Category: Economy
What Can Foreign Investors Teach Us About Our Own Country?
November 7th, 2011
You’ve seen the headlines. The combination of lower prices, increased rents and a weak dollar are drawing investor capital from all around the globe and funneling it into American housing. According to NAR, foreign investment is US real estate has …Read more »
2012 Housing Market Forecast
October 25th, 2011
The question most real estate investors often ask is, "Where do I invest now?" As always, there are local housing markets around the country where homes are affordable, the underlying economy is strong, and appreciation is imminent. These are markets …Read more »
The New Real Estate Boom
October 3rd, 2011
Home prices and sales may be flat, but the rental industry is booming. The percentage of renters is on the rise, the number of households is increasing, and more Americans are downsizing, all of which point in a single direction: …Read more »
National Economic Outlook (September 2011)
September 12th, 2011
Read the newspapers and we're at the brink: Global Gloom, Deepening Pessimism, Markets Drop Sharply. Is another Great Depression just around the corner? Is the US slumping to a decade of stagnation a la Japan? Is China now eating the lunch …Read more »
U.S. Housing Market Intelligence Report (August 2011)
August 30th, 2011
Categories are graded from A thru F: Economic Growth: C- (June 2011: D+) The U.S. economic recovery remains sluggish. Real GDP grew at a 1.3% pace in 2Q11, following downwardly revised growth of 0.4% in 1Q11; far below the 1.9% …Read more »
Next 2 Years is Prime Time for Real Estate Investors
August 20th, 2011
Real estate investors are likely to be three times more active than other types of home-buyers in their local markets within the next two years, according to a national survey by Realtor.com operator Move Inc. Market research firm GfK Custom …Read more »
National Economic Outlook (August 2011)
August 15th, 2011
Jobs, jobs, jobs! That's what we'll hear from now on through the 2012 election, and rightly so. Although they claim otherwise, Wall Street and the Big Banks are not the essential, indispensable, must-be-bailed-out part of the national economy: it's people …Read more »
What Determines the Market?
July 6th, 2011
Most people think of the real estate market as something that's measured like the stock market—bearish or bullish. In real estate, the common expressions for a bull market are "up," "strong," "good," "hot," and "seller's." A bearish market is described …Read more »
U.S. Housing Market Intelligence Report (June 2011)
June 21st, 2011
Categories are graded from A thru F: Economic Growth: D+ Trends were mixed this month, as a few metrics ticked up while the majority ticked down, resulting in a drop from C- last month to D+ this month for overall …Read more »
