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Boston Realty Party: What should be thrown overboard to reform the real estate cartel? OPEN LETTER to Consumer Advocacy Community: (Excerpt from email to legal aid organization) As #PriceCorrrection2022 unfolds, the magnitude of consumer harm is growing and regulatory… The post Boston Realty Party: What should be thrown overboard to reform the real estate cartel? […]

America’s Demographics Over 100+ Years The folks over at the Visual Capitalist remind us that America has famously been called a melting pot, due primarily to the demographic makeup of its various cultures, races, religions, and languages.  Today’s interactive infographic assesses how America’s demographics have changed from 1901 to 2020 as population grew from 77

The Blame Game is a No-Win for Landlords The Blame Game is a No-Win for Landlords By Scot Aubrey If you have spent more than 30 seconds in the last year watching cable news, you are more than familiar with something called “the blame game.”  Regardless of political party affiliation, age, race, gender, sexual preference

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Zillow’s 10 Best Metros for First-Time Home Buyers in 2023 A recent analysis from Zillow says as the share of buyers purchasing a home for the first time rebounds to pre-pandemic levels, Wichita, Kansas tops the list for for potential first-time home buyers.  In fact, six metros in the Midwest are on that list as

Black Knight Says 8% of Mortgaged Homes Purchased in ’22 are Underwater According to Black Knight’s latest Mortgage Monitor, 8% of all homes purchased with a mortgage in 2022 are now at least marginally underwater and nearly 40% have less than 10% equity stakes in their home, a situation most concentrated among FHA/VA loans. Over

U.S. Construction Spending Down Slightly in October The U.S. government is reporting that total construction spending in October, 2022 was at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $ 1,794.9 billion, which is 0.3% lower than September’s revised estimate but is 9.2% higher than one year ago.  Residential construction came in at a seasonally adjusted annual

FHFA Says Home Prices Were Up 12.4% Year-Over-Year According to the latest Federal Housing Finance Agency’s (FHFA) House Price Index (HPI), U.S. house prices rose 12.4% from Q3 of 2021 to the Q3 of 2022.  In addition, prices were up 0.1% compared to the second quarter of 2022.  FHFA’s seasonally adjusted monthly index for September

Determine Your Christmas Tree Personality Last week we were talking lights…..Now let’s discuss trees.  Have you put yours up yet?  Well, this week’s infographic from the Home Depot asks;  “What’s your Christmas Tree personality?” – starting off by asking what’s your favorite pizza and going from there.  Okay……   Stay safe and have a Happy

Delistings Hit Record High in November Redfin says a record 2% of all U.S. homes for sale were delisted each week on average during the 12 weeks ending November 20, compared with 1.6% a year earlier.  Cities they identified as “pandemic boomtowns” such as Sacramento, Austin and Phoenix saw the biggest jump in delistings with