Real Estate News & Insights
South Korea Creates Task Force to Address Real Estate Fraud
The government cited “artificially inflating home prices, false transaction reports, and fraudulent subscriptions” as the main concerns that sparked the task force’s creation. Continue Reading South Korea Creates Task Force to Address Real Estate Fraud
Hits and Misses for the Real Estate Week of Oct. 27-31
Government officials being forced out of their homes by threats of violence, Zohran Mamdani’s silence on contentious housing proposals, and a soccer stadium where you’d least expect it. Continue Reading Hits and Misses for the Real Estate Week of Oct. 27-31
Mortgage rates collapse on softer inflation data
Source: Housing Wire --- Finally, some good news: the growth rate of inflation is cooling off for now, and with the CPI inflation report being positive, the 10-year yield fell noticeably, and mortgage rates will fall with that! So, the question is, are we reaching the...
With Interest Rates at 7%, Here’s How Much More You’re Paying for a $500K House
Source: Motley Fool --- If you're in the market for a new home, you're probably well aware that mortgage rates are on the rise. In fact, they've more than doubled since the beginning of the year and are now at their highest level in nearly 15 years. Mortgage rates...
The Real Estate Markets Seeing The Biggest Downturns In Home Prices And Property Values
Source: Yahoo! --- The only bad thing about the best parties is that no matter how good they were, the good times can’t go on forever. Investing is always cyclical and even investments like real estate which have performed over time will have bad cycles. It certainly...
Must-know real estate trends driving the market in 2023
Source: Real Trends --- The Emerging Trends in Real Estate report, produced by PWC and The Urban Land Institute (ULI), has been the dominant voice in reporting the future of the industry for more than 40 years. Given the market upheavals in the years since the...
November and December are historically 2 of the 3 best months to buy a home if you want a deal. 6 economists and real estate pros on whether that trend will hold in 2022
Source: Market Watch --- Winter is coming. And in the case of real estate, that may be a good thing — at least for buyers looking for a lower priced home. Indeed, a 2021 analysis from real estate research firm ATTOM Data Solutions found that October, November and...
What will the Fed do next? Follow the economy, not what Jerome Powell says
Source: CNN --- New YorkCNN Business — The stock market has been on a roller coaster ride, largely because of Wall Street’s shifting expectations about whether the Federal Reserve is going to slow down the pace and size of its interest rate hikes. The Fed briefly...
Opinion: Solving the housing affordability issue
Source: Real Trends --- In a recent chat with two PropTech executives concerned about rising house prices, an interesting linguistic distinction was the focus of our discussion. The two words were affordable and affordability. In the housing market, the first has a...
Why it may be time to buy into the slumping real estate market
Source: Yahoo! News --- As the U.S. housing market says goodbye to low mortgage rates—and home sales slump as a result— here's the big question: Is it now time to invest in residential real estate? “For investors like us (it) is an opportunity, actually, to scoop up...
The Housing Market Is Worse Than You Think
Source: The New York Times --- Buyers, sellers and renters are in for more twists and turns, as soaring mortgage rates and stubborn inflation signal belt tightening ahead. Everyone is feeling the squeeze. “Mortgage rates are sky high, prices are sky high, and there’s...
The Housing Market is Fragile: Downside as Real Estate Prices Fall
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...
