Real estate economics

Real Estate Economist Sees Opportunity Until 2014

by Ryan Hinricher | February 15, 2010

This week I was listening to a conference call with real estate economist Mark Boud of Real Estate Economics. He was offering insight to where the market is today and what we can expect in 2010 and beyond. I’ve put together some highlights of his findings and data. New home construction will be lower in [...]

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Commercial Real Estate

Apartment Vacancy Rate Hits Its Highest Point In Nearly 25 Years

by Christina Inman | November 2, 2009

In what is an interesting phenomenon, apartment vacancies have hit their highest point since 1986 in cities across the country. According to Reis Inc., a New York real-estate research firm that tracks vacancies and rents in the top 79 U.S. markets, the vacancy rate reached 7.8% this summer, which is normally a strong period for [...]

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Real Estate Market

Is The Housing Market Overheating . . . Again?

by Peter Giardini | October 27, 2009

It seems that in these past two weeks, we have experienced a tremendous increase in relatively negative news regarding the real estate market. Usually I just chalk up all this negativity to the media working hard to score a few extra bucks. However, this time I am choosing to not be so hard on the [...]

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Commentary

A Quiz You Can’t Fail: How Will You Make Money in Real Estate

by Tom Koziol | October 23, 2009

As everyone knows, the real estate market is in the tank – at least that is the overall perception. On the other hand, we all have heard that there are people who are still making money in real estate. At least they say they are.

If it is true that people are making money, here is a quiz that should be a no brainer. By the way, this quiz won’t be graded. Not by me at least. You may decide to give yourself a grade just for grins.

The Setting

Lets say you live in a housing market that has been described by a national real estate forecast service as the country’s “weakest housing market.” It is projected to have the biggest decline in value in the next 12 months among all housing markets in the nation with a 12 percent median price dip for both new and existing single-family homes.

In making its determination, the forecast service looked at 260 metro areas using more than 50 variables, including housing supply, population trends, unemployment and inflation. And, speaking of unemployment, your area has just seen a full one percent spike upward.

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