Scott Trench
More Riffing on Mortgage Rates (I think they will keep ticking up!)
As we enter 2H 2023 and head into 2024, I expect mortgage rates will increase and eclipse 8% on average. First, I expect the federal funds rate to rise one more time by 25 bps, to continue to rise before settling in w...
Gustavo Delgado
monthly HOA went up 45%!!!!
I have a rental condo in houston. Just got the new coupon book for monthly hoa begging jan 1. Dues went up 45%!! Due to insurance cost, inflation, and other items. This is such a backbreaker as I will barely squeeze ...
Ryan J Bruun
Weighted Cost of Capital (WACC): Handy Tool or Misleading Metric?
I'm currently learning about the Weighted Cost of Capital (WACC). From what I understand, it is a formula used to determine the true cost (in percentage terms) of financing an investment when using both debt and equit...
Suneet Dewan
Tool for researching which cities and neighborhoods to invest in
Hi All,
Do you use any type of research tools to identify the cities or neighborhoods for long distance investing?
I ran into this issue when I initially started learning about long distance investing and I created...
Lloyd Segal
Economic Update (Monday, May 17, 2021)
Economic Update
(Monday, May 17, 2021)
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention now declares fully vaccinated people in the United States can safely resume outdoor and most indoor activities without a mask. ...
Robert C.
Interest Rates Just Don't Matter in Multi-Family
I thought I'd start a discussion about rising interest rates, because quite honestly I'm not hearing that much about it, and I'm wondering why. From what I'm observing, it's like the elephant that's NOT in the room, e...
Moises R Cosme
When Will The RE Market Crash?
The history of markets tells us that we will always have a crash.
This graph shows total consumer debt in the US since 2003
Housing crashes come from over indebtedness, this graph shows that US consumers have mo...
Chris Seveney
Interest rates are not going back to 3%
I am sure many of you will disagree with me, but I am seeing a lot of posts talk about “today’s high interest rates”I believe there are many of us who view today’s rates to be more of the norm versus the outlier.If yo...
Kristen Haynes
Are interest rate cuts finally on the horizon? See the latest national housing stats!
Friday July 12, 2024 - by Scott Brixley
Real Estate News in Brief
Rate cuts are definitely coming. Fed Chairman Jerome Powell sounded a bit more dovish in his testimony to Congress, and then the CPI inflation ...
Jeff Lundeen
Impact of rates increasing on home prices
Rates are likely to go up at the next two federal reserve meetings. This means that monthly mortgage payments will rise and these numbers will be eating into affordability for the average home owner. It also means t...