Housing Bubble
Remember the real estate world in 2009? Remember the Adjusted Rate Mortgages (ARMs) that most buyers were selecting as loan programs? Remember having plenty of home choices when looking for that right place? If you can remember that, then remember this … 2022 is not a replay of 2009. While our Tarrant County Tuesday column…
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The housing market is like a Las Vegas card game these days. Should you tell the dealer to hit? Should you hold? Surely, with home prices where they are in the Dallas-Fort Worth region, it feels like a gamble to purchase real estate right now. And that might not be far from the truth. A…
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A week doesn’t go by without someone asking me, “When do you think this real estate bubble will burst and prices will decline and not be so steep?” Well first of all, if I could tell the future I probably wouldn’t be putting on bow ties and slinging real estate. Secondly, are we really sure…
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Unless you’ve been on a “cut the cord” vacation, you’ve seen last week’s headlines warning that an inversion in the bond market has folks worried we’ll be entering a recession soon. About a third of economists think we’re likely on that road. Remembering the Great Recession, should we shun the real estate market? No. As…
Read MoreThere’s no doubt that Dallas-Fort Worth is one of the hottest real estate markets in the U.S. Zillow recently named it No. 3 in the country, noting a 4 percent unemployment rate and solid income growth. Additionally, the Zillow Home Value Forecast predicts the Dallas-Fort Worth median home value will go up by 5.6 percent in 2016. But some housing analysts and mortgage…
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