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Columbia housing market ranks 7th nationally for affordability
Top Housing Markets This Fall Are Those With Affordable Homes
Home-buying demand remained robust in low-cost cities with strong local economies in the third quarter, helping lift Johnson City, Tenn., to the top of The Wall Street Journal/Realtor.com Emerging Housing Markets Index.
Rising mortgage rates have made most home purchases less affordable and pushed many buyers out of the market. Existing-home sales dropped for eight straight months through September. Homes are sitting on the market longer, and more sellers are cutting prices. [continue reading]
The WSJ/Realtor.com Emerging Housing Markets Index Fall 2022
Metro areas are ranked according to real-estate market data and economic health. Ranking is as of October 2022.
RANK CHANGE AREA, STATE
1 ▲ Johnson City, TN
2 ▲ Visalia‐Porterville, CA
3 ▼ Elkhart‐Goshen, IN
4 ▲ North Port‐Sarasota‐Bradenton, FL
5 ▼ Fort Wayne, IN
6 ▲ Lafayette‐West Lafayette, IN
7 ▲ Columbia, SC
8 ▲ Columbia, MO
9 ▼ Raleigh, NC
10 ▲ Yuma, AZ
(TOP 10 of 300 – see the full list)
Columbia startup raises millions to build software for trucking, aims to reshape industry
COLUMBIA (The Post and Courier Columbia) — Motor Supply Inc. is not your typical trucking company, co-founded on something of a dare by a Columbia computer scientist with no prior experience in the industry. The teams’ technical skill sets combined with on-the-job experience gained while directing 17 semis back and forth across the United States […]
OC Tech among two Orangeburg colleges awarded Department of Education grant to support underserved students
ORANGEBURG, S.C. — Orangeburg-Calhoun Technical College (OC Tech) is one of two colleges in the City of Orangeburg and three in the state to be awarded a grant from the U.S. Department of Education to support postsecondary students throughout the country. OC Tech is calling the grant “Race to the Finish.” The focus is to reach out […]