Real Estate sales are in the tank, and some think they won’t recover any time soon
Housing sales, for both new and existing home sales, have fallen this past year (November 2017 to October 2018 – November 2018 and...
How long will the current Real Estate boom last?
Recent articles in the press note that current real estate prices are significantly higher than their post financial crisis lows (>50%...
What should real estate investors think about the 5 percent test?
The five percent test, as in, 30-year fixed rate mortgages of 5% or greater, is being touted in the media as a potential deal breaker for...
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...
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...
