Amazon breathes life into HQ2 housing markets

Since last year, several cities across the country have battled it out to see who will host Amazon’s second headquarters. But when news broke last week that the tech giant had narrowed its list down to cities in Virginia, Washington, Texas and New York, speculation created a frenzy of excitement. On Tuesday, Amazon finally announced it selected Long Island City, New York, and Crystal City in Arlington County, Virginia as the split locations for its HQ2, and data suggests that the real estate markets in these areas saw a surge of interest when speculation of their selection first arose last week.