
22 June 2020 | 2 replies
"Remote work allows for precious time savings without a commute and potentially more affordable living away from job centers, but it can come with productivity and sanity costs without the proper tools," says Skylar Olsen, senior principal economist at Zillow.

2 July 2020 | 3 replies
Economists say home sales usually decline before prices do in a market downturn because sellers are reluctant to drop their price until they absolutely have to.

24 June 2020 | 1 reply
Hey guys,I previously worked as an intern at Texas A&M’s Real Estate Center and co-authored this tech report over blockchain’s future impact on the commercial and residential real estate markets with economist Dr.
4 July 2020 | 6 replies
Hi all,I am no economist and am looking for some insight from people on this topic. if we exclude any type of forced appreciation - If inflation hovers around 2%, the value of a property would be growing this same 2%, along with this the debt would be technically worth less as well because the value of a dollar is technically worth less as well.

13 July 2020 | 63 replies
Am presently reading the threads on Bigger Pockets, due to am asking the same question, as to when the U.S. economy will go into the expected crash-crisis, as predicted in 2020, by many economists.

6 August 2020 | 6 replies
Since we can lose a lot of money while waiting for a downturn, I am constantly looking for other avenues e.g. buying at the live auctions, looking online every day just to keep up with prices, flipping trailer homes, or just working my regular job a little harder to make more money.Ummmm....multiple economists who predicted the last recession said that housing prices will dip in the near future.

24 July 2020 | 8 replies
I go straight to the #1 experts, NAHB (National Association of Home Builders) and the various resources that come with & under their purview such as economists, data scientists and so on.

17 July 2020 | 2 replies
However, we’re still in uncharted territory as Texas and the Austin area experience a continued rise in COVID-19 cases that could cause additional economic restrictions that further pressure the area’s already cripplingly low housing inventory.James Gaines, chief economist for the Real Estate Center at TAMU, said the following:“There are plenty of unknowns in the months ahead, but June home sales across the MSA being up 9.3% YoY was tremendous when considering the strength of 2019.
29 December 2020 | 119 replies
The economist in me says you are burning 4 years of earning potential plus burning the other costs that aren't covered in the full ride like room and board.

3 August 2020 | 10 replies
Most economists I've read seem to think disinflation will come first and then some major inflation.