22 September 2016 | 2 replies
In economics high prices are the solution for high prices and low prices are the solution for low prices.Now let's begin by looking at a chart of inflation adjusted housing prices in Miami from "The Economist" magazine.As you can see it dates back to 1980.
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25 May 2016 | 2 replies
Economists polled by Reuters had forecast new home sales, which account for about 10.2 percent of the housing market, rising to only a 523,000 unit-rate last month.New home sales are volatile month-to-month and April's increase probably exaggerates the housing market strength.Still, last month's gain pushed new home sales well above their first-quarter average of 531,667 units.
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7 June 2021 | 68 replies
Interest rates are historically very low and many economist believe that inflation is coming.
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27 March 2018 | 28 replies
Just a guess, I'm no economist, and home loan rates don't always move in lock-step with what the fed does.2.)
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2 July 2022 | 37 replies
I'm not an economist, I don't have a crystal ball.
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4 June 2018 | 206 replies
Economists attempt, not always successfully to predict the movement of global, national and state based economic drivers to help guide us to where the profits might be, t what might happen to interest rate sand thus the effects of possible inflation.
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2 December 2010 | 96 replies
Economists love to extrapolate data in a vacuum and act like policy levers can't be pulled to make adjustments over time.
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18 February 2015 | 28 replies
Most of the economists will say that the inflation runs at around 3% a year, which is almost the interest you are paying on these loans.
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29 September 2015 | 43 replies
I'm no economist.
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17 August 2023 | 24 replies
I do live and specialize in Phoenix, so I am biased 😉But also, on a webinar right now with a local housing economist that just went over this slide.While other states may be seeing strong job growth, I would argue that nowhere else is the majority of their growth concentrated within a single metropolitan area like we are seeing in Phoenix: