Investors, Homeowners Continue to Bank on The Valley of the Sun By Carole VanSickle Ellis Imagine describing the boundaries of your hometown city in this way: “The area is bounded by the shores of Lake Pleasant and the Superstition Mountains.” It sounds like a fairy tale, but the truth is that...
California’s Capital City Remains an Anomaly…In a Good Way By Carole VanSickle Ellis Just before the start of the 20th century, the residents of Sacramento decided to enact a sea change in the local geography. Believing the “City of Plains,” as the area was called in 1855, to be too flat and...
The City of Brotherly Love Faces an “Uncomfortable” 2023 Market By Carole VanSickle Ellis When a national expert like Moody’s Analytics chief economist Mark Zandi starts your market’s year off with the observation, “We’re in the bad times,” a lot of local homebuyers get chills — and not in a good...
“The District” Could Face Atypical Headwinds in the Coming Months By Carole VanSickle Ellis In 1783, a mutiny of Continental Army soldiers in the new United States’ then-capital city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, demonstrated to the Founding Fathers that their future nation’s capital city must...
The Queen City Remains One of the Fastest-Selling Markets in the Country By Carole VanSickle Ellis When a multitude of large, urban markets began cooling off with the advent of 2023, Cincinnati, Ohio, just kept getting hotter. The midwestern city, also often referred to as “The Queen City” thanks...
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...
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...
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...
“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...
