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04 2019 OUTLOOK: 7 ECONOMISTS PREDICT HOUSING MARKET TRENDS
The U.S. housing market will continue to face headwinds that likely will grow in strength and number in 2019, according to seven leading housing economists interviewed by Think Realty's Housing News Report for our annual housing outlook report. See what these economists are predicting in 2019 when it comes to home sales, home prices, mortgage rates, homeownership rates and how a possible recession would impact the housing market.
24 MY TAKE: DIG DEEP WITH DATA TO FIND YOUR NEXT INVESTMENT MARKET
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Veteran real estate investor and coach Jared Garfield has purchased, rehabbed, rented and flipped thousands of homes for his own investing business and clients. He explains the data-driven strategy he’s used to help hedge fund clients pinpoint the best markets to invest in and can be used by individual investors as well. This strategy involves analyzing market type, supply and demand, profitability, rental demand and market forecasting.
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30 DATA IN ACTION: PRIME INVESTING OPPORTUNITIES IN AMAZON HQ2 MARKETS
The new Opportunity Zones created by the tax reform legislation passed in December 2017 provide real estate investors with prime, tax-incented investing opportunities, particularly if they can find zones that are in the path of progress. The newly announced Amazon HQ2 markets certainly qualify as being in the path of progress, so ATTOM Data Solutions took a deeper dive into the housing market characteristics specifically in the Opportunity Zones located in the New York, Washington, D.C. and Nashville markets.
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36 BIG DATA SANDBOX: INVESTING IN THE LAND OF OZ (OPPORTUNITY ZONES)
This infographic shows the results of a broad analysis of more than 3,000 Opportunity Zones nationwide by ATTOM Data Solutions. The analysis looks at the potential discount available for homes located inside Opportunity Zones, historical home price appreciation over the last five years in Opportunity Zones and the property tax discount that comes with buying in an Opportunity Zone.
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