Illinois and Syracuse, New York.

With home prices finally climbing in flyover country, relocation incentives might make sense for some home shoppers. MakeMyMove, a site that compiles housing incentives, offers up these as places to consider:

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