After 10 months of a pandemic, we are beginning to get some good news. Pfizer and Moderna have publicized some positive vaccine test results, offering a potential glance of returning…
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2021: Housing bubble, boom, or both?
Housing has been on a tear for the last couple of years. That said, urban real estate in traditionally expensive markets are looking shaky since the pandemic began. Dan Runkevicius…
The rise of ‘Zoom Towns’ and real estate investing
According to new research from Zillow, a switch to more telework could give almost 2 million renters, a total of 4.5% of renter households, the option to leave the urban…
Home price decline expected in 2020-2021
According to Fannie Mae’s Home Purchase Sentiment Index (HPSI), 61% of Americans believe now is a good time to purchase a home. The sentiment survey saw an increase of 9…
Interest in small town and remote real estate booming
There has been a surge in buyer interest in rural areas and small towns according to new data from Redfin. As a direct result of COVID-19, less-populated areas jumped in search…
Impact of coronavirus on real estate
Andrea Riquier of MarketWatch opened up the week with commentary from market analysts stating that “the coronavirus is sort of a dark irony helping out housing…It’s keeping rates down as…
Why investors need to understand millennial demographic trends
As real estate investors, we have to pay close attention to demographics. This week, millennials were all over the news in various stories that relate to real estate. CNBC’s The…
Reports: Rent control hurting real estate investors investors
Will Parker and Konrad Putzier of The Wall Street Journal (subscription required) opened up the week with empirical data backing up what many had warned would happen—rent control is hurting…
The rental economy: Rents drop for first time in two years
Lots of data out this past week on national rents, starting with a widely shared report from RentCafe and Yardi Matrix. Irina Lupa reports on the data, showing that national…