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Logan Mohtashami: The 2022 housing forecast

Housing Wire

COVID was a veritable iceberg for our ocean liner economy, but the ship did not go down! Even in the extreme conditions of COVID-19, my general premise on housing economics predicted that the two variables with the most influence — demographics and mortgage rates — would hold up the housing market. The forecast.

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Four Horsemen of the Housing Apocalypse, Part 3: On a Black Horse – Recession

Notorious ROB

But, thanks to rising inflation that no amount of book-cooking can cover up, the Fed has been forced to “take action” by which we mean raise rates a tiny bit, then jawbone a whole lot about how tough they’re going to be on inflation. Revelation 6:5–6 NASB. Tech companies are cutting staff by the thousands.

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Housing Market 2020 Forecast: Will It Crash or Recover?

Marco Santarelli

In fact, in just the second quarter alone, the housing demand went from being down 41% to up 40% year-over-year. Low mortgage rates, population growth, and an increase in buyer interest are further driving the demand for available housing. nationwide for the week ending July 25, posting a 2.7 from May 2019 ($278,200).

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Looking Forward to 2023: Slow and Steady Wins the Race

GeekEstate

Imagine startups are race cars and interest rates are gas prices. [Editor’s Note: Below is the full text of our 239th Weekly Transmission, originally delivered direct to the inbox of more than 600 GEM members on January 4th, 2023.]. For two straight years our central prediction theme was climate ( 2021 version ). prior to an IPO.

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Looking Back on 2021

GeekEstate

[Editor’s Note: We publish a Weekly Transmission for GEM members , a series of long-form articles covering the spectrum from shipping container co-living spaces to the battle for listing acquisition in the first iBuyer world war. Following a year of record-breaking uncertainty, 2021 was the year that just was.

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A Look Forward to 2021: De-Carbonization Is King

GeekEstate

Originally published privately for members a week ago, but we are sharing them more broadly here. — Drew Meyers ]. At the recent CREtech global summit , Brendan Wallace from Fifth Wall explained his view that investment should anchor real estate companies’ sustainability and ESG programs. RATES STAY IN THE ONE-PERCENT.

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