What do work-from-home employees and the housing market have to do with each other? Surprisingly, a lot. At the start of 2020, as the first lockdowns were rolling in, many companies made the wise decision to allow their workers to temporarily work-from-home. As temporary became seemingly eternal, more employers started developing permanent work-from-home regulations, allowing employees to, on average, work at their residence for about half of the workweek.

With this enhanced flexibility, employees were more likely to move to places their jobs didn’t confine them to. If they were used to snow and sleet, they may have moved to Arizona, Texas, or Florida. If they were stuck in urban areas like New York City and San Francisco, the more suburban allure of Boise, Denver, or Raleigh pulled them even closer. Now, these high-paid, location-flexible workers were on the hunt for houses. And as a result, home prices skyrocketed while affordability plummeted.

It’s becoming more and more evident how much of an impact remote work plays on the housing market, but what can landlords do with this information? Dave has already dug through the research so you don’t have to, and he brings on this show three factors of a work-from-home “hotspot” that could forecast big home price appreciation. These three factors could point you on the path to buying in the nation’s next best real estate market!

In This Episode We Cover

The latest remote work trends and whether or not working from home is here to stay

How work-from-home policies have affected productivity in the workplace

The three factors of a work-from-home “hotspot” that could explode in popularity

How more remote workers affect the housing market, migration, and home prices

Whether or not a recession could end the work-from-home movement and force workers back into the office

The real estate markets that are starting to cool after huge home price appreciation

And So Much More!

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25: How Work-From-Home “Hotspots” Drove the Housing Market Even Higher