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…
5 Year Forecast for the Housing Market What does the market crystal ball indicate about the 5 year outlook on the residential real estate markets across the US? Experts seem pretty certain home prices will fall this year, but almost none of them want to project beyond 2023. But homebuyers aren’t interested in 2023 anymore,…
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…
US Jobs Outlook The bungling of the recent jobs report is a sign of trouble with the current government and a sign the job market is troubled. The current report showed only 266,000 jobs created when almost 1 million were expected. This is a disaster. There are some job market and economic hurdles to deal…
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…
Mortgage Refinancing Boom? Government’s are lowering interest rates to ride out the pandemic period and homeowners are very eager to refinance their mortgages, and buy homes or real estate during the record low period. Mortgage brokers and banks are competing by dropping mortgage rates to capture new clients and new refinance generated customers. Home buyers…
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 housing crisis apartment rental prices in Toronto. And then there are those who don’t have the strength to get up off their sidewalk grates and jump for joy about the latest government…
US Housing Market Report If you haven’t read this post on the US housing market outlook for 2021 to 2022, please give it a good read. If you’re a home buyer, rental property investor, or you’re wondering where the best job prospects are for 2017 and beyond, there are several in depth reports on this blog…