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This week the available inventory of homes for sale inched down across the country. It was a lead up to the holiday weekend, so that’s not uncommon. But it is indicative that we’re roughly...

Altos Research Mike Simonsen Top of Mind Podcast Anthemos Georgiades rentals Zumper

In this episode of the Top of Mind podcast, Mike Simonsen sits down with Anthemos Georgiades from online rental marketplace Zumper to talk about the biggest trends in the rental market...

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Unsold inventory in the two biggest housing markets in the country, Texas and Florida, declined this week - there are fewer homes for sale now than a week ago. Inventory seems to have...

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Unsold inventory has been on the rise all year, but there are some signs that inventory growth is slowing as we approach the end of summer with newly-lower mortgage rates.In the years...

Altos Research Mike Simonsen Top of Mind Podcast Salim Furth affordability

In this episode of the Top of Mind podcast, Mike Simonsen sits down with Salim Furth from the Mercatus Center at George Mason University to explore America’s housing affordability and...

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Mortgage rates fell two weeks ago, then climbed steadily again last week. Is it enough to motivate any new buyer activity or are we looking at 2025 before home sales finally recover?From a...

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Mortgage rates are dropping fast. Will potential home buyers jump at newly cheaper payments? Or will they wait to see if rates drop further before taking action? Mortgage rates are at the...

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Any sales growth momentum in the real estate market we might have had early in the year is gone. New home sales contracts are coming in pretty consistently fewer than last year - 4.9% fewer...

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Mortgage rates have come down with recent good inflation news, but rates are still higher than they were a year ago and higher than they were 6 months ago. How will consumers respond as...

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Is it darkest before the dawn? If we look at the housing market data right now, things look the most bearish they've been all year. And yet, really good inflation data came in last week,...