SmartAsset set out to find the best cities for first-time homebuyers and pulled data for every U.S. city with at least 300,000 residents. They ranked each city across seven factors, which included metrics such as the total number of mortgage lenders, value per square foot, market volatility, and loan funding rate.
The value per square foot in Pittsburgh was found to be $82.08, which was the ninth-lowest value in SmartAsset's study.