Both the Case-Shiller House Price Index (HPI) and the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) HPI for March were released today. Here is a graph of the month-over-month (MoM) change in the Case-Shiller National Index Seasonally Adjusted (SA).
As I noted last year, Inventory will Tell the Tale about the housing market. And inventory levels are now up year-over-year and increasing quickly.
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Apartment markets in the Mountains/Desert region have seen notable inventory growth rates in recent years as developers try to keep up with sizable in-migration into this part of the country.
In this episode of our Profitable Niches series, we’re starting from the ground up. Inventory of homes is tight in many US markets, and returns are diminishing. Enter real estate development. Our guest, Jay Hartley, saw an exciting opportunity to expand his business into the real estate development space, and he’s got a wealth of
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If you’re a newshawk like us, you’ve probably noticed the world is a little crazy. Even something as mundane as money and wealth has become weird. The most obvious case in point is the dramatic rise and retreat of Bitcoin. In 2017, something triggered a rush of money into Bitcoin … driving it from $1000
Keeping it real in a surreal world … Read More »
You might think this is a political rant about income inequality … or contrasting the America of today to some past period of “the good old days.” But it’s really more pragmatic. Right now headlines say the economy is booming, unemployment is down, the stock market is up, and the biggest problem in housing is there’s
A tale of two Americas … Read More »
We just recorded an emergency conference call … … featuring Peak Prosperity’s Chris Martenson (The Crash Course) and Brien Lundin (Gold Newsletter). Chris is a big brain PhD who studies economics, eco-politics, and how energy (i.e., oil) affects economics. Brien is a well-recognized expert in precious metals and mining investing … and spends much of his
Dollar death watch emergency conference call … Read More »
And the hits just keep on coming … We know you’d like investing to be simple and drama free. We do too. But while real estate investing itself is a simple activity … the economics of real estate investing has become more complex. There’s a LOT going on in the world. Some things interconnect by
Yet another BRUTAL storm forming … Read More »