Category Archives: National Real Estate

Uh Oh

Posted on January 21, 2025 by grim

From HousingWire: Home sales are stalled with 7% mortgages New contracts for home purchases are coming in very low this month. We counted 10% fewer home sales for the week than the same week a year ago. In the fourth … Continue reading →

Posted in Demographics, Economics, Housing Bubble, Mortgages, National Real Estate | 48 Comments

Trump fix housing?

Posted on January 18, 2025 by grim

From Yahoo Finance: Trump will inherit a housing market creaking under the strain of high prices and high interest rates President-elect Donald Trump is inheriting a housing market that looks nothing like it did in his first term. Affordability, measured … Continue reading →

Posted in Demographics, Economics, Employment, Housing Bubble, National Real Estate | 116 Comments

Go Long on Greenland?

Posted on January 14, 2025 by grim

Real estate opportunity of a lifetime? From the Hill: 1 poll finds majority of Greenland respondents support joining US A new survey found that a majority of Greenland respondents support joining the United States. According to a poll by Patriot Polling released … Continue reading →

Posted in National Real Estate, New Development | 71 Comments

Will they get paid? Will they rebuild?

Posted on January 13, 2025 by grim

From MSN: Their Wealth Is in Their Homes. Their Homes Are Now Ash. Sylvia Sweeney and her husband, Bob Honeychurch, bought their three-bedroom home nestled in the foothills of the San Gabriel Valley for $780,000 in 2009. At the start … Continue reading →

Posted in Crisis, Economics, National Real Estate | 72 Comments

Jobs Day!

Posted on January 10, 2025 by grim

From CNN: What to expect from the final jobs report for 2024 In 2024, job growth continued to cool off, settling back into a familiar gait that was roughly in line with the pace of job creation in 2010-2019. Through November, the … Continue reading →

Posted in Demographics, Economics, Employment, National Real Estate | 80 Comments

Predictions 2025!

Posted on December 28, 2024 by grim

Break out your crystal ball and let’s hear ’em! Recession / Economic Real Estate Stocks/Securities Commodities Inflation Mortgage Rates Geopolitics Whatever Bragging rights to anyone who nailed it for 2024: Predictions 2024!

Posted in Economics, Employment, National Real Estate, New Jersey Real Estate, Where's the Beef? | 111 Comments

Welcome to ’95

Posted on December 24, 2024 by grim

From the NY Post: Home sales rise at fastest pace since March — but market set for worst year since 1995 Sales of previously occupied US homes rose in November to their fastest pace since March with home shoppers encouraged … Continue reading →

Posted in Demographics, Economics, Employment, Housing Bubble, Mortgages, National Real Estate | 37 Comments

What the ‘experts’ think

Posted on December 12, 2024 by grim

From Robb Report: Here’s How the Real Estate Market Will Fare Next Year, According to 2025 Housing Forecasts As 2024 draws to a close, it’s time for buyers, sellers, and renters to prepare for what the housing market will have … Continue reading →

Posted in Demographics, Economics, Employment, Housing Bubble, National Real Estate | 126 Comments

NJ market at risk?

Posted on December 10, 2024 by grim

From Newsweek: House Prices Could Fall in Three ‘Vulnerable’ States The housing market is vulnerable to decline in parts of the country with analysis suggesting that prices are more at risk of falling in three specific areas. Real estate experts … Continue reading →

Posted in Demographics, Economics, Employment, Foreclosures, National Real Estate, New Jersey Real Estate | 93 Comments

5 predictions for 2025

Posted on December 9, 2024 by grim

From CNBC: What to watch for in 2025 housing market predictions  Housing is not cheap — whether you’re buying or renting.  In October, the median sales price for a single-family home in the U.S. was $437,300, up from $426,800 a month prior, according to the … Continue reading →

Posted in Demographics, Economics, Housing Bubble, National Real Estate | 60 Comments

Forecast down?

Posted on December 6, 2024 by grim

From Seeking Alpha: US home prices expected to fall further than previously forecast, Fannie Mae says U.S. home prices are expected to slow further than previously forecast next year and in 2026, according to Fannie Mae’s (OTCQB:FNMA) latest Home Prices Expectations … Continue reading →

Posted in Demographics, Economics, Housing Bubble, Mortgages, National Real Estate | 71 Comments

NJ takes top spot in price growth

Posted on December 5, 2024 by grim

From CoreLogic: US Home Price Insights –  December 2024 Home prices nationwide, including distressed sales, increased year over year by 3.4% in October 2024 compared with October 2023. On a month-over-month basis, home prices increased by 0.02% in October 2024 … Continue reading →

Posted in Housing Bubble, National Real Estate, New Jersey Real Estate | 65 Comments

Welcome to prediction season!

Posted on December 4, 2024 by grim

From Business Insider: 4 predictions for the US housing market in 2025, according to Zillow Here are four predictions Zillow has for next year’s market. 1. Rising home sales Olsen said the housing market was slowly becoming “unstuck,” a trend … Continue reading →

Posted in Economics, Housing Bubble, Housing Recovery, National Real Estate | 70 Comments

Prices slowing?

Posted on November 27, 2024 by grim

From MarketWatch: Home-price growth has ‘stalled,’ Case-Shiller says  Home prices in the 20 biggest U.S. metropolitan areas lost more steam in September, buckling under the pressure of high mortgage rates and historic unaffordability. The S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller 20-city house-price index … Continue reading →

Posted in Economics, National Real Estate | 74 Comments

Rethinking outdated public notice requirements

Posted on November 25, 2024 by grim

From the Real Deal: As print publications dwindle, real estate struggles to meet public notice requirements  New Jersey’s largest newspaper, the Star-Ledger, announced last month it would cease print editions beginning early next year. It marks a loss not just … Continue reading →

Posted in National Real Estate, New Jersey Real Estate | 86 Comments