Fast-growing tech sector fuels housing boom in many US cities
Thousands of high-paying jobs are pushing up home prices in places like Nashville, Raleigh, Austin and Cambridge
Washington
CONSTRUCTION cranes dot much of downtown Nashville these days as the Tennessee capital remains in the grip of a sustained building boom.
More than 8,900 apartments are under construction in the Music City, double the number in 2012, as developers rush to catch up with rising demand in a city where home prices have increased 49 per cent over the past four years, according to the Greater Nashville Association of Realtors.
