Market Dynamics
Swelling valuations have a lot of homeowners across the United States sitting pretty on a pile of cash, but realizing that equity comes at a cost — and it’s more than you’d think. It still takes money to make money, and selling your home is no exception. According to a recent survey by the cash-offer…
A lot of noise has been made about the housing affordability crisis in the United States. From a real estate perspective, many of the dynamics involved are obviously economic in nature. However, there’s also a very serious existential factor at play: the nation’s birth rate. There appears to be a pretty clear relationship between single-family…
I’m sure everyone here has heard the expression “aging in place,” which refers to the growing number of seniors opting to stay in their current homes. This trend has limited the number of existing homes for sale, and a recent survey suggests the imbalance is going to get worse. Roughly 61% of baby boomers now…
The Federal Reserve lowered the benchmark interest rate for the first time in nine months on Wednesday, offering a glimmer of hope to homebuyers and industry professionals who have been waiting on the central bank to make things easier on borrowers. Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) members voted 11-1 to implement a quarter basis point…
By Jonathan MillerSpecial Contributor Mortgage rates have been sliding, thanks to the newly realized economic damage of the US tariff policy via the very weak jobs market. It’s been a short while since I spoke about the US efforts to promote a tariff policy that lacks even a basic understanding of what a tariff is, a tax on the US consumer. The US…
