Wednesday, October 2, 2019 / by Vanessa Saunders
Metro home shoppers looking further afield.
Home buyers, confronted with short inventory and high prices in large metro areas are expanding their search beyond their housing markets. The result is more buyers moving further to lower priced homes in mid-sized metros, and suburban locales not unlike communities in the Hudson Valley.
Typically, home buyers move an average of only 15 miles from their current home. But now, buyers search far wider. An analysis of the most-searched destinations published by realtor.com showed metros that rank well on affordability, good jobs and surprisingly a large Baby Boomer population are topping the list of out-of-state homes
The top ten most searched out-of-state home-buying destinations were:
Charleston South Carolina
Boise, Idaho
Honolulu, Hawaii
Columbia, South Carolina
Fort Myers, Florida
Portland, Maine
Sarasota, Florida
Greenville, South Carolina
Tucson, Arizona
Vegas
The rankings were based on which a ...
Typically, home buyers move an average of only 15 miles from their current home. But now, buyers search far wider. An analysis of the most-searched destinations published by realtor.com showed metros that rank well on affordability, good jobs and surprisingly a large Baby Boomer population are topping the list of out-of-state homes
The top ten most searched out-of-state home-buying destinations were:
Charleston South Carolina
Boise, Idaho
Honolulu, Hawaii
Columbia, South Carolina
Fort Myers, Florida
Portland, Maine
Sarasota, Florida
Greenville, South Carolina
Tucson, Arizona
Vegas
The rankings were based on which a ...
