MarketNsight, a housing research and consulting company based in Atlanta, is excited to announce custom mapping is now available to its customers! MarketNsight’s toolbox of services provides builders, developers, Realtors and financial institutions the ability to perform savvy searches and make informed decisions on land purchases, product positioning and pricing. “No other service can provide you with the custom mapping tools[...]
At the most recent MarketWatch Atlanta in December 2018, John Hunt of MarketNsight and Dr. Rajeev Dhawan of the Georgia State University Economic Forecasting Center both shared insightful information regarding the state of the Atlanta new home industry – including the prediction that the Federal Reserve would not hike rates in 2019! Dr. Dhawan went against all conventional thinking to say[...]
MarketNsight, a housing research and feasibility company, announces that pending sales in Atlanta for both new and existing homes fell 4th quarter 2018 over 4th quarter 2017. Pending sales are the leading indicator for housing demand, and this was the first year-to-year decline since 2014. Pending sales were down six percent for the quarter, with November being the worst month[...]
Mark your calendars for June 13, 2019, for MarketNsight's next MarketWatch Atlanta event! Over the last several years, MarketNsight has predicted housing starts both regionally and nationally within 1% of the actual. Dr. Rajeev Dhawan from Georgia State University’s Economic Forecasting Center will be joining us again. At our December 2018 MarketWatch Atlanta, Dr. Dhawan predicted the Fed would hike rates in[...]
Those in the building industry are familiar with the term VDL, or vacant developed lots, which refers to the plethora of foreclosed developed lots that were available at the start of the downturn in 2008. A similar phenomenon is happening in the retail industry today and MarketNsight President John Hunt has coined the phrase Vacant Developed Retail (VDR) to refer[...]
MarketNsight recently hosted its semiannual MarketWatch Atlanta event releasing data on the state of the Atlanta new home industry to a crowd of more than 400 home builders, developers, bankers, Realtors and others in the industry. MarketNsight and ViaSearch President John Hunt explained the state of the housing market in Atlanta and shared predictions for the upcoming New Year. New home[...]
Due to the threat of inclement weather across much of north Georgia over the weekend and into Monday morning, MarketWatch has been rescheduled for this Wednesday, December 12, 2018. The event will still take place at SunTrust Park, with registration open at 9:15 a.m and the program beginning at 10 a.m. Registered attendees for MarketWatch received notice by email from[...]
MarketNsight is excited to announce its next MarketWatch Atlanta on Monday, December 10, 2018, at SunTrust Park! Housing economy expert John Hunt of MarketNsight and ViaSearch will be joined by Dr. Rajeev Dhawan of the Georgia State Economic Forecasting Center for Everything Old is New Again, a discussion regarding continuing moderation in housing. “MarketNsight is beginning to see innovation centered on[...]
MarketNsight President John Hunt coined the phrase Accidental Active Adult Community, or Triple A, to refer to homebuyers who drive past all the highly amenitized, age-targeted communities to reach destination communities originally marketed to first-time homebuyers. Why are active adult homebuyers choosing to move farther out? Because of price! “This may surprise many people, in fact, it surprised me when I[...]
In some of the largest Southeastern markets, including Atlanta, exploding development, labor and material costs are pushing new home prices beyond the reach of most consumers. If building continues the way it has for the past 40 years, the new “floor” on retail lot prices will yield a new home that only 15 to 20 percent of all consumers can[...]