Regional Spotlight – REI INK
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Regional Spotlight

Cleveland, Ohio

A Contradictory Market with Plenty of Potential by Carole VanSickle Ellis Although nationwide investor interest in single-family home purchases is declining, the Cleveland, Ohio, market is still heating up. According to Realtor.com, Cleveland rents are startlingly affordable relative to other similarly sized metro areas, and that means increased interest from investors and would-be tenants as national costs of living continue to rise. In December 2024, Cleveland posted the lowest average

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Beaver County, Pennsylvania

Troubling Trends are Emerging, but the Pennsylvania Region Isn’t Giving Up by Carole VanSickle Ellis Beaver County, Pennsylvania, is considered part of the Greater Pittsburgh region of the state, and, like the Steel City itself, Beaver County is currently enduring some economic tightening not reflected to the same degree elsewhere in the country. In early 2024, the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland released a report ranking the Pittsburgh region next

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Mecklenburg County, NC

“Meck County” is Poised for More Growth… for Those Who Can Afford It by Carole VanSickle Ellis In September 2024, Hurricane Helene, the deadliest Atlantic hurricane since 2017’s Maria, made landfall in the Big Bend region of Florida, moved inland, and stalled over Tennessee and western North Carolina, dumping record-breaking amounts of rainfall into the entire region. Despite the massive damages sustained throughout western North Carolina and in Charlotte and

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Fulton County, Georgia

Georgia’s Most Populous County Offers Vast Opportunities by Carole VanSickle Ellis The state of Georgia boasts more counties than every other state in the United States except for Texas, and of all Georgia’s 159 counties, none are more populous than Fulton County. Containing roughly 90% of the state capital, Atlanta, and housing roughly one in every 10 Georgians in the state, Fulton County has long been an area of prime

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Niche Markets

3 Specialized Markets & Sectors to Watch in 2025 by Carole VanSickle Ellis In late 2024, the National Association of Realtors (NAR) released its annual forecast for “The Top 10 Housing Hot Spots” for 2025. Not surprisingly, most of these markets were located in relatively affordable areas of the country, had posted job growth in 2024 appearing likely to continue into 2025, and showed positive net migration into the area.

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Wichita, Kansas

A Window of Opportunity Could be Closing in the “Air Capital of the World” by Carole VanSickle Ellis Wichita, Kansas, has been a destination from its inception. Located near the confluence of the Arkansas and Little Arkansas Rivers, Wichita is named for the Native American tribe that inhabited the area before Spanish explorer Francisco Vasquez de Coronado explored the area in the mid-1550s. Ultimately, the region was acquired by the

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