We track inventory and home sales very closely around here, but to be honest, the biggest surprise to me this year has been the resiliency of home prices. Given the unrelenting mortgage...
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We track inventory and home sales very closely around here, but to be honest, the biggest surprise to me this year has been the resiliency of home prices. Given the unrelenting mortgage...
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Despite the Florida hurricanes, and in the face of recently rising mortgage rates, unsold inventory of homes on the market climbed this week by about 1%. We’ve been expecting inventory to...
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About a year ago, I started noticing a parallel between the housing market and the labor market. Unemployment in the country is very low. Everyone has a job. The conventional wisdom for...
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Home sales and home prices have been improving for several weeks. Unfortunately, this period could be fleeting, because we had strong economic news last week. And ironically a really strong...
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The rate of home sales is picking up, especially compared to last year at this time. The number of homes in contract across the country has risen for the last few weeks. Purchase mortgage...
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The U.S. housing market has boomed for years, with economic growth and cheap mortgages driving massive homebuyer demand - and rising prices - for more than a decade.And for years, people...
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Altos Research Mike Simonsen Top of Mind Podcast John Burns Real Estate Consulting Eric Finnigan
In this episode of the Top of Mind podcast, Mike Simonsen sits down with Eric Finnigan, Vice President of Demographics Research at John Burns, to talk about the biggest themes and trends in...
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While inventory of unsold homes on the market in each of the two last years headed higher during September and October due to mortgage rate spikes, we’re seeing a more normal seasonal...
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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...
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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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