Are house prices getting out of reach?
House prices are up 8% in California and 7.1%, on average, across the country. In affluent neighborhoods, the increases are even higher...
The Key to Housing Prices: Supply and Demand
US house prices have increased over twice the amount of inflation this past year and are projected to repeat that feat this year. ...
Location, Location, Location – Real Estate and climate change
As the old saying goes, the three most important things to know about real estate is location, location, location. That adage has been...
Commercial and residential real estate going in opposite directions?
Commercial real estate seems to be going through significant challenges, due to the impact of internet shopping (aka the “Amazon effect”)....
Real Estate sales are slowing, but prices keep going up
Homeowners with a mortgage, on average across the US, have seen their home equity rise over $15,000 since last year. The two states that...
Real Estate is going higher, despite interest rates and other fears
There are many challenges to the real estate market at this time. First, interest rates have been climbing, mostly due to the Fed...
Will real estate prices continue to rise?
Real estate prices are surging across the country, but will that trend continue? Based on several factors, I believe that will be the...
2017 Year-end summary and a 2018 projection
2017 was an incredible year: we saw stock market valuations and indexes at all-time highs, a continuing rebound in real estate prices,...
What effect will the proposed tax law changes have on Real Estate?
Tax law changes can have a significant effect on real estate prices. As I wrote in What’s Next for the Economy, the 401(k) tax law change...
Will Real Estate prices be affected by the reduction of capital outflows from China?
One of the driving factors of the Real Estate rebound has been Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) of capital into the United States. China...
