A quick read on where Columbus rentals stand heading into winter, from someone who self-manages here. Swiss Realty Group's Q3 2026 Columbus multifamily analysis (disclosure: my brokerage) put overall multifamily vacancy at 10.1%, with stabilized properties at 7.7%, and effective rents roughly fla...
Quick read on the week for anyone underwriting a flip or a rental right now. October was a decent month for rates. The 10-year Treasury closed the 30th at 4.94%, down from 5.28% on the 2nd, and Freddie Mac's 30-year average is at 7.24% after two straight weekly drops. This week gives that four ch...
Market in a Minute We’re in the middle of Q4 market and here's where things stand. Knox County home sales decreased -20.7% in Oct 2026 from Oct 2025. The median sale price was $402,588 — down .06% from the previous year. Year to date from the same time last year it's flat. New listing housing inv...
September new-home sales came out Tuesday, and they say builders are still paying to move houses. Sales ran at a 676,000 annual rate, down 5.3% from a year ago. The median new-home price was $400,400, down 3.9%. Builders have 476,000 homes for sale, 8.4 months of supply. The South fell 6.6% and i...
The Fed held at 3.75% to 4.00% on Wednesday, but the vote was 10-2. Governor Lisa Cook and Cleveland Fed President Beth Hammack both wanted another quarter-point hike, and the statement upgraded the economy to "strong" from "solid." The 10-year reacted the way you'd expect and went to 5.05% Wedne...
The 10-year Treasury started October at 5.28% and closed Friday at 4.94%. That happened in a month when two Fed members voted for another hike, so the short end and the long end are pulling in different directions right now. Mortgage News Daily's 30-year index finished the week at 7.27%, its lowe...
The Fed paused this week and inflation landed right where everyone expected, but a few details under the headlines matter more for investors than the headlines themselves. The Fed Held, With Two Votes for a Hike The Fed kept the Fed Funds Rate at 3.75% to 4%, following September's quarter-point h...
I pulled CRMLS data comparing 2–4 unit sales in North Hollywood from January through early September 2025 and 2026. A few things stood out: Closed sales fell from 32 to 17 (−47%). Median sale price declined from $1.219M to $1.075M (−12%). Median price per unit dropped about 8%. Median days on mar...
Each week I run all 1–4 unit homes for sale in the city of Indianapolis through one test: would a 12-month lease cover principal, interest, taxes, insurance and HOA? That's DSCR 1.0, the test a DSCR lender uses. Today's list (Oct 29): - 20% down: 849 homes pass - 25% down: 1,184 pass - 30% down: ...
Here’s an October snapshot of 33 Johnson County, KS ZIP codes. I pulled these from the MLS. Numbers are represented as: Average price | Average days on market | Close to list price ratio | New listings for that month. 66013 - $739,442 | 155 days | 100.8% | 6 66018 - $499,083 | 66 days | 100.1% | ...
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I ran the same buy-and-hold screen I did for Cleveland and Toledo on every active Birmingham-area listing from $60k to $600k, pulled Oct 23. That's 1,650 listings. The assumption I trust least is insurance, and local owners know it better than any dataset. Assumptions: 25% down at 7% on a 30-year...
For someone who is looking to sell property in Phoenix, is the city and surrounding area in a sellers or buyers market currently? Do buyers have more negotiating power due to the holiday season coming and the market slowing down?
Last week I put up a Cleveland screen and got some good pushback. People wanted stress tests and a bad-debt line, and @Gladimir Lobo was right that a screen can't see condition, lead or what's happening street to street. So I ran Toledo the same way with those built in. I'm posting it so the peop...
Each week I run all 1–4 unit homes for sale in the North Port–Bradenton–Sarasota metro through one test: would a 12-month lease cover principal, interest, taxes, insurance and HOA? That's DSCR 1.0, the test a DSCR lender uses. This week's list (Oct 27): - 20% down: 134 homes pass - 25% down: 257 ...
When I got licensed in 2013, the Louisville MLS had somewhere around 1,800 to 2,200 homes for sale on any given day. Over the weekend it briefly topped 4,700. That number by itself isn't a crash. Here's what's underneath it. Jefferson County, single-family, straight from the MLS, September (the l...
WHAT HOUSING SHORTAGE? We're constantly told America needs millions more homes. Build, build, build! But what happens when we look at the actual numbers? The latest U.S. Census Bureau data tells a rather different story. Here are the numbers for Q3 2026: 1.51 MILLION net additional housing units ...
This one’s from the trenches. This weekend I talked with a representative from one of the major national homebuilders. They have platted, shovel-ready developments that they’re putting on hold until rates improve. The last time I saw builders sit on ready-to-go lots like this was 2007, heading in...
If you'd told me 3 years ago my best-cash-flowing rentals in 2026 would be brand-new builder homes, I wouldn't have believed you. But that's where the numbers landed for me and my investor clients this year. Last year most of us bought from one national builder because their financing incentives ...
Quick note for owners holding rentals in Orange County. Under California Civil Code 1950.5(g), as amended by AB 2801 (source: California Legislative Information, leginfo.legislature.ca.gov), landlords must photograph the unit at or right before move-in for any tenancy that began on or after July ...
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Quick note up front: I'm a realtor, not a lender. This is what the data shows, not financing advice. The national picture is rough. Mortgage purchase applications are down about 60% from the pandemic peak, rates are above 7%, and a record 14% of September deals canceled before closing. Here's the...
I wanted to know how much of the Cleveland market actually cash-flows at conservative terms, so I screened every active for-sale listing in Cuyahoga County this week (Oct 20). Assumptions: 25% down, 7% / 30-yr, 3% closing, 8% vacancy, 7% repairs, 8% capex, 10% management. Rent = 85% of HUD Small ...