There are also regional and local researchers and real estate economists which I posted about recently and I'm sure a search will turn them up.The national orgs have research as well: NMHC and NAHB are two.

Japan has 100 year mortgages, they are paid over generations, they don't really help them much on the affordability side of things and are considered a poor designs by many economists. 3.

"- Paul Samuelson, Economist & Nobel Prize Winner paraphrased

Be..... an economist?

Same with economics -- Keynes theories certainly don't hold in many situations, but the basis of those theories are insightful and provide a great framework for future economists to build on.So, if you're starting from scratch, here's how I would proceed (and Aaron would probably mostly agree with this):1.

Or were you just what economist Nassim Taleb calls a "Lucky idiot"?

I'm not an economist, but generally with inflation, an increase in the money supply (dollar is worth less so you need more of them) will cause the price of a commodity (real estate in this case) to rise as inflation increases.

People don’t realize how much everyone around the world suffers when America makes a mistake.A few investors/economists who did the math on the original sets of mortgages made a killing by betting against everyone who thought the easy money would last forever.

Some economists predict inflation will surge back to 2% by next year if a vaccine becomes available and our economy speeds up, but it’s still a ways off.

Economists say that a balanced market should have about 6.5 months of inventory.)