The “City of Subdued Excitement” Could Turn a Corner in 2023 By Carole VanSickle Ellis Although Washington state remains the third-most expensive state in the country in which to buy a home, many analysts believe prices in the Bellingham, Washington, area might ease in 2023. Bellingham, known to locals as the restrained “City of Subdued Excitement,” has been anything but subdued when it comes to home values in recent years.
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The Palmetto State’s “Emerald City” is Still a Prime Location for Investors By Carole VanSickle Ellis The Greenville, South Carolina, real estate market has normalized, and that means the Palmetto State’s “Emerald City” is looking more alluring than ever in 2023. Ranked fifth on Realtor.com’s “Top 10 Real Estate Markets to Watch in 2023 and Into the Future,” Greenville boasts a combination of “better housing affordability, greater numbers of renters
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Changing Trends Bring Opportunities in the New Year By Carole VanSickle Ellis As the end of 2007 drew to a close, the state of the housing market was not confusing; it was just bleak. 10 million mortgage borrowers were set to lose their homes. New-home sales volumes had fallen by more than 26% (a record), and the median price of a home had fallen by 10%. The housing market was
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“Tennessee’s Top Spot” Could Beat the Heat in 2023 By Carole VanSickle Ellis Clarksville, Tennessee, might have been a “hidden gem” in the early 2020s, but now Tennessee’s self-proclaimed “Top Spot” market is making headlines both for meteoric appreciation and the potential for local home values to plummet by as much as 20% in 2023 according to a recent study released by Fortune magazine. Interestingly, many local real estate professionals
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The “Junction City” Market Leads the Way as the Market Shifts By Carole VanSickle Ellis Ogden, Utah, boasts a “wild” city motto: Still Untamed. That motto, adopted in 2016, refers to the area’s unconventional roots. As Roger Brooks, whose company rebranded Ogden six years ago, explained to a bemused audience at the time, “While we replaced bootlegging, prostitution, and gambling with skiing, kayaking, and mountain biking, Ogden’s soul will always
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This Hotbed of Growth Needs Real Estate Solutions By Carole VanSickle Ellis In June of this year, Gainesville, Florida’s home prices were on their way up, much as they have been for the last decade. However, this past June’s median sale price of $365,000 was a far cry from a decade earlier when median homes sales were less than one-third of today’s price tag. Alachua County, which contains the majority
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