Is There Hope for American Home Buyers? There has never been a time when the US housing market has been this stagnant, convoluted, uncertain for buyers, financially strained, and utterly unaffordable. It’s frustrating for buyers and sellers, but more so because most Americans can’t grasp its current state or when buying conditions will brighten. For…
US Jobs Outlook The March jobs report has shaken the Democrat media and is reaffirming the positive effect of tariffs and government waste control. March’s job growth wasn’t supposed to happen, and April’s might not be positive, but the re-industrialization plan looks to be on the mind’s of US and foreign companies. Most expect a…
Banff National Park: A Young Adventurer’s Playground Hunting for an authentic, fresh, and meaningful escape in 2025? Banff Canada should be on your list of most compelling nature adventure destinations. There’s no better way to celebrate and enjoy your youth or awaken it from hibernation. Banff is ready to give you the vacation of a…
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Mortgage Refinancing Boom? It looks like we’re already into a mortgage refinancing boom period. As the FED lowers the central rate, banks and secondary market lenders will offer lower rate mortgages. You might consider a financial Tsunami, given how many mortgage holders need to refinance from now through 2026. When homeowners race in to refinance…
5 Year Forecast for the Housing Market What does the market crystal ball indicate about the 5 year outlook for US residential real estate markets? As the information below points out, the market is at its worst in 2024, mirroring 1992 numbers. Now it’s in waiting for a release from the shackles of high interest…
The Rolling Question of a Housing Market Downturn Another year has passed, with buyers and sellers asking whether the housing market could crash? Would that be a good event for buyers, the homeless, and as a launch pad for a 2024 housing market resurgence? There are economists and housing market experts who extoll the…
FaceBook META Stock Price Forecast Facebook announced its 3rd quarter earnings results and posted a drop of 4% YoY to $27.7 billion. They reported a net income of 22 billion which is only half of what it earned in Q3 of 2021. It was only the 2nd quarterly decline in the company’s history. Investors didn’t like…
Homes For Sale: The Quest for Buyers The latest reports from NAHB suggests US home builders are ramping up construction of new homes for sale, yet demand is expected to far exceed supply this spring. If the US administration’s stimulus plan and budget are successful, it could make this spring’s housing market one of the…
Is Canadian Real Estate in for a Big Price Drop? Even in the wake of the deadliest health epidemic of the last century, the Toronto housing market and Vancouver housing market did not crash. And if China had not released its deadly disease, the housing markets would have been roaring right now. It’s like science…
OMG: US Debt with China: $1 Trillion + $360 Billion Per Year Active Trade Deficit! That was my headline back in 2016, and of course, things are much worse now. The task for President Trump was more difficult than he realized. It’s not just dependence on China nor Asian trade supply channels. It’s the stubbornness…
Boca Raton & Palm Beach – The Beverly Hills of Florida A World of Unimaginable Luxury and Lifestyle Might Be Just Right for You It’s easy to sing the virtues of America’s paradise state. If anyone can appreciate the beauty, elegance and potential of Florida, it would be a Canadian suffering through another snowstorm. The cold,…
Toronto Apartment Rental Prices Haven’t Dropped Back in 2017: While housing prices rise and hopeful homebuyers in Toronto and Vancouver complain about the rental housing crisis, apartment rentals are growing a little but rents haven’t dropped that much. This persistent situation actually goes back decades as NIMBY organizations were allowed to take away developable land…