The Real Estate Guys™ Blog
Weekly blog posts keep you up-to-date with news and views you can use. Looking at economics, trends, clues in the news, markets, financing and more … all from the perspective of a real estate investor.
Depending on where you live, owning a home may seem like a far off dream or it could be fairly realistic. In New York
Existing home sales showed a 5.4% decline in June from May, but prices remain elevated, according to the National Association of Realtors. The median
When it comes to markets, Florida is SO hot right now … And we’re not talking about the weather. Between population growth, a healthy
Just one day after the Federal Reserve raised its benchmark rate, mortgage rates took a sharp turn lower.
Home sellers slashed prices in June in areas that were red-hot earlier in the pandemic, according to Realtor.com.
Analysts expected Case-Shiller Home Price acceleration to slow modestly in May (the latest available data in this heavily lagged and smoothed data set) and
Amid a plunge in homebuilder confidence, record low affordability, tumbling single-family starts and permits, and multi-decade lows in mortgage applications, it is no surprise
The tax limits generally deductions for passive activity losses (PALs) from real estate unless you can qualify as a real estate professional. To measure
The Federal Reserve will probably have to inflict much more pain on the economy to get inflation under control. Growth is already slowing in
Sure, listening to experts talk is informative … And watching experts sit on a panel and talk to each other? Enlightening! But sitting at
About 45 percent of small business owners in the United States are freezing the hiring of new workers because of high labor costs and
Low financing costs, excess savings, and a demand for more space during the pandemic fueled a frenzy in the housing market that sent home prices surging.
Blackstone, one of the most dominant real estate investors in the world, is going to dominate more after completing the biggest real estate fund of its
Chinese investors were the most active buyers of US real estate last year among foreigners — spending a record $6.1 billion on homes mainly
The pain in the mortgage market is only getting worse as higher interest rates and inflation hammer American consumers.
Existing-home sales dropped for the fifth straight month in June, according to the National Association of REALTORS®. Three out of four major U.S. regions
On the heels of ugly homebuilder sentiment and tumbling single-family home starts and permits, analysts expected existing home sales to extend their recent decline
The top 10 markets for annual rent growth have something major in common: they’re all in the Sunshine State. In the year-ending 2nd quarter
With homebuilder sentiment collapsing at its fastest rate on record in July (ex-COVID lockdowns), one could be forgiven for thinking these same homebuilders …
COVID-19 thrusted rental housing affordability into the spotlight. Headlines warned of a pending eviction tsunami. Policymakers moved to provide backstops …