Data from ShowingTime, a Zillow-owned home tour scheduling app, is showing the worst start to a year in 5 years for touring volume in 2026. 

There’s a difference between price data and behavior data.Price data lags.Behavior shows up first.Right now, behavior is flashing.Google searches for “can’t sell house” have surged to the highest level in over a decade.That’s not inventory talking.That’s frustration talking.Now stack that on top of the hard numbers.Nationally:– Pending home sales just printed an all-time low going back to 2021.– There are materially more sellers than buyers in the market. 600,000 more home sellers than buyers.

The headline number looks stronger than the broader trend suggests.For mortgage rates, softer employment momentum can reduce inflation pressure and give the Fed more flexibility later this year.Inflation Falls to an 8-Month LowConsumer inflation rose just 0.2% in January and slowed to 2.4% year over year, down from 2.7%.Core inflation eased to 2.5% annually.That’s the lowest annual rate in eight months.Shelter (which makes up ~35% of CPI and ~44% of core CPI) was modest in January, helping bring the annual number down.Airline fares jumped, but the broader inflation picture was contained.Bottom line: Inflation is moving in the right direction.The Federal Reserve is still cautious, but easing inflation + cooling labor data strengthens the case for eventual rate cuts later in 2026.For buyers and sellers: inflation cooling is generally supportive for mortgage rate stability.Existing Home Sales Slow to Start 2026After a strong December, existing home sales fell 8.4% in January and were down 4.4% year over year.Inventory slipped slightly month-over-month but remains higher than last year.NAR noted unusually cold weather and heavy precipitation may have distorted the numbers.The more important point?

I haven't had this property for very long (under 2 years) so I don't have a lot of historical data to go off of.

At the same time, he suggested the productivity gains could eventually enable something like a four-day work week.Some early labor data is already starting to reflect the pressure.In the tech sector, new hires in January totaled just 5,306 — the lowest level since tracking began in 2009.

The only data on the transaction was the utility name.

A new data center announcement or maybe an Amazon fulfillment center moving into a metro area are a few examples.

Someone mentioned they had lost money in real estate. If you hold it long enough then you should never lose money in real estate. Here in Cincinnati, prices have steadily rose and I expect that to continue. When we ar...

Hi @Bonnie Griffin KaakeTraditional firms (like yours) have historically charged $5,000 to $15,000 because their overhead includes manual "take-offs" and physical travel.

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