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Mike Simonsen

Mike Simonsen is the founder and president of real estate analytics firm Altos Research, which has provided national and local real estate data to financial institutions, real estate professionals, and investors across the country for more than 15 years. An expert trendspotter, Mike uses Altos data to identify market shifts months before they hit the headlines.
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Real estate inventory still climbing into November
By Mike Simonsen on October 31, 2022

Another week late in October, inventory is rising as buyers are at a standstill. It’s been 8 weeks since mortgage rates spiked over 6% and three weeks since they crossed over 7%. Everything...

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How the Fed Is Reshaping America
By Mike Simonsen on October 26, 2022

In this episode of the Top of Mind podcast, Mike Simonsen sits down with Nick Timiraos, Chief Economics Correspondent for The Wall Street Journal, to talk about how the Fed makes its policy...

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Unprecedented housing inventory gains for late October
By Mike Simonsen on October 24, 2022

It’s late October and available inventory of homes on the market is still climbing each week. With mortgage rates over 7 or even 7.5% right now, it’s not hard to imagine why the market has...

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How to Repair America’s Broken Housing Systems
By Mike Simonsen on October 19, 2022

In this episode of the Top of Mind podcast, Mike Simonsen sits down with Dr. Jenny Schuetz, Senior Fellow at Brookings Metro, to talk about the impact of policy on the housing market. Dr....

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Has housing inventory peaked for the year?
By Mike Simonsen on October 17, 2022

Inventory is still on the rise each week. Our model had forecasted that inventory would tick up this week and it did. Next week will be a pivotal inflection point. That’s the week when the...

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Key Signals to Watch in a Volatile Real Estate Market
By Mike Simonsen on October 13, 2022

Rising interest rates are putting a damper on the housing market. Buyers and sellers appear to be pulling back, and inventory is starting to climb again. How long will the market contract,...

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Will home sellers win the tug of war with buyers?
By Mike Simonsen on October 10, 2022

In this week’s data, inventory came in unchanged from last week. That was a little surprising to me - I had expected some inventory growth across the country, because buyers have stopped...

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The Impact of Financial Market Turmoil on Real Estate
By Mike Simonsen on October 5, 2022

In this episode of the Top of Mind podcast, Mike Simonsen sits down with Michael Batnick from The Irrelevant Investor to talk about how today’s economic turmoil is affecting the financial...

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Home buyers get spooked when mortgage rates pass 5.5%
By Mike Simonsen on October 3, 2022

Home buyers have stopped cold as mortgage rates spiked dramatically in the last few weeks. It’s really measurable. In this week’s update, I’ll show you the inflection point during the first...

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A Deep Dive on the Rental Market
By Mike Simonsen on September 28, 2022

In this episode of the Top of Mind podcast, Mike Simonsen sits down with Jay Parsons, VP, Head of Economics and Industry Principals for RealPage, to talk about what’s happening in the...

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