Gentrification & market supply/demand

[Maverick86]

Hey everyone, it's been a while since i last posted. Just starting out on my PI journey and I can't wait to get started once I get married at the end of the year!

I'd like to find out more about how to research gentrification and also identifying the supply/demand relationship for the housing market.

1. What are some of the ways to find out about gentrification trends? Eg. are there any websites available?
2. How do I find out whether a particular suburb has low supply and high demand?

Thanks for the help, much appreciated! Been reading the forums daily to continue learning and it's been a great experience - now to get cracking!

 

[forumite]

While searching gentrification, I found a website which although doesn't answer your questions contains quite many interesting articles.

http://blog.roughtheory.org/2007/04/30/gentrification-within-inner-city-suburbs

http://blog.roughtheory.org/2007/05/09/urban-consolidation-a-realistic-notion/

 

[Maverick86]

Thanks for that forumite. I was beginning to think I asked a bad question because no one was answering!

I'm just doing my best to learn how to do good due dilligence, though I have to be careful not to do have the 'paralysis by analysis' syndrome!