All 3 cities show a 7-11% decrease in home sale counts over the 2017-2019 average, so we still have plenty of catching up to do in terms of housing supply - much harder to do when you're growing fast.Durham and Charlotte are set to make large strides toward that goal - but Raleigh is barely budging.

The average days on market (DOM) in the NY Metro area has decreased over the last year.

If you did, you could take advantage of some unique strategies, like renting it out while traveling (as long as it’s for 14 days or less) and having that rental income be completely non-taxable.

Thanks Sarah, I don’t see much house hacking going on in Essex or Dundalk in terms of listings on Zillow or FB so my concern would be finding professional adult roommates that want to house share in that area. i’ve been following a lot of the midterm rental groups in Facebook and the consensus is that contracts have decreased significantly and hospitals are using more local labor pools.

It will make the loans more valuable if you ever decide to sell them and decreases the chances of default. 

Rent cannot be more than 50% of income, 59% if it is non-taxable income.

This reflects continued demand despite economic headwinds*Pending sales increased 3.1% in the metro and decreased 2.2% in Austin proper.

The market has been incredibly robust the last few years and I don't see that changing anytime soon especially as mortgage rates continue to decrease.

If you are close to retirement and are accredited, it's safe to assume that you'll likely have some decent, taxable income rolling in during retirement.

They include higher the interest rate and lower the terms will decrease the discount needed.