Source: Speculators Anonymous — Many longtime readers know that I’ve been very critical of the housing market after the massive boom in real estate prices post-COVID. And as we learned from the underrated Austrian economist – Ludwig Von Mises – the bigger the...
Source: EFT Trends — Real estate has had a historical role as a 3%–5% diversifier within equity and bond portfolios, but in the changing and challenged markets of 2022, real estate investment trusts (REITs) and the real estate sector broadly have proven to be...
Source: Forbes — The fast 4% mortgage rate climb to 7% has sparked worries about the housing market. However, the residential real estate market produces its own cycles, even running counter to the stock and bond markets. That independence comes from a focus on...
Source: The Motley Fool — Nobody can know the future, but here are some things I could see happening. The real estate market in the United States has been decidedly unpredictable for the past couple of years. Many investors and industry analysts (myself...
Source: The Motley Fool — You’ll often hear that being a homeowner can lead to more financial stability. When you own a home and pay down your mortgage, you get closer to owning an asset whose value can grow over time. Plus, when you rent a home,...
Source: Quartz— The meteoric rise of mortgage rates has zipped past another milestone this year. For the first time since April 2002, the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage (FRM) topped 7% this week, according to data from Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation...
