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Top 10 Cities With Ties
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Top 10 Cities With Ties

MediumSQL · PostgreSQL

Problem

Write a SQL query to find the top 10 cities based on average home price, including ties and ordering by city name as a tiebreaker.

Use the provided city and home listing data. Exclude cities without a non-null home price.

Output

  1. One row per qualifying city with city_name and average_home_price.
  2. Include every city tied at the 10th position.
  3. Order by average_home_price descending, then city_name ascending.

Schema

cities
ColumnTypeDescription
city_idPKINTUnique city identifier
city_nameVARCHAR(100)City name
homes
ColumnTypeDescription
home_idPKINTUnique home listing identifier
city_idINTReferences the city containing the home
home_priceDECIMAL(12,2)Listing price of the home
Tablescitieshomes
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