MarketNsight

MarketNsight Adds Custom Mapping to Its Toolbox

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[...]

MarketWatch Atlanta Correctly Predicts No Rate Hikes in 2019

MarketWatch Atlanta Correctly Predicts No Rate Hikes in 2019

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[...]

Right Choice™ Communities Available in Top Homebuilding Locations

Right Choice™ Communities Available in Top Homebuilding Locations

Jackson EMC offers its exclusive Right Choice™ home program throughout Barrow, Gwinnett, Hall and Jackson counties – and according to John Hunt of MarketNsight, those specific markets are experiencing significant new home growth! At the most recent MarketWatch Atlanta event, MarketNsight President John Hunt said Barrow, Jackson and Gwinnett counties are in the top 15 new home sale areas in Georgia. Right[...]

MarketWatch Atlanta

June MarketWatch Atlanta: Save the Date!

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[...]

vacant developed retail

John Hunt Coins Phrase Vacant Developed Retail – VDR

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[...]

Carol Morgan Speaking at International Builders' Show

Can’t-Miss Session by Atlanta Speakers at International Builders’ Show in Las Vegas

Multiple Atlanta-based professionals have the honor of speaking at the 2019 International Builders' Show in Las Vegas. The week-long event is the homebuilding industry's largest conference and convention with 600,000 square feet of exhibit space featuring 1,500 vendors, more than 130 education sessions, and 60,000 attendees from 100 countries. One of the many can't-miss educational sessions during the show presented by[...]

MarketWatch Atlanta: Everything Old is New Again in New Home Building

MarketWatch Atlanta: Everything Old is New Again in New Home Building

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[...]

MarketWatch Atlanta Rescheduled

ALERT: MarketWatch Event Rescheduled to Weds., Dec. 12

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[...]

Join MarketNsight at MarketWatch Atlanta at SunTrust Park

Join MarketNsight at MarketWatch Atlanta at SunTrust Park

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[...]

The Emergence of Accidental Active-Adult Communities

The Emergence of Accidental Active Adult Communities

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[...]