Florida had the second-largest increase: almost 200,000, while North Carolina added about 146,000 residents.https://www.bizjournals.com/austin/news/2026/01/27/census-te...

This marks the largest private investment in New York’s history, and is expected to bring upwards of 50,000 jobs either directly through Micron or indirectly through local economy drivers (hospitality, hospitals, educational centers).

Of the 50 largest U.S. metros, New York’s 48-point urban-exurban gap is the widest in the country.

Yesterday was a loud reminder that employment stability is changing shape.Humana stock dropped roughly 20% after the Trump administration proposed keeping Medicare Advantage rates flat, directly pressuring margins for one of Louisville’s largest employers.

We’ve been stuck in 250–300 bps territory, which meant borrowers were paying a straight-up volatility tax.Here’s the good news: the spread has finally normalized.The Numbers: A Strange (but Welcome) ParadoxIf you’ve been watching the 10-year Treasury, the largest bond by volume and an easy way to loosely track mortgage rates, you’ve seen it move higher.

Uncertainty has a way of making people hesitate.If you stop there, it’s easy to think the market is frozen.But Louisville is doing its own thing.Among the 50 largest metro areas in the country, Louisville/Jefferson County just ranked #1 in year-over-year growth in pending home sales, up nearly 24%.To put that in perspective, the next closest major market is San Antonio at 13.6%.That’s not close.That’s Louisville outpacing the rest of the country.This isn’t a hype-driven market.

It means stress is starting to show—and stress creates conversations that weren’t possible six months ago.At the same time, sellers now outnumber buyers by roughly 530,000, the largest gap ever recorded.

we usually prioritize metrics like private insurance numbers, overall population, % of population in psychographic profile we are searching for (generally "YXB" from experian, aka "young families), FBI crime statistics, and then we generally layer in competition as well and have a "max competitors" in that zone.This allows us to go through the market we are considering, or state, or multi states as in your case, apply a systematic "prioritization" and then we get granular and look at each market and area that "qualifies" in more detail.The largest benefit to going with the midwest over your other markets is the long term livability and survivability in those climates. 

I’m the President of the Rental Owners Association of Lane County, the largest rental housing organization in Oregon.

He draws in a great group of investors and also founded the Elite Investors Mindset Group, one of the largest local RE masterminds.