This narrative seems to be more of a news headline than an actual trend supported by statistics showing decreased demand. 

I am looking for specific metrics such as population growth, job diversity, unemployment rates along with other statistics.

Austin, TX and the surrounding regions once again broke record highs for median price sales data. Interestingly this was not at the same accelerated rate we have seen in the preceding several months. The Austin-Roun...

The term "100 year" means there is a 1% statistical chance of that rainfall happening in ANY year.

As the article states, it's statistically low and most of the problems appear to occur when host and guest sleep in the same area.

Now that is a broad statistic and values vary drastically from block to block.In 19139 a huge divider is obviously Market St., in Haddington you will see a purchase range of 85-110k with your ARV values 190-220k, you see a similar purchase and ARV range south of Baltimore Ave in Angora + Kingsessing areas.

I’m mostly interested to know the trend/statistics for homes in the Salt Lake east side/Sugar House/Aves/Millcreek/Holladay.

Pick any housing statistic at random, and it’s probably setting an all-time record.

The data below is from the MIBOR Realtor Association for Marion County, IN. It shows that the Indianapolis real estate market continues to be hot through May. Inventory remains low and prices continue to rise
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I agree with you that the way data is measured is always part of the understanding - never trust a statistic you have not faked yourself.