The “Screw Capital of the World” Boasts a Red-Hot Market Rife with Opportunity by Carole VanSickle Ellis In 2013, Rockford, Illinois, also known as “The Screw Capital of the World,” placed third on the Forbes list of “America’s Most Miserable Cities.” At that time, the publication blamed “a...
Big Easy Real Estate is “Shaped Differently” than Other U.S. Markets by Carole VanSickle Ellis In September 2025, home values in New Orleans, Louisiana, also often called “The Big Easy,” dipped by about 1.1% while prices in other similarly sized metro areas rose around the country. Nationally,...
Holding for Now, but “The Crossroads of the West” Could be Heading For Trouble by Carole VanSickle Ellis At the beginning of this year, Zillow analysts predicted that Salt Lake City, Utah, would be one of the “hottest markets of 2025,” boosting the city nicknamed “The Crossroads of the West” eight...
The Magic City is Having “a Moment” in 2025 by Carole VanSickle Ellis In Birmingham, Alabama, homebuyers are accepting the reality of higher interest rates and are making the best of it, thus shoring up the nicknamed “Magic City” housing market for summer and likely for the remainder of 2025. The...
“Rain City” Posts Rising Property Values, Listing Volumes Midway Through 2025 by Carole VanSickle Ellis Seattle, Washington, home values are still heading upward despite rising listing volumes as the market enters the busy summer months. In King County, the median single-family home price hit...
A Market with Lots of Potential, but Still Some Risk by Carole VanSickle Ellis Memphis, Tennessee, started 2025 out with a bang. According to the Memphis Chamber of Commerce, the city headed into 2025 with an outstanding economic record:...
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...
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...
“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...
