Haircut prices surge, what does this mean for real estate prices?

Haircut prices surge, what does this mean for real estate prices?

If you haven’t gotten a haircut in a while, you are in for a surprise.  Haircut prices like many other services in the economy are experiencing large increases.  What does the increase in haircut prices mean for the economy and in turn real estate?  Why are haircuts...
Fed raises rates, mortgage rates drop, stocks jump, technical recession, what happens now    

Fed raises rates, mortgage rates drop, stocks jump, technical recession, what happens now    

What a week it has been in the economy.  The federal reserve is still struggling to contain inflation and as a result increased the fed funds rate .75%.  After the announcement stocks roared back in a huge “relief” rally and mortgage rates plummeted.  Shortly after,...
Trucking hits the Brakes; what does this mean for real estate?

Trucking hits the Brakes; what does this mean for real estate?

There has been an unexpectedly sharp downturn in demand to truck everything from food to furniture since the beginning of March and rates in the overheated segment that deals in on-demand trucking jobs – known as the spot market – are skidding.  Why are...
This chart should scare you; is the mortgage market in for a 2008 wreck; average down not even close to 20%

This chart should scare you; is the mortgage market in for a 2008 wreck; average down not even close to 20%

The federal government in their quest to shore up the mortgage market in 2008 has created some new risks to the housing market.  Non bank lenders now make up 74% of the origination volume with only 3 banks even making the list.  What does this mean for the mortgage...
A “reckoning” is due.  Atlanta overvalued by 58%, Denver by 39%

A “reckoning” is due. Atlanta overvalued by 58%, Denver by 39%

“A reckoning is due. Home prices and rents can’t separate as significantly as they have from their long-term fundamental trends without major issues arising in the marketplace,” said Ken Johnson, an economist at Florida Atlantic University, in an analysis. “Few...