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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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Hot Signals Already for the 2022 Real Estate Market
By Mike Simonsen on January 14, 2022

The early data is in and the market is starting the year: very hot. We are looking to prepare for bidding wars, big cash offers over asking sales, transactions happening. But there are some...

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Real estate bidding wars on the horizon for early 2022
By Mike Simonsen on January 10, 2022

Oh man, the market is heating up faster than I was hoping for. The first of the leading indicators for the new year are in and the homebuyers are pushing up prices very quickly.

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Geeking Out On Housing Economics
By Mike Simonsen on January 5, 2022

Ralph McLaughlin is the Chief Economist at Kukun, an AI-powered property technology platform for homeowners and real estate investors. Kukun offers fast and intuitive access to the most...

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Real estate inventory hits new record low
By Mike Simonsen on January 3, 2022

New Year new market? We hit a new record low of available real estate inventory this week. The big question is where does it stop? Does 2022 resume a more normal curve or are we stuck in...

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Real Estate Agents That Stand Out
By Mike Simonsen on December 22, 2021

Mark Johnson is the CEO of JPAR Real Estate. JPAR is a fast-growing, full-service, transaction-based real estate brokerage based in Texas with offices throughout the country. Mark has...

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Why inflation may lead to fewer homes for sale in 2022
By Mike Simonsen on December 20, 2021

This is the week’s Altos Research real estate market report. Each week Altos Research tracks every home for sale in the country, we analyze all the pricing, supply and demand, and all...

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Will the housing market continue its hot streak in 2022?
By Mike Simonsen on December 15, 2021

As we approach the end of another hot year for the market, homebuyers and sellers are eagerly looking ahead to the 2022 housing market. Will the market continue its streak of strong growth,...

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Real estate demand is increasing as we wrap up 2021
By Mike Simonsen on December 14, 2021

Almost ready to wrap up the year! Available inventory of homes for sale ticked down again this week. How low will our available supply of homes go? And we’re getting some fascinating demand...

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2022 Real Estate Market Shaping Up to be Hot
By Mike Simonsen on December 6, 2021

The Thanksgiving holiday week is baked into the data now and it sure looks like the market is accelerating from where it was earlier in the fall. There are seasonal and holiday variables to...

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Is real estate seasonality a thing of the past?
By Mike Simonsen on November 29, 2021

During the pandemic we had an abrupt change to seasonality in housing data. As families once were tightly constrained by school and work location and schedules, if a home didn’t sell by the...

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