I think the overall net migration out-of-state and ongoing fiscal crisis are likely to affect aggregate demand for new home buys and rentals outside of a few (mostly tech-driven) submarkets. 

But there are a few factorsInventory/DemandI show these stats in our first-time homebuyer's class, and I think they get to the heart of a lot of the increases.In 2006, there were:24,000 homes on market at any given time (like a snapshot of the market)19,500 new homes built19,000 net migration into Denver metroIn 2016, there were:4,500 homes on market at any given time (on average)9,000 new homes built38,000 net migrationI'm not an economist, but I can see that homes for sale dropped by 20,000, new home builds were cut in half, and meanwhile the number of people moving in doubled.

@Carmichael Lewis well we currently live in Lake County but we wanted to migrate to Cook County or any surrounding suburbs of the city.

I know it's not this simple....cities can have mass unemployment, net negative migration, etc. 

Yes I know I need to look at job growth, migration etc everyone says the same thing but how exactly do I find this out?

Initially they bought all their houses in AA county and Annapolis, then it seemed like all their flips migrated towards the Hyattsville area.

While I still believe the trend is migration to urban cores, which also doesn't help prices, those older suburbs are a good next step, and at least in Cincinnati are still in high demand for both purchase and rental.  

@Reda Bennani if you’re going to start looking at other parts of the country there are a lot of factors to look at, like population in general, in/out migration, employment in general and also industry/employer concentration, etc.Folks have been talking about the Carolinas and Texas as good places to invest for years, but you always have to analyze the market to find out if you’re too late on the trend or it still has steam.I usually find it hard to make the numbers work well for single families.

Supply is extremely low and city dwellers are migrating towards the suburbs which are perceived as safer and more stable in light of COVID-19.

Overall, Pueblo has much lower cost of living than Colorado Springs and Denver, so we’re seeing lots of in-migration from the rest of the state as well as from other states.Hope that helps!