Does the stock market predict real estate prices?

Does the stock market predict real estate prices?

  For years, myself, and many others have thought that interest rates were the predictor of housing prices.  Fast forward to post COVID where interest rates have doubled and yet housing prices remain high and are still trending higher in many markets. What other...
A hidden crisis in US Housing; are fish the root cause?

A hidden crisis in US Housing; are fish the root cause?

  I took the pic above of a house after a small fire in CO.  I’m amazed the house had made it.  Unfortunately thousands of property owners in LA are not as lucky.  The recent fires in LA are estimated to cost upwards of 50 billion making it one of the costliest...
Big real estate rebound for 2025?

Big real estate rebound for 2025?

The chief economist of the National Association of Realtors, Lawrence Yun, has released his 2025 and 2026 predictions for residential real estate and they were a huge surprise.  What is Yun predicting for real estate prices, interest rates, and appreciation?  How...
Is inflation now driving housing prices higher?

Is inflation now driving housing prices higher?

The conventional wisdom is that inflation causes higher interest rates which in turn causes lower housing prices.  We are now seeing an interesting phenomenon where housing prices continue to stay high and in some markets head even higher with interest rates double...
Phantom debt soars, what does this mean for real estate?

Phantom debt soars, what does this mean for real estate?

Consumer spending in the world’s largest economy has been so resilient in the face of stubbornly high inflation that economists and traders have had to repeatedly rip up their forecasts for slowing growth and interest-rate cuts.  Is Phantom Debt driving consumer...
Shortage of homes will keep prices high… think again; Is there really even a shortage?

Shortage of homes will keep prices high… think again; Is there really even a shortage?

I just saw an article on CNBC with the headline: America is short 5 million houses.  The media is proclaiming a housing crisis throughout the country due to the shortage.  Ironically at the same time the US has hit a record for the slowest population growth in the...