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“The Great Stay” Economy with Guy Berger
By Mike Simonsen on December 18, 2024

In this episode of the Top of Mind podcast, Mike Simonsen sits down with Guy Berger, Director of Economic Research at the Burning Glass Institute, to talk about “The Great Stay”: how the...

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What Rising Inventory Means for the 2025 Housing Market
By Mike Simonsen on December 16, 2024

As the year draws to a close, available unsold inventory of homes on the market is nearly 27% greater than a year ago. Almost every market in the country has more homes available now than...

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Will 2025 Finally Be a “Normal” Housing Market?
By Mike Simonsen on December 9, 2024

We’ve now been in the post-pandemic housing market recession market as long as we were in the pandemic boom: two and a half years. Is this the moment when the housing market will finally...

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The Latest on the Distressed Housing Market with Daren Blomquist
By Mike Simonsen on December 4, 2024

In this episode of the Top of Mind podcast, Mike Simonsen sits down with Daren Blomquist from Auction.com to talk about the state of the distressed housing market. About Daren Blomquist ...

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How Migration Is Dividing the Housing Market in Two
By Mike Simonsen on December 2, 2024

The important thing to know when tracking housing inventory in 2024 through next year is that the country is bifurcated. Inventory has built dramatically in the South, while at the same...

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Buying a Home Is Growing Even Less Affordable
By Mike Simonsen on November 25, 2024

With relentless mortgage rates and stubbornly high home prices, the mortgage payment on the median priced home in the US is now back up above the 2023 and 2024 levels for the first time...

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Insights Into the 2025 Housing Market
By Mike Simonsen on November 19, 2024

Even though this week there were 9% more newly pending home sales than the same week a year ago, home sales are ticking down for the season and look weaker than they did in October....

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The Housing Market Outlook for 2025 with HousingWire’s Logan Mohtashami
By Mike Simonsen on November 13, 2024

In this episode of the Top of Mind podcast, Mike Simonsen sits down with Logan Mohtashami, lead analyst at HousingWire, to talk about his predictions for 2025. Logan looks at inventory...

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Housing Market Pauses for the Election
By Mike Simonsen on November 12, 2024

Overall this was a much slower week for the housing market than recent weeks have been. Inventory, new listings, sales, and prices all dipped this week. The autumn seasonal decline is upon...

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Home Sales Are Up Over Last Year
By Mike Simonsen on November 4, 2024

The hardest position to take in analyzing the market is one that is contrarian and bullish. When everyone knows that the housing market is sluggish and weak, but the data shows surprising...

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