Vancouver Housing Market Update and Forecast The home buying fervor sweeping the nation is pushing home prices up in all major Canadian cities and pushing outward to smaller municipalities. The growth is due to the desire for more space, work from home functionality, low mortgage rates, and from millennial aged buyers starting families. With Covid…
Toronto Housing Market Forecast The GTA Toronto housing market kept an astonishing sales pace during April. TRREB reports 13,663 home sales within MLS in April 2021. Despite that incredible number, it is still down 12.7% drop versus last month. Year to year comparisons aren’t particularly insightful given April 2020 was the worst lockdown month for…
Atlanta Housing Market Report Atlanta was ranked 18th of the nation’s major housing markets for price growth in February, but in March home prices jumped almost 16% year over year, showing Atlanta’s real estate scene is coming alive. Atlanta Realtors Association reports a solid month for residential home sales via the MLS. Remax has slightly…
US Cities with the Lowest House Prices While the Corona Virus pandemic period is passing, many of the characteristics of the housing market aren’t. For instance, the move to pandemic destination cities continues albeit not on the same pace. And companies big and small are allowing workers to work remotely, from home rather than forcing…
US Home Prices It’s no secret that home prices in the US have been on an upward tear. NAR forecasted a 5.7% increase during 2021, yet that conservative price estimate will likely be revised before long. Because the most recent home price reports have the rate at 17%. Yes, the most recent home price report…
Bitcoin Price Outlook Cryptocurrency began to draw a lot of speculative investor attention beginning last November. From day stock trading speculators to banks to self-directed stock enthusiasts, the demand for BitCoin, Ethereum, Dogecoin and other cryptos has been very brisk. Of course, Dogecoin (Dog e Coin) got slapped on Saturday night by Elon Musk. The…
Market Outlook for Next Week Last week was flat for the stock markets yet the Dow Jones and S&P are still peaking at record heights. On Friday, Barclays analysts reported that earnings per share (EPS) growth has been very high, at 107% year-on-year in Europe and 63% in the US with the majority beating expert…
Will House and Condo Prices Fall? 2021 is becoming a year of ultra-heated home price gains, and buyers are feeling the pain, and many will give up on their quest to find a house for sale. The reason? Home prices are not going to fall? In fact, in San Francisco, Boston, Atlanta, Dallas, Denver, Houston,…
S&P 500 Forecast 2021 If you’d invested money in S&P 500 stocks last spring, you would have almost doubled your ROI. S&P is regarded as the “real stock market” by many investors. It hit its all time high last week, and will likely see similar growth next week and through 2021. For newbie self-directed investors, enjoy…
6 Month Market Forecast Let the Good Times Roll! Smart investors floss over next week’s outlook to focus on the 6 month forecast for predictions on the DOW, S&P, NASDAQ and Russell Indexes. Only a lonely few prognosticators in the housing or stock markets are venturing a projection for the 6 months ahead. Given the…