Category: Economy

Trump has a 10-point lead on Clinton when Americans are asked about which candidate will spur higher home prices.  Primary results also suggest candidates weren’t popular in places where housing prices had a strong recovery. So of the two presumptive …Read more  »

Look, I’m going to level with you.  I think we’re screwed. We all saw what happened last week because of "Brexit" (British Exit).  The markets are in uncertain territory. Add inflation and the potential for recession – this situation becomes …Read more  »

How does the economy really work? This simple but not simplistic video by Ray Dalio, the founder of Bridgewater Associates, shows the basic driving forces behind the economy, and explains why economic cycles occur by breaking down concepts such as …Read more  »

U-Haul moving truck price disparities usually indicate domestic migration trends long before official migration does.  In light of that, we compared the costs of renting a truck each direction to and from 16 cities and learned that: People are leaving …Read more  »

The 2016 housing market is expected to be a picture of moderate but solid growth, with increasing interest rates a minimal concern.  Rental investors will particularly benefit as property appreciates, rents rise to record heights and vacancy rates fall. The …Read more  »

After peaking in 2006, the median U.S. house price fell about 30%, finally hitting bottom in late 2011.  Since then, house prices have rebounded strongly and are nearly back to the pre-recession peak. However, conditions in the latest boom appear …Read more  »

Families are facing much bigger rent checks this year -- especially those living in cities in the South and West. Rent prices have been rising across the country, but rents for single-family homes in these two parts of the country …Read more  »

As you have probably heard, China seems to be on the edge of a significant crash.  This has prompted questions of how to predict and prepare for the next real estate market crash in the US.  We've had a couple …Read more  »

There are more renters now than in the history of the United States.  Unfortunately, we’re also in "the worst rental affordability crisis that this country has ever known," per the U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.  That's a bad …Read more  »