California Markets Among the Most Expensive in US

California is home to some of the most expensive markets in the US. According to a recent survey from Finder.com that analyzed the cities with the highest cost of living in the nation, California was home to four of the top five cities on the list, San Francisco, San Jose, Los Angeles and San Diego. Was the only city in the top five that was not in California. It ranked third on the list.

“There are a lot of factors that go into determining how expensive it is to live in a certain area. Cities in California might be showing up on our list more often for a few reasons, including supply and demand of homes, expensive home values, and high costs for other non-housing expenditures, like car insurance,” Britny Lawhorn, assistant publisher of mortgages at Finder.com, tells GlobeSt.com.