“Famously Hot” for Decades, City Remains a “Southern Hot Spot” By Carole Vansickle Ellis Columbia, South Carolina, has considered itself “Famously Hot” since 2008, when the state capital officially swapped its former slogan, “Where Friendliness Flows,” for the simpler description referencing,...
“Space City” Real Estate Still Reaching for the Stars By Carole VanSickle Ellis After setting record after record for home sales volumes and prices in 2021, the Houston, Texas, housing market barreled into 2022 at top speed. While home prices in many of the country’s hottest markets “fell” to...
Looking for Stabilization, Growth in 2021 and Forward by Carole VanSickle Ellis Like most of the country right now, the Springfield, Massachusetts, housing market is hot. Median sales prices rose more than 17% in the Springfield area between January 2020 and January 2021, and Realtor.com...
“New England’s Rising Star” City Could See Falling Home Prices Before 2022 by Carole VanSickle Ellis Hartford, Connecticut, is home to a lot of long-established locations, including the country’s oldest public art museum, the oldest publicly funded park, and the oldest continuously published...
“Neptune City” is Ahead of the Curve, and That Could be Good News for Investors by Carole VanSickle Ellis In Virginia Beach, Virginia, a lot of real estate metrics are heading down – but it is not the bad news you might think. In fact, Virginia Beach, also known by the nicknames “Neptune...
The “Hostess City” is Primed for Growth, Perfect for Investors by Carole VanSickle Ellis In March 2020, the outlook seemed uncertain for the Savannah, Georgia, economy. Analysts looked at the city that is host to the largest and fastest-growing container terminal in America, the Port of Savannah,...
“Iowa’s Front Porch” Leaves the Light on for Investors by Carole VanSickle Ellis Davenport, Iowa, also affectionately dubbed “Iowa’s Front Porch,” was on the rise in 2010. It was Iowa’s third-largest city (or maybe bigger, since the municipal government later appealed the U.S. Census count...
The City “Where Florida Begins” Remains a Bright Spot in 2021 by Carole VanSickle Ellis In 1901, Jacksonville, Florida, earned the dubious title of “home to the third-largest urban fire in the United States” when The Great Fire of 1901 sparked from a kitchen chimney, ignited a fiber factory, and...
Queen City Real Estate Ramps Up in 2021 by Carole VanSickle Ellis Charlotte, North Carolina, is probably best known for banking. Despite trailing 21 other U.S. cities in size and falling firmly into the “second-tier” or 18-hour city categories in economic parlance, the Queen City is the...
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