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.
Americans are sitting on tons of home equity, but the cost to tap it is getting too high. In the first quarter of 2022,
The index of builder sentiment finally gave way and plunged to 55 in July from 67 last month, seventh straight monthly decline and lowest
If it was the Biden admin’s intention to crush the housing market (with the help of the Fed’s rate hikes) and spark a powerful
To rank America’s Top States for Business in 2022, CNBC scored all 50 states on 88 metrics in 10 broad categories of competitiveness.
U.S. consumer prices accelerated 9.1% last month, the fastest annual pace since November 1981 and the hottest print of the current inflation cycle.
U.S. consumer prices accelerated 9.1% last month, the fastest annual pace since November 1981 and the hottest print of the current inflation cycle.
BRICS members call for cross-border payment in BRICS currencies to challenge the U.S. dollar. The BRICS—an acronym for Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa—held a summit
Second quarter profits at big U.S. banks are expected to fall sharply from a year earlier on increased loan loss reserves, as the pandemic
Housing has become increasingly unaffordable to millions of Americans — with home prices and mortgage rates continuing to rise (see the lowest rates you
Just as we warned back in March, housing affordability, as measured by Goldman Sachs, has deteriorated to its worst level on record.
What’s the secret to getting started in real estate investing? We get this question a lot … And while there’s no easy button, we
Through the first 24 months of the pandemic, U.S. home prices soared 38.5%. In some markets, like Phoenix and Dallas, home prices grew by
Well, that should have been a wake-up call. The 30-year mortgage rate soared by 24 basis points recently to 6.18%. So the latter now stands at
Commercial real estate values have soared over the past two years, with most property sectors climbing past pre covid values by over …
The average for a 30-year loan fell to 5.3%, the lowest in a month and down from 5.7% last week, Freddie Mac said in
After a string of steady increases, mortgage rates fell this past week — a mixed blessing for the fragile U.S. economy. The lower
Potential homeowners in the United States received a touch of relief this month as Realtor.com released new data stating home inventory increased by 18.7%
Stocks are veering south post holiday, following earlier optimism over reports President Joe Biden may lower tariffs on some Chinese goods to help ease
The Urban exodus documents here extensively over the past two years has had profound consequences on the US economy. Starting with the pandemic, and
The pandemic housing boom hit a peak and should start rolling over as rising inventory forces some home sellers to slash prices. The weight of soaring mortgage rates