Rising mortgage rates and inflation in the wider economy caused housing demand to drop sharply in June, forcing home prices to cool down.
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On average, the U.S. housing market has seen price appreciation of 4.4% annually since 1991. High demand and low supply have accelerated price growth during the COVID-19 pandemic. In fact, single-family house prices grew by 18.7% from the first quarter of 2021 to the first quarter of 2022—the highest growth seen in at least 31 years.
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Amid a historic stretch of inflation over the last year, the cost of housing (especially rent) has been one of the most significant pressures on household finances.
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Well, hello … 2020! It’s a new year and a new decade … and it’s a TERRIFIC time to talk about the top trends in real estate investing. Many factors are affecting the path real estate is heading down this year … demographics, economics, technology, politics, energy, and interest rates. So sit back and take
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Even if you’re a die-hard cash flow investor … more intent on collecting properties than flipping them … it’s still important to pay attention to market cycles. After all, though you might not plan to “sell high”, it’s sure nice to “buy low”. Besides, “buy and hold” doesn’t mean you’re not harvesting equity when conditions are
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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
Market analysis for dummies … Read More »
Real estate investors tend to like low interest rates. After all, low rates mean lower payments for the same size mortgage … or a bigger mortgage for the same payments. Nice. The current Wizard of Rates is Fed chair Jerome Powell. And he just showed up on 60 Minutes and told everyone … “‘We don’t
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While most Americans are fixated on the brouhaha surrounding the government shutdown, we’re thinking about something even MORE slimy … Oil. Long time followers know we’ve been watching oil for quite a while … and for a variety of reasons over and above the amazing tax breaks. Oil and energy have a substantial impact on the
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One reason we write is because very little mainstream financial commentary addresses the unique needs of real estate investors. Most financial pundits think of real estate merely in terms of home prices, home builder stocks, and maybe real estate investment trusts (REITs). Their preferred investment strategy is buy-low-sell-high … usually based on divining things wholly outside
Home-building bust … good, bad, or ugly? Read More »
We’re taking a break from our relentless preparation for the upcoming Future of Money and Wealth conference to focus on one our favorite subjects … Equity. According to a recent report by CoreLogic, last year’s increase in America’s home equity wealth was the largest in four years. In 2017, the national CoreLogic Home Price Index rose by more than