Source: FT Adviser — Mortgage repayments now make up nearly 40 per cent of a first-time buyer’s net take-home pay, which high street bank Nationwide has said is “close to the levels seen in the run up to the financial crisis”. Senior economist at the bank,...
Source: Forbes — Key Takeaways Just because there’s a recession doesn’t necessarily mean rent prices go down. In fact, during the 2008 recession, it was the exact opposite. In the current rental market, we have seen the rate of increase in rental prices come...
Source: MLive — The housing market is cleaning up its wildest party in decades. Prices saw double-digit increases while days on the market were reduced to hours. But now we’re flipping on the lights and ending this rager. It’s time to go back to normal —...
Source: firsttuesday Journal — This article explains why speculators — as a distinct type of real estate purchaser — profit disproportionately during a recovery, and what the next speculator increase means for California’s housing market. Why the spectacle? A...
Source: GeekWire — The once high-flying real estate market sputtered in 2022, dragging many real estate tech companies down with it. The sudden swing pushed companies to cut costs, which included layoffs and shifts to their business models. Seattle giants...
Source: US News — Mortgage rates are widely expected to fall this year as inflation recedes and the U.S. economy prepares for the possibility of a modest recession, according to some of the nation’s leading real estate economists. This comes after...