Have We Started Down the Slippery Slope to a Housing Crash?
The times, they are a-changin’. The mercurial real estate market now has more sellers than buyers, as Redfin reports that sluggish home prices have grown at their slowest pace in…
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With the NFL Season Around the Corner, These Are the Top 10 Markets For Airbnbs on Gameday
NFL fans don’t just travel, they travel with purpose. They book in groups, filling your driveway with trucks and tailgating gear, and they treat Sunday like a sacred holiday. For…
An Increasing Number of Homeowners Are at Risk of Selling at a Loss
There’s no need to pull the emergency parachute and sell all your real estate before prices fall further—at least in most parts of the country. According to a new report…
Understanding the Mortgage Spread and How It Impacts the Housing Market
This year, real estate investors and homeowners alike are closely watching high mortgage rates, yet many may not fully understand the mortgage spread—the difference between the 30-year fixed mortgage rate…
Is Florida a Gigantic Warning Sign For the Rest of the Country?
Florida is seeing broad home price declines across many of its metros, with no clear end in sight. Some cities are posting double-digit losses. Condos are especially hard hit. So,…
Home Flipping Margins Tighten as Deals Become More Scarce
There’s some good news and some bad news regarding home flipping. The good news is that despite high interest rates, it’s still possible to turn a profit and make a…
A Map of All 73 Cities Where Rents Have Dropped This Year
Developers built nearly 600,000 apartment units last year, setting a new record. That glut of new supply, coupled with fears over trade war-induced inflation and recession, has caused rents to…
The Worrying Economic Fallout of the Iran Conflict
Whenever war breaks out, the most important consideration by far should always be for the people who are killed or wounded in the conflict. Economic considerations are, and should always…
7 Ways Real Estate Investors Should Prepare For the New Tax Laws On the Way
If nothing else, the “One Big Beautiful Bill” Act is definitely big, at over a thousand pages long. Critics on both sides of the aisle have slammed the bill for…
Revisiting the 2008 Financial Crisis: What Actually Caused the Real Estate Market to Melt Down
Not long ago, we appeared to be staring into the abyss of a recession. Goldman Sachs had put the odds of a global recession in 2025 at 60%, although it…
Investor-Owned Home Sales Reach Highest Levels in Decades
Real estate investors are eschewing the tried-and-trusted strategy of buying and holding assets for the long term and jettisoning their rental properties to escape a softening market, according to a…
Inflation Continues to Cool—Does the Fed Still Have an Excuse to Not Cut Rates?
The latest Consumer Price Index (CPI) report was released on Wednesday morning, with inflation once again coming in below expectations for the fourth straight month. Core CPI, which strips out…
Why Even Smart Investors Get Wiped Out (and How to Protect Your Wealth Now)
Most investors think that diversity is the key to protecting their wealth. They’ve got money in real estate, the stock market, and maybe even some private equity deals. That’s good,…
