Northeast Regional Intelligence

Under President Trump’s proposed federal budget, the DC region could lose $1.2 billion in federal procurement dollars, mostly in Maryland and the District of Columbia. However, while the region will suffer, Virginia’s suburbs could experience an increase in federal defense …

This Sunday, the Atlanta Falcons and New England Patriots will battle it out in Houston, Texas, at Super Bowl 51. The Patriots may be favored to win the game, but Atlanta beats Boston in the housing market. Based on our most recent …

It appears that summer doldrums fell upon 68 residential home building executives, developers, and private equity investors who responded to our quarterly Sentiment Survey in the second quarter of 2016. Survey respondents, dominated by industry experts from Virginia and Maryland, …

Beginning its third year of gauging housing sector sentiment in the Mid-Atlantic region, JBREC received 61 responses from residential home building executives, developers, and private equity investors to its most recent Sentiment Survey. Respondents from Virginia Beach to Vermont shared …

Multifamily development activity surged during 2015 in DC’s suburban counties, while single-family development (including townhomes and detached homes) cooled in the core market areas. Along with continued multifamily activity in the most densely populated counties, we saw significant increases in …

We believe it will. Seven of us attended the National Multifamily Housing Conference, one of the most informative conferences of the year. Landlord after landlord mentioned the surprising surge in older renters, many of whom sold their home and chose to …

Knowing your target market when making land deals is key. According to the American Community Survey (2006–2010), movers aged 20 to 34 (typically first-time home buyers) dominated the pool of people moving to Fauquier County (56%). Movers aged 35 to …

In early January, 38 residential home building executives in the Mid-Atlantic and 6 from across the country shared their thoughts on the state of their local markets based on 2015 year-end sales performance. The responses, dominated by builders from Maryland …

Did DC end 2015 naughty or nice? Jobs, jobs, jobs. After a sluggish employment market in 2014, the Washington, DC, region gained jobs at a robust pace in 2015. Despite flat levels of federal spending, the region added 61,900 jobs …