Even then, only in an improving market where trend is up. 0% of appraisers I’ve dealt with put in enough effort to notice even that.

The home buying trend is improving from the data I monitor, and with personal experience with my listings and sales.

That's horrible.I was amazed how trendy (and relatively expensive) Fountain Square is and established Broad Ripple areas are. 

I think people are certainly getting sick of the guru upsell as well -- that trend is turning in the right direction as well.

Versus the much more expensive trendy areas where you can get 4k for a 2 bedroom but your taxes and higher insurance not to mention the million dollar price tags like bayside queens great schools but I have seen 10k$ property tax bills on modest original 50's built 2 family versus a 4 family in Jamaica with a 5460$ tax bill and half the asking price...Good luck NYC can be tough but it's worth it after all there's no room to expand only so much land for the long run any area is a good area (except rock away and any south shore costal area for obvious reasons)

I have recently noticed a bunch of new mansions being built in queens ny near my grandmothers place and i thought it was weird but it put 2+2 together and it made perfect sense Scarsdale and Manhasset are now so overpopulated and the property taxes are so high it makes sense for the upper class to just live in the city than the suburbs and save 40k$ a year in property taxes on there 6million dollar mansion and send there kids to private school bc after all there kids will graduate and move on hopefully and taxes are forever :(  With that in mind if your in the really hot trendy central area with great property taxes than yea you'll probably be golden in 2 years but if the area is really hot but not so central with higher taxes maybe not so goldenso all in all i think take all the advice here with a grain of salt bc it may be the smarter thing to live there if you know you want to live in that area anyways and can afford to do so but at the same time you don't want to commit yourself to something that may close the door to other opportunities further down the line...good luck and be sure to let us know how everything turns out...

They quick to take care of these problems downtown or in the trendy areas.This is one of the reasons Baltimore city is decades behind the D.C. area.

It's not a super high-end or trendy neighborhood – competition to grab a house here at the retail level is fierce, it's a bit bohemian, and the buyers know full well they're dealing with a thin-margin culture here. 

I would want a property in a desirable area which would mean good schools for families or a trendy, walkable, transit-friendly area for younger couples. 

That is the trend I am seeing versus an older church just needing more space or wanting to move to a different location.