The sunbelt cities of Nashville, Tennessee, Austin, Texas and Jacksonville, Florida are among the hottest job markets in the country right now, according to an assessment of 380 metro areas conducted by the Wall Street Journal and Moody’s Analytics.
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The yield on the benchmark U.S. 10-year Treasury note climbed on Wednesday after two straight days of declines, as economic data failed to reinforce recent hopes the U.S. Federal Reserve might pivot to a less hawkish policy stance.
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Today, Governor Ron DeSantis announced Florida’s unemployment rate dropped to a historic 2.7 percent in July as the state’s job creation skyrocketed. Florida’s July 2022 unemployment rate is the lowest since February 2020 and this level has only been reached three times since Florida began recording unemployment data in 1976.
With US Macro Surprise data in freefall throughout May, expectations were for Manufacturing sentiment surveys to slide (ISM extending its weakness and PMI confirming its flash dip).
The Fed is the giant gorilla in the economic room … And since it has a direct impact on employment, wages, cost of living, interest rates, availability of credit, and other areas that affect real estate investors … Watching and understanding what they’re doing is crucial. Our guest today is a global thought leader
Podcast: The Road Ahead – An Enlightening Conversation with Danielle DiMartino Booth Read More »
Buying an income producing property is an investment in the underlying economy. That’s REALLY where the income originates. That’s why we put so much emphasis on market analysis. Investors who focus exclusively on deal analysis (crunching the numbers on the property) but fail to underwrite the market sometimes end up in a mess. The context of a deal is
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Are you prepared for the future? In our annual yearly forecast episode, we explore the future of real estate in 2019. We don’t have a crystal ball … but we do have great resources and smart friends. Hear from three real estate experts on the state of the housing market, the effect of changing interest
Forecasting the Future of Real Estate in 2019 Read More »
Could the Fed’s decision NOT to raise rates be basically an admission this “recovery” is a farce? If the economy can’t absorb even a token rate increase, it must be FAR from robust. As we’ve discussed, there’s simply not enough income (productivity) to service all the debt. It’s like a sub-prime borrower using a teaser rate to squeeze
The Fed FINALLY admits it… Read More »
The presidential campaign rhetoric is kicking into high gear. Texas Governor Rick Perry says he’s a job creation whiz. His detractors say it’s just dumb luck because he happens to govern a state with oil and gas under the ground. But no one is denying there are more jobs happening in Texas than any other
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