Will the Fed REALLY raise interest rates multiple times in 2022? And if they do, what happens to real estate? Fed Chair Jerome Powell has admitted inflation is NOT transitory (welcome to the party!) … and says “tapering” and interest rate hikes are coming to an economy near you. What does all this mean? […]
Podcast: Peter Schiff on the Fed’s Latest Move and Real Estate Read More »
While a lockdown stops the economy and slows everything down … putting downward pressure on prices … central banks led by the Fed are conjuring TRILLIONS of fresh dollars out of thin air. And Uncle Sam is making sure they get into circulation. Will prices rise or fall? Can an economy grow when it’s locked
Podcast: Inflation, Deflation, Recession, Depression or Dollar Crisis? Read More »
The COVID-19 pandemic means the economy has slowed down … way down in some cases. So, central banks led by the Fed are conjuring TRILLIONS of fresh dollars out of thin air. And Uncle Sam is making sure they get into circulation. The question on many investors’ minds is, “WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN?” Will
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Even as building slows, the Fed is pumping purchasing power into housing. Short supply plus increased purchasing power could put upward pressure on prices. Of course, it all hinges on demand … will buyers be willing to take on a mortgage in such an uncertain jobs market? After all, even a zero percent mortgage payment
Grim warnings from Powell and the Fed push rates on home loans to new low Read More »
Another not-so-subtle clue in the news … Fed chair Powell warns that commerical real estate values could plummet because of crisis … if “financial system strain’s re-emerge”. Notice Powell makes a distinction between the economy and the financial system. Health crisis > Economic Crisis > Financial System Crisis (credit markets and banks). The economy needs
Fed Warns of Significant Hit to Asset Prices If Crisis Grows Read More »
The Fed seems committed to propping up housing with nearly free money. It’s probably a good idea to grab all you can and lock it in long term while you have still have equity. Always nice to borrow cheap and long … to continue reading, click here >>
Mortgage Rates Seen Below 3% With Fed Buying Low-Coupon Bonds Read More »
Last week the Fed pumped over $200 billion of freshly printed cash into the repo market. Since then, the Fed’s upped the ante to $400 billion … and counting. For those young or asleep during the 2008 financial crisis … … back then, the Fed provided an infusion of $85 billion per month to keep
Now the Fed’s up to $400 billion … Read More »
It’s been a busy week of alarming financial news! Of course, events that rattle financial markets sometimes barely register to real estate investors. That’s because rents and property values aren’t directly involved in the high-frequency trading casinos of Wall Street. So while paper traders frantically scramble to avoid losses or skim profits from currency flowing
The Fed pumps $200 billion into system in THREE days … Read More »
The real estate story behind Walt Disney World in Florida has a valuable lesson for investors today … and it’s not what you think. If you’re unfamiliar, Walt Disney decided to create a new and improved East Coast version of his epic California Disneyland. But he needed land … LOTS of it. So he went
From Disney World to Bizarro World … Read More »
A very big real estate story splashed across mainstream news recently, but got buried underneath (insert the sensational political headline you’re sick of) … Oregon Okays First Statewide Mandatory Rent Control Law Associated Press, 2/28/19 Okay, we admit this is a government policy … so it’s political. But politics is easy to laugh at when
Rent control … a sign of the times? Read More »