America's Top 10 Cities with Ugly Homes Texas cities top list with the most homes in need of repair 12/13/2007 By Don Sniegowski / Blue MauMau DALLAS (Blue MauMau) - Houston has taken the top honor of having the most ugly homes to invest in, according to HomeVestors. The chain of real estate franchises, famous for its "We Buy Ugly Houses" billboards, has named the top 10 markets that turned ugly real estate into more saleable assets in 2007. Houston, Texas Atlanta, Georgia Dallas, Texas St. Louis, Missouri Phoenix, Arizona Fort Worth, Texas San Antonio, Texas Minneapolis, Minnesota Chicago, Illinois Milwaukee, Wisconsin HomeVestors, specializing in buying, rehabbing and selling single-family homes, based the findings on the number of houses bought in each market in 2007 by their 260 franchises in 35 states. With 504 homes sold or rented in 2007, Houston had the most homely homes. The Texas metropolis was way ahead of second-place Atlanta with only 445 homely homes. But Texas took four of the top 10 cities on the list. John Hayes, president and CEO of HomeVestors, says, "Like the saying goes, 'Everything's bigger in Texas.' And that's why the state dominates the ugly home market nationally. Texans are not conventional, we tend to live on the edge, and sometimes over the edge, more often than folks in other states. That results in ugly situations which create opportunities to buy houses. Fortunately, Texas has also maintained stability in a declining real estate market. It's a great place for buying rental properties!" <back