“The Gateway to the Great Smoky Mountains” Attracts Visitors & Investors By Carole VanSickle Ellis Gatlinburg, Tennessee, has always been an attractive destination. Hundreds of years before the city was settled in 1806 as the settlement White Oaks Flats, Native American tribes traversed the...
“The City Different” Continues to Stand Out from the Crowd in 2024 By Carole VanSickle Ellis In 1912, when New Mexico became the 47th state in the United States, its capital city, Santa Fe (“Holy Faith,” an abbreviation for the original name La Villa Real de la Santa Fe de San Francisco de Asís,...
The “Hostess City of the South” Continues to Heat Up in 2024 By Carole VanSickle Ellis Long before it was known for its beautiful square gardens, rich history, and the largest and fastest-growing container terminal in the United States, Savannah, Georgia, was known as the capital of the Royal...
Investors Prepare for Pivot in the “White Rose City” By Carole VanSickle Ellis York, Pennsylvania, is one of the oldest cities in the country. Also known as “The White Rose City” in a nod to the white heraldic rose of England’s House of York, the city was initially named Yorktown in 1741 for its...
“Park City” Real Estate Bucks Post-Pandemic Trends, Presents Headwinds By Carole VanSickle Ellis All around the United States, luxury real estate markets are softening, but Bridgeport, Connecticut, also known as “Park City” for its 1,300 acres of public parks, is home to one of only three luxury...
“The Capital of Silicon Valley” Still Holds Opportunities for Investors By Carole VanSickle Ellis If you live in San Jose, California, then some in the real estate space believe you might need to steel yourself for something most Californians are not very used to: falling home prices. According to...
The “Motor City” is Coming Back for More By Carole VanSickle Ellis At the end of 2023, Detroit, Michigan, was enjoying some unseasonably warm weather thanks to a “no-snow December” that posted high temperatures in the 40s and about one-tenth of an inch of snow for the Motor City (vs. “normal”...
The “Crossroads of America” Gears Up for a Busy 2024 By Carole VanSickle Ellis In January 2023, Zillow analysts released their much-anticipated “hottest housing markets” list. Not surprisingly, last year’s list was dominated by the south and southeast; only two midwestern cities even made the...
2024 Could be a Great Year for the “City of Kansas” By Carole VanSickle Ellis As early in American history as 1803, Kansas City, Missouri (KCMO), was attracting new residents thanks to its location, which was, as explorers Lewis and Clark put it, “a good place to build a fort.” Not long after this...
