KEY FINDINGS The key findings emerged from the analysis of data, interviews and focus groups, and discussions with the steering committee that have been discussed in previous sections. Key findings, presented here alongside quotes from interviews and focus groups, represent challenges and opportunities for Muskogee’s housing market. They set the stage for the projections of housing demand and strategies that will be discussed in this section.
Muskogee’s housing market is improving and offers opportunity in certain market segments.
Muskogee is geographically positioned as an edge city of the Tulsa metro.
• For-sale housing market indicators are improving, and
• Commuting distance of the Tulsa metro area’s job
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there is a particular need for more supply of starter homes and middle-income units. Multi-family housing construction has been low, and there is a need for some additional supply of new, middle-income multifamily units.
opportunities
• Many major employers that attract commuters from surrounding areas
• Well-connected to commuter and freight
transportation for continued economic development
Muskogee has assets that could present a strong branding and marketing message.
Muskogee’s aging housing stock destabilizes the market and offers inadequate choices for residents.
• Affordable cost of living, good jobs, improving schools,
• Housing units are not being built or renovated at a
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• Derelict structures, violations, and abandonment
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and proximity to the Tulsa metro area Growing downtown with events and attractions with historic residential neighborhoods Potential appeal to workers with jobs in Muskogee and the Tulsa region, veterans, and retirees
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replacement rate.
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destabilize neighborhoods, particularly the core of the city. The vacancy rate on paper is high, but the supply of housing that meets the needs and preferences of certain market segments is limited.
