Posted on 04/27/2021 1:32:21 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
Previously overlooked real-estate markets brace for the ‘New American Consumer’
Home prices are rising across the country as Americans rush to purchase houses, driven in part by a newfound ability to work remotely as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. But where are they set to rise the most? Not in the Sun Belt, by and large, according to a new index.
The Emerging Housing Markets Index from the Wall Street Journal and Realtor.com analyzed the 300 largest metropolitan areas across the country. Each housing market was evaluated based on a range of factors related to real estate, economic vitality and quality of life. Top of the list was Coeur d’Alene, a city of some 44,000 people located amid the mountains of northwestern Idaho just over the border from Spokane, Wash.
The top growing markets, therefore, were the places that are expected to see the greatest home-price growth in addition to other attractive amenities.
After Coeur d’Alene, at No. 2: Austin, Texas. Austin was not the only Sun Belt city on the list — Reno, Nev. (No. 7), and Santa Cruz, Calif. (No. 10), also featured.
But the rest of the top 10 from the Emerging Housing Markets Index were sprinkled across all parts of the country.
The list includes cities in New Hampshire, Ohio and Montana. Looking to the top 50 cities in the index, fewer than half were located in the Sun Belt.
(Excerpt) Read more at marketwatch.com ...
Mrs. POF and I saw this trend emerging the past decade and saw it really accelerate about five years ago. Partly as a result of the political BS in the west coast states, we bought in the Coeur d'Alene, ID area (the "Inland Northwest"). Other reasons are the natural beauty, plenty of lakes, affordability, proximity to many ski resorts, 100-year family history in the area, friendly people and, in "The Redoubt," very conservative pro-freedom people. Unfortunately, people are flooding into our paradise.
| Ranking | Market |
| 1 | Coeur d’Alene, Idaho |
| 2 | Austin-Round Rock, Texas |
| 3 | Springfield, Ohio |
| 4 | Billings, Mt. |
| 5 | Spokane, Wa. |
| 6 | Lafayette-West Lafayette, Ind. |
| 7 | Reno, Nev. |
| 8 | Concord, N.H. |
| 9 | Manchester-Nashua, N.H. |
| 10 | Santa Cruz-Watsonville, Calif. |
Springfield, Ohio is #3? Wow.
They say no place in FL is in the top ten .... maybe people aren’t coming to FL anymore ... /s
Friend of mine lives in Spokane; of course the conservative side of WA state is overshadowed by Seattle so still stuck with the liberal state government. I would choose Coeur d’Alene over Spokane (and I’ve visited both towns).
Still haven’t figured out the Springfield, Ohio and Lafayette-West Lafayette, Ind., unless it’s people leaving the big cities in Ohio and Indiana.
Rest assured that Mr. Rollee and I have no screwed up liberal thinking to bring anywhere. We live in the People’s Republic of Illinois and cannot wait to leave. We are tired of being condemned for our love of America and belief that the Constitution is a sacred document. Coeur d’Alene sounds like paradise.
There are quite a few shockers in the top 10:
Springfield, OH.
Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN (Butt boy left a big hole there)
Concord and Manchester-Nashua, NH
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA (people are fleeing CA and the prices in Santa Cruze are stratospheric with LOTS of run-down, dilapidated houses).
Our daughter lives in Spokane Valley east of Spokane. She really likes the higher wages in Washington compared to Idaho AND the zero income tax. We’d like her to move to Idaho, but money talks. At least she’s only 20 minutes from us.
I live inside the beltway of washington dc. I’m moving tomorrow to leesburg VA.—about 40 miles away.
That will be a nice change. How long were you inside the Beltway?
I visited my sister in Maryland a year ago (pre-COVID) and the growth in Beltway traffic astonished me. It’s been bad for a long time, but I hadn’t been back in a decade. Even on SUNDAY it was horrible.
Enjoy your new digs. It should be a lot more peaceful.
Congratulations. Will they be changing the name to Floydsburg?
Austin was/is already infected with near-terminal afflictions prior to this wave of the invasion. At least they’re a few hundred miles away and traffic(horrible forever) costs them a lot of time escaping that city.
Family resettled there in 2001. We spent every summer there with our family, it is very discouraging to see our beloved paradise has been discovered.
Some nice parts of the country that will turn more blue thanks to the virus spreading from the shitholes.
With a crime rate of 38 per one thousand residents, Lafayette has one of the highest crime rates in America compared to all communities of all sizes - from the smallest towns to the very largest cities. One’s chance of becoming a victim of either violent or property crime here is one in 26.
LOL re “Floydsburg”
I hadn’t even picked up on “LEEsburg.” I must need more remedial woke training.
They say no place in FL is in the top ten .... maybe people aren’t coming to FL anymore ... /s
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They are flocking to Florida in droves. Its panic buying of real estate.
Nashville is still growing beyond it’s capacity to assimilate.
Traffic is horrendous, and the leftist mayor is pushing through huge property tax increases.
Nashville is not a good alternative destination anymore.
My kids and grandkids are all close by here in Irving/Valley Ranch. Been here 25 years, no serious plans to move elsewhere.
Yup, they’re working on destroying Idaho.
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