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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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Deep Dive on Rentals with Zumper’s Anthemos Georgiades
By Mike Simonsen on August 28, 2024

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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Inventory Is Now Declining in Key Markets
By Mike Simonsen on August 26, 2024

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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Is Inventory Growth Finally Slowing?
By Mike Simonsen on August 19, 2024

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...

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Tackling America’s Housing Crisis with Mercatus Center’s Salim Furth
By Mike Simonsen on August 14, 2024

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 Are Down. Do Buyers Care?
By Mike Simonsen on August 12, 2024

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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Will Home Buyers Jump at Cheaper Mortgage Rates?
By Mike Simonsen on August 5, 2024

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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Is the 2024 Housing Market Beyond Saving?
By Mike Simonsen on July 29, 2024

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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Housing Demand Stalls As Homebuyers Wait for Lower Rates
By Mike Simonsen on July 22, 2024

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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What Happens to the Housing Market When Rates Finally Drop?
By Mike Simonsen on July 15, 2024

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,...

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Forecasting Home Prices with Pulsenomics’ Terry Loebs
By Mike Simonsen on July 10, 2024

In this episode of the Top of Mind podcast, Mike Simonsen sits down with Terry Loebs from Pulsenomics for a deep dive into forecasting home prices and the housing market. Terry has been at...

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