Insights
While Challenging for Home Buyers, Housing Strength a Positive for the Health of the US Economy
Without question, home buyers are feeling the pinch right now. There is a significant shortage of both new construction and existing homes for sale on the market - and we are not yet even in the summer buying season. Given the pent-up demand from last year - it would...
Home Buyers Now Contend with Large-Scale Real Estate Investors
It is a challenging time right now for homebuyers. However, if you think that it is tough buying one home - try buying 80,000. As if buyers did not have enough to contend with, global investment companies are now entering the residential real estate market. They are...
Surprise Drop in February New Housing Starts
As we have discussed in past posts, the U.S. residential housing market is currently in the midst of an historical supply shortage for new and existing homes for sale. The result has been a booming housing market and soaring home prices nationwide. One of the tools...
Turnkey Real Estate Exhibiting Some of the Strongest Market Demand
Over the past year as the pandemic has unfolded, it has been interesting to watch which sectors of the real estate industry have come out ahead, and which have struggled. It has certainly been a mixed bag. Certain areas of commercial real estate - particularly retail...
Soaring Home Prices Helping Homeowners Access Much-Needed Equity
For most Americans, it has been a challenging twelve months to say the least. Perhaps one of the biggest economic surprises coming out of the COVID19 crisis has been the red-hot demand in the residential real estate market. Even in the face of the highest unemployment...
Can 3D Printed Homes Help Alleviate the Housing Shortage?
Shortage of New Home Construction Causing Disruption The United States is currently undergoing a residential housing boom, as evidenced by a short supply of homes for sale and soaring home prices. Surprisingly, this is occurring following a year that experienced the...