You can always look at the county govt site and see who is buying. I just bought in Ardmore, pop 30k, and I doubt that any large institutional money would buy in a city of that size. I would guess that large institutional investor would want a larger, fluid market of at least 200k population. That is just my wild guess. I have heard the same thing and my personal belief is that they see the storm coming and are investing in hard assets that are recession hedges.
This is my fear. Whatever you think about the big money managers, they are usually on the winning side of a bet.
