For most of the last five years, the housing headlines belonged to the Sun Belt. Austin. Phoenix. Tampa. Boise. Builders chased population growth south and west, buyers followed cheap land and lower taxes, and the Midwest got filed under "flyover" — steady, unglamorous, ignored. That story is changing. Housing economists tracking the back half of 2026 are pointing to a real geographic shift: the once-scorching new-home markets in Texas and Florida are cooling, weighed down by a stretch of overbuilding and mortgage rates that never really dipped below 6%. Meanwhile, a different kind of market is quietly picking up steam — one built around affordability and anchor institutions rather than sunshine and subdivisions. The metros getting singled out? Columbus. Indianapolis. Kansas City. Places with a major university, a diversified local economy, and price tags that still make sense on a regular paycheck. Sound familiar? 🎓 Ann Arbor Has Been Running This Playbook All Along I...
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