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Higher Rates Lead to Healthier Housing Market? How?

Notorious ROB

I spent the last month or so trying to understand the view that higher interest rates, leading to higher mortgage rates, will tame the crazy housing market. And this article from yesterday titled “ With home sales down, why are home prices still up? I’m not ashamed to admit it.

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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. 2: MLS Transformation: Even if it’s at a snail’s pace, consolidation is nothing new.

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A Look Forward to 2021: De-Carbonization Is King

GeekEstate

Following an uncertain, turbulent year, even more turbulence is just around the corner. But at this point we can only hope to slow the acceleration of the climate crisis—it still looms on the horizon. RATES STAY IN THE ONE-PERCENT. Mortgage rates will fall through at least Q1 2021. Eventually, rates will climb.

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Seven Predictions for 2023: The Grime Edition

Notorious ROB

For those keeping track at home, I just published my results from last year’s predictions , and my lifetime average is.374. Earlier this year, we announced the launch of the buy side of the marketplace, our e-commerce experience to directly buy an Opendoor-owned home – and we are now opening up this platform to our home sellers.

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