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Economic Update
(Monday, August 17, 2020)
The pandemic has reinforced and exacerbated many of the inequities in our soci...
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Market in a Minute
East Tennessee home sales increased 5.2% from the previous month, and increased 9.3% from a year ago.The median sale price was $374,950 — up 7.13% from the previous year.Total housing inventory i...
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For those who think we may be on the home stretch of a real estate recovery take a look at this recent foreclosure report. Realtytrac just released its foreclosure numbers on October 11, 2012, and this report shows ...
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The Mid-Year 2019 Central Texas Housing Market Report is out from the Austin Board of REALTORS® (ABoR). Over the first six months of the year, SFR sales are down 1.6% from last in the City of Austin with the median SF...
I've been shopping for DST's - got a typical one sent to me, and analyzed the numbers, and compared it to simply buying a totally well-managed replacement residential income property. The difference? One immediately...
I've owned a townhome for about 20 years. It has always been subject to HOA but recent issues have arisen that have caused fees to increase from $35/mo to $150/mo as well as random assessments popping up for maintenan...
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2018 was a great year for our rental portfolio and for the Milwaukee metro area in general. As I was updating my records and looking through market stats, I thought I should share some of the data.Milwaukee County SIN...
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Happy New Year! The December 2024 report from the Austin Board of REALTORS® (ABoR) shows stable housing prices and balanced market conditions in the Austin metro as we reached year’s end. Here are some key highlights ...
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April 2020 was the first full month of the pandemic, so the 37% increase in closed sales last month is a tell-tale sign that metro Austin’s housing market will continue to be hot for the foreseeable future.
The media...
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Does adding a bedroom in existing square footage necessarily increase arv? We just bought brrrr house that is about 1650 sq ft. With 3 bedrooms 2 bathrooms. There’s room to comfortable add a 4th bedroom easily. I kn...