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Demand for Suburban Property Grows as Home Buyers Look Outside City Centers

The high cost of urban living coupled with the urban areas remaining hotspots for the pandemic have pushed buyers outside city centers

More people are searching for homes outside of urban areas such as Houston as a result of stay-at-home orders from the COVID-19 pandemic, according to Deal Sikes.

“Corporate workplace trends, such as working-from-home, have energized the suburban housing markets,” said Mark Sikes, principal with Deal Sikes. “Even employees who will work-from-home only one or two days a week in the future, are more open to suburban and exurban living.”

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Pearl Wu

Pearl Wu

Pearl Wu is the editorial Recognition Desk Manager at ALM Media.

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