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Affordability boosts Indianapolis housing marketĀ 

Housing Wire

It also boasts a strong labor market, adding 28,500 jobs in November 2023 compared to November 2022, according to data released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). In November of 2019 the number of single-family homes for sale was at 6,000. 1 employer in the region is a hospital, IU Health, employing 23,187 people.

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Local Housing Markets: Fargo, Bergen County and 30A, Florida

Housing Wire

Local housing markets is a HousingWire magazine feature spotlighting housing trends across the country. There are excellent schools and great transportation into Manhattan, but if you go a little bit north you can go hiking. Recently, Bergen County has been home to one of the hottest housing markets in the country.

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Houston Housing Market Forecast: Current Data & 2021 Predictions

Houston Properties

Houston Housing Market Forecast: Current Data & 2021 Predictions. Concerned about a housing market crash? SUMMARY: Coming off a record year, the Houston real estate market started 2021 in a sellerā€™s market. 2019: Top Residential Realtors in Houston, Houston Business Journal.

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Amazon news raises new recession red flag

Housing Wire

Job growth was widespread, led by gains in leisure and hospitality, in manufacturing, and in transportation and warehousing. The internals of the labor market are very healthy; job openings are over 11.5 The United States of America was still in an expansionary mode in 2019 and 2020 before COVID-19 hit us. percent, the U.S.

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The Proposed NYC "Pied-A-Terre Tax" Looks Catastrophic to NYC Real Estate

Miller Samuel

An earlier version of this post appeared in my weekly Housing Notes, March 15, 2019 edition. That article came out in 2014 right as the housing market was peaking. From the New York Times article of March 11, 2019: Lawmakers Support ā€˜ Pied-Ć -Terreā€™ Tax on Multimillion-Dollar Second Homes '. click to expand].

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Housing industry welcomes Fudge as next HUD secretary

Housing Wire

While the housing market has been one of the few economic bright spots during the pandemic, HUD will play a central role in addressing a number of important challenges in the post-pandemic recovery, including how to resolve the mortgage forbearance afforded to more than 800,000 borrowers who have loans insured by FHA.

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High Housing Costs and the Consequences

DataMaster

As housing consumes an increasing percentage of a household’s income, other areas of individual and family lives are negatively affected. Let’s examine the state of the housing market and what the effects of high household costs are. housing units were considered cost-burdened. In 2019, 37.1 Rent Rates.