Cities like San Diego or Tampa are improving in the housing affordability index because buying activity in the lower segment of the market has picked up.
Allenson, who created DecisionVue 360, says the methodology shapes survey questions and analyzes responses to identify the different steps involved in any purchasing process and the way buying habits vary by population segment.
For example, the IP data center segment grew by 170% year-on-year, reflecting the fact that many companies are buying high-end servers that can handle the massive Internet traffic associated with cloud-based computing services.