What Amazon’s HQ2 means for homeowners, home buyers and renters in the chosen city - MarketWatch

The Seattle-based company is on a nationwide hunt for a second headquarters

Having Amazon as a neighbor will result in very different consequences for homeowners and renters.

Amazon announced in September that it would accept competing proposals from cities across the country as it decides the location of a second headquarters. The tech and retail giant set certain limitations for where it would consider: Only metro areas with at least 1 million people are eligible, and they must have an international airport with nonstop flights to Seattle.

Bids for HQ2, as it has been dubbed, are due Thursday, and cities ranging from New York and Newark to Baltimore and Boston have thrown their hats in the ring.

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