“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 single-digit appreciation in early 2022, Space City real estate kicked off the New Year with 19.1% year-over-year gains in value. While
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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 reported in May that homes were selling, on average, for 2.63%above listing price. However, there are some signs that the Springfield market could “stabilize”as early
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“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 newspaper. The city has also served as home to many historic figures, including Mark Twain, John M. Browning (inventor of the automatic pistol), and Alice Young, the
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“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 City” and “The Resort City,” could represent an exciting new market for real estate investors looking for
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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, the birthplace of Juliette Gordon Low, the founder of the Girl Scouts USA, and home to the famous Savannah Victorian Historic District and
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“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 saying the bureau had missed a large section of residents), had dramatically upped its fiscal budget by $35 million thanks to rising property values and
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