What Slowdown? Eight Housing Markets That Are Speeding Up
by Ellen Haberle | April 8, 2014
Population Growth and Low Inventory Drive Competition for Homes
While the housing market has cooled in many major cities since last year, other cities have only gotten hotter. In certain areas of Texas, North Carolina, Colorado and the Pacific Northwest, homes are selling like hotcakes thanks to strong job and population growth, worsening inventory shortages and, as Redfin’s CEO pointed out in December, relative affordability. Buyers should prepare themselves: These markets are shaping up to be even more competitive than they were in 2013.
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