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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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Getting Smart on New Home Construction with NAHB’s Robert Dietz
By Mike Simonsen on July 19, 2023

In this episode of the Top of Mind podcast, Mike Simonsen sits down with Robert Dietz, Chief Economist and Senior Vice President for Economics and Housing Policy for the National...

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A Soft Landing for the Real Estate Market, and What’s Next
By Mike Simonsen on July 17, 2023

Somewhere about this time last summer, I did a video where we pointed out that it looked like the US housing market could have a soft landing in 2023. Any time you use the phrase “soft...

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Home Prices Holding Strong Year-Over-Year Despite Rising Mortgage Rates
By Mike Simonsen on July 10, 2023

This week, new pending home sales prices are at a new high for the year, and just fractionally below last year at this time. This is a remarkable development given how dramatically home...

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Mid-Year Housing Market Signals for the Rest of 2023
By Mike Simonsen on July 5, 2023

What will it take for inventory of homes to build for the second half of the year? If mortgage rates climb, demand will slow and inventory will build up, like it did in September and...

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Divvy Homes’ Adena Hefets on Rent-To-Own Innovations
By Mike Simonsen on July 5, 2023

In this episode of the Top of Mind podcast, Mike Simonsen sits down with Adena Hefets, co-founder and CEO of Divvy Homes, to talk about why the rent-to-own model is gaining momentum in...

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Signs that homebuyers have adjusted to high mortgage rates
By Mike Simonsen on June 26, 2023

We’re seeing encouraging purchase signals this week even as mortgage rates have stabilized around 7%. Available inventory of unsold single family homes rose 2% this week; last year it rose...

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Corcoran’s Stephanie Anton on What’s Next for Luxury Real Estate
By Mike Simonsen on June 21, 2023

In this episode of the Top of Mind podcast, Mike Simonsen sits down with Stephanie Anton, President of Corcoran Affiliates, to talk about the market for luxury homes around the world....

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Are high mortgage rates finally impacting demand?
By Mike Simonsen on June 19, 2023

While we still hear anecdotes about multiple offer scenarios in much of the country, and inventory is still super tight, we’re starting to see a slight slowdown in the sales rate, and a few...

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Home sales have slowed, but home prices are holding up
By Mike Simonsen on June 12, 2023

We’ve been reporting for a few weeks about how the real estate market is reacting to mortgage rates around 7%. It seems pretty clear that sales volume has dipped as rates have moved up....

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Houston Vintage Homes’ Tyron McDaniel on Building Affordable Housing
By Mike Simonsen on June 7, 2023

In this episode of the Top of Mind podcast, Mike Simonsen sits down with Tyron McDaniel, CEO of Houston Vintage Homes, to talk about his vision for affordable and attainable housing. Tyron...

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