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Top 5 Emerging U.S. Tech Hubs for Programmers to Buy a Home Revealed

Redfin | October 14, 2019

According to new research from Redfin and LinkedIn, Charlotte, North Carolina and Buffalo, New York are among the best metro areas for software engineers to buy a home. Both metros saw 4.1 percent year-over-year job growth in June for people in the field, and the typical software engineer would only need to spend 18.9 percent and 13.3 percent of their annual income, respectively, on housing. In comparison, the typical software engineer in San Francisco would need to spend 42.8 percent of their annual salary to afford a median-priced home.

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Local Demographics | Out-of-the-Box Location Intelligence Solution

Local Demographics provides up-to-date and meaningful insights into the population living around a location or in any defined area within the U.S. and Canada. This widget allows MLSs, brokerages, and end users to learn more about a specific location and its demographics.

The new SDK exists as an out-of-the-box solution ready for implementation that requires minimal development and design effort.

Using Local Demographics, real estate players can integrate and display information on their listing site to allow home buyers and renters to better understand the area where their property of interest is located.

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