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Solid jobs report sends mortgage rates lower

Housing Wire

Mortgage rates fell aggressively down to 6.20%, putting us at more than 1% below the highs of 2022. The bond market saw that wage growth was cooling down, leaving the Federal Reserve with few reasons to keep the rate hike story going much longer. The inflation growth rate is already falling and the labor market is still solid.

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What’s On Your Real Estate Mind For 2024? (Pt2)

Toronto Realty Blog

It’s only been a few days but already, I feel as though this January real estate market is going to be very slow. Very few listings have come onto the market, but more importantly, the pattern of behaviour I have established when looking at “new listings” is concerning. What do I mean by that? Is it on my mind?

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Monday Morning Quarterback: Now THIS Is The Tipping Point!

Toronto Realty Blog

Trust me folks, I did not want to write about this. But then what? Last week, no fewer than seven blog readers emailed me the following article: “Landlords Shouldn’t Be Allowed To Raise Rents Between Tenants, Says Toronto’s Top Housing Official” For what it’s worth, I saw the article on my own too.

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Quick Hits!

Toronto Realty Blog

In Major League Baseball, three thousand hits is what they call a “lock” for the Hall of Fame. And for those of you thinking Barry Bonds , he didn’t have 3,000 hits. And that is what I experienced last week! I searched my blog archives, and do you know what I found? And I have been for some time.

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Please Don’t Help Me, Government

Notorious ROB

They’re funny, super insightful, and filled with insider knowledge about commodities, energy, manufacturing, and finance. This is what needed to have happened to global finance back in 2008, and we will hopefully see what creative destruction looks like. I recommend it very highly. Wen Bazooka?

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Home of the Week: Architect Harry Gesner’s personal home, the $22.5M Sandcastle House in Malibu

Fancy Pants Homes

He used natural materials, passive solar techniques, and energy-efficient features to minimize the environmental impact of his buildings. His most famous project, the Wave House in Malibu, is one of the most recognizable homes on the California coastline. Harry Gesner’s Sandcastle House in Malibu.

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Housing inventory crisis continues in 2022

Housing Wire

Early in 2021, when I was talking about how people should worry about home prices overheating, I had a glimmer of hope that maybe toward the end of 2021 we would be spared another seasonal collapse of inventory. I don’t believe any of us want 2023 to start off with new fresh all-time lows in inventory.