Category Archives: National Real Estate

Mortgage company CEO wants tax break so he can write more mortgages

Posted on October 14, 2019 by grim

From Marketwatch: Opinion: This tax break for first-time home buyers could keep the housing market afloat It’s not easy being a home buyer these days. U.S. home prices are high, housing inventory is low, and consumer sentiment is wobbling. A federal … Continue reading →

Posted in Economics, Housing Bubble, Housing Recovery, Mortgages, National Real Estate | 101 Comments

Hey New Jersey – Here’s what Trump did to your home values

Posted on October 10, 2019 by grim

From ProPublica: Trump’s Trillion-Dollar Hit to Homeowners

Posted in Economics, National Real Estate, New Jersey Real Estate, Politics, Property Taxes | 45 Comments

Will rent control work in Cali?

Posted on October 9, 2019 by grim

From HousingWire: California enacts statewide rent control During a ceremony Tuesday at a senior citizen center in Oakland, California, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a statewide law that controls how much landlords can charge for rent. Starting in 2020, the law caps annual … Continue reading →

Posted in Economics, National Real Estate, New Development | 85 Comments

Housing optimism dips, but still very high

Posted on October 8, 2019 by grim

From Yahoo Finance: US housing market optimism slides Optimism about the U.S. housing market may have peaked after hitting its all-time high in August, according to a measure of consumer sentiment. The Fannie Mae Home Purchase Sentiment Index slid 2.3 points … Continue reading →

Posted in Demographics, Economics, Employment, Housing Recovery, National Real Estate | 84 Comments

Not time to drop?

Posted on October 5, 2019 by grim

From HousingWire: CoreLogic says U.S. home-price gains will accelerate through 2020 CoreLogic Chief Economist Frank Nothaft said the pace of home-price gains will quicken over the next 12 months as low mortgage rates give buyers the ability to pay more … Continue reading →

Posted in Economics, Employment, Housing Bubble, National Real Estate | 81 Comments

Turns out millennials are not all that different

Posted on September 27, 2019 by grim

From the WSJ: Millennials Continue to Leave Big Cities Large U.S. cities lost tens of thousands of millennial and younger Gen X residents last year, according to Census figures released Thursday that offer fresh signs of cooling urban growth. Cities … Continue reading →

Posted in Demographics, Economics, National Real Estate | 104 Comments

July Case Shiller – eh

Posted on September 25, 2019 by grim

From HousingWire: Case-Shiller: U.S. home-price gains were lethargic in July July 2019 saw an annual increase of 3.2% for home prices nationwide, matching the previous month’s pace, according to the Case-Shiller Home Price Index from S&P Dow Jones Indices and CoreLogic. The 10-City and 20-City composites reported a 1.6% … Continue reading →

Posted in Demographics, Economics, Employment, National Real Estate | 66 Comments

Nobody wants to sell?

Posted on September 24, 2019 by grim

From HousingWire: U.S. housing market experiences largest inventory decline since last year In August, America’s home sales slid 1.6%, marking the sixth month of 2019 that produced fewer sales than the previous year, according to the RE/MAX National Housing Report. RE/MAX reports … Continue reading →

Posted in Economics, Housing Recovery, National Real Estate | 55 Comments

Fewer options for rent controlled areas

Posted on September 16, 2019 by grim

From HousingWire: Trump’s housing-finance plan aims to curb GSE lending in areas with rent control Buckle your seatbelts, California. You may be in for another showdown with the Trump administration. You too, New York and Oregon. When Treasury released its housing finance … Continue reading →

Posted in Economics, Mortgages, National Real Estate, Politics, Unrest | 84 Comments

Leading Indicator?

Posted on September 13, 2019 by grim

From Forbes: The California Real Estate Boom Is Over. What Now? If you had invested in a property in San Francisco five years ago and cashed out in 2019, you would have made a 50% profit, never mind the rental … Continue reading →

Posted in Economics, Housing Bubble, National Real Estate | 150 Comments

Sorry JC, not good enough.

Posted on September 11, 2019 by grim

From JerseyDigs: Study Finds Jersey City Will Add as Many Apartments as Manhattan in 2019

Posted in Gold Coast, National Real Estate, New Development, New Jersey Real Estate | 122 Comments

Millennials want homes?

Posted on September 6, 2019 by grim

From CNBC: Older millennials are driving home prices higher again They may have waited longer than previous generations, but millennials are now showing a strong desire to become homeowners, especially older millennials. That is strengthening overall demand for the limited … Continue reading →

Posted in Demographics, Economics, Employment, National Real Estate | 58 Comments

Millennials – Still no home for you

Posted on September 2, 2019 by grim

From Curbed: Sorry, millennials: A recession won’t help you buy a house The 2008 financial crisis brought the global economy to its knees and sent American home prices into freefall. For anyone who managed to hang on to their job, savings, … Continue reading →

Posted in Demographics, Economics, Foreclosures, National Real Estate | 84 Comments

June Case Shiller

Posted on August 30, 2019 by grim

From Inman: Home price gains continue to slow down in June: Case-Shiller Annual home price gains continued to slow in June, according to the latest S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller U.S. National Home Price NSA Index, released Tuesday. Home prices, on average, achieved an … Continue reading →

Posted in Economics, Housing Bubble, Housing Recovery, National Real Estate | 58 Comments

Married – House – Kids – No More

Posted on August 27, 2019 by grim

From HousingWire: Harvard: First-time homebuyers are changing The profile of first-time homebuyers in the U.S. is changing, according to researchers at the Joint Center for Housing Studies at Harvard University. In a paper titled “The Shifting Profile of First-Time Homebuyers: 1997-2017,” researchers found … Continue reading →

Posted in Demographics, Economics, National Real Estate | 120 Comments