Aug bring new students and suddenly we have spike in missing packages and mails.

Electric can also spike in the summer with A/C.

I'd like to pay off the mortgage and really enjoy the cashflow but would this trigger a spike in how the house is taxed?

What do you think of fix/flippers working to extend their hold times out a little longer to take advantage of this recent spike in valuations and drastic drop in DOMs?

City told the consumption has not gone very high but there is some spike.

There are other houses in the area which have spiked higher as well. 

A few things that are impacting supply and demand and the recent 20% spike in housing prices here: 1)investors swarmed our market from 2010-2017..myself included.

@Bill BrandtI don’t recall many on BP calling for a spike in home prices.  

But usually never pay for work upfront/give advances- that's how you get your job 'spiked' (they will start your job and move onto the next, finishing yours when they get around to it) But no, never usually ever paying for an estimate!

The TIPS data in December was negative, the US treasury yields have been closer to inverting, and there is a spike in the REPO markets fails.