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Nashville Area Ranks Top 10 for Real Estate to Appreciate

10 Markets Most Likely to Appreciate

Forbes magazine turned to real estate research firm Local Market Monitor to figure out which markets have the greatest likelihood of price appreciation because they offer a mix of jobs weighted toward growth industries.

These are the top markets, the research company concludes:

Raleigh-Cary, N.C.
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, Texas
Austin-Round Rock, Texas
Nashville-Davidson-Murfreesboro-Franklin, Tenn.
San Antonio, Texas
Colorado Springs, Colo.
Albuquerque, N.M.
Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colo.
Springfield, Mo.
Indianapolis-Carmel, Ind.

Source: Forbes, Francesca Levy (09/13/2010)

September 14, 2010 Posted by kbargers | Nashville, real estate | albuquerque, aurora, austin, bargers solutions, broomfield, carmel, cary, colorado, colorado springs, davidson county, denver, edinburg, forbes magazine, Francesca Levy, Franklin, growth industries, home buying, home selling, indiana, indianapolis, jobs, kenneth bargers, local market monitor, mcallen, mission, missouri, murfreesboro, Nashville, new mexico, north carolina, price appreciation, raleigh, real estate appreciation, realtor, round rock, san antonio, springfield, tennessee, texas, top 10 real estate appreciation, top markets | Leave a Comment

10 Best Cities for Working Women with Kids

ForbesWoman calculated the best cities for working females raising children. To pick the 10 best, it factored in crime rates, quality of the schools, availability of good healthcare, employment opportunities with high earning potential, and a budget-friendly cost of living.

Here are their picks:

Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minn.
Washington, D.C.
Boston, Mass.
Pittsburgh, Pa.
Baltimore-Towson, Md.
Denver, Colo.
Hartford, Conn.
New York, New York
Seattle-Tacoma, Wash.
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, N.Y.

Source: ForbesWoman, Meghan Casserly (07/26/2010)

July 27, 2010 Posted by kbargers | relocation | baltimore, best cities for working women, boston, budget friendly cost of living, buffalo, denver, forbeswoman, hartford, home buying, home selling, meghan casserly, minneapolis, new york, niagara falls, pittsburgh, quality of life, raising children, real estate, relocation, seattle, st. paul, tacoma, towson, washington d.c. | 1 Comment

Top 10 Places for New Grads to Live and Work

Apartments.com and CareerRookie.com, CareerBuilder’s college job search site, have identified the 10 best cities for recent college graduates to both find a job and an affordable apartment.

The list was compiled by identifying the top U.S. cities with the highest concentration of young adults, the largest inventory of jobs requiring less than one year of experience, and the most apartments affordable on a median new graduate’s salary.

Here’s the list of selected cities and the cost of renting a one-bedroom apartment.

1. Atlanta, $723
2. Phoenix, $669
3. Denver, $779
4. Dallas, $740
5. Boston, $1,275
6. Philadelphia, $938
7. New York, $1,366
8. Cincinnati, $613
9. Baltimore, $1,041
10. Los Angeles, $1,319

Source: CareerRookie.com and Apartments.com (05/05/2010)

May 7, 2010 Posted by kbargers | economy, relocation | affordable apartments, apartments.com, atlanta, baltimore, bargers solutions, boston, careerbuilder, careerrookie.com, cincinnati, college gradualtes work, college job search, dallas, denver, job inventory, job opportunities, kenneth bargers, los angeles, new grads, new york, philadelphia, phoenix, prudential woodmont realty, realtor | Leave a Comment

Home Values Have Been Stabilizing

U.S. homes lost $489 billion in value during the first 11 months of 2009. That’s significantly less than the $3.6 trillion lost during 2008 and evidence that home values are stabilizing, says Zillow.com, online real estate research firm.

Properties in 48 of the 154 markets tracked by Zillow rose in value this year, but Zillow’s Chief Economist Stan Humphries believes prices could decline again in 2010.

“We believe that demand will come under downward pressure as mortgage rates creep back up after the first quarter and that housing supply will experience upward pressure as the volume of foreclosures continues to remain high. Both these factors will challenge the recent stabilization of home prices,” Humphries said in a statement.

Areas where home prices rose the most in 2009 were:
Boston
Providence
Denver, Colo.
Atlanta, Ga.
Rochester, N.Y.

Areas where homes continued to lose the most value:
Los Angeles
Chicago
New York
Miami-Fort Lauderdale
Phoenix

Source: Zillow.com (12/0920/09)

December 10, 2009 Posted by kbargers | economy, real estate, relocation | atlanta, bargers solutions, boston, chicago, denver, economy, fort lauderdale, home statitistics, home values, homeowners, kenneth bargers, los angeles, miami, new york, phoenix, providence, prudential woodmont realty, realtor, rochester, stabilizing, u.s. homes, zillow, zillow.com | Leave a Comment

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