by Glen | Mar 9, 2018 | Real Estate Trends
Investors flipped more than 207,000 single-family houses and condos in the U.S. last year. More than 138,000 investors flipped a home last year, the most since 2007. This represents 5.9% of all single family and condo sales in 2017. Why is this metric important? How...
by Glen | Dec 31, 2017 | Real Estate Trends, Real estate Valuation
What does the tax bill mean for your real estate? The National Association of Realtors, typically an optimistic group of folks , says: “The direct result of these changes would be a plunge in home values across America in excess of 10 percent, and likely more...
by Glen | Dec 2, 2017 | Housing Price Trends / Information, Real Estate Trends
The tax bill is rolling through the senate at record pace. It is a huge bill with tons of moving parts so there is bound to be unintended consequences. The recent iteration contains a provision that would nail banks. Although it appears accidental, it will have a...
by Glen | Nov 11, 2017 | Real Estate Trends
Last week Trump announced Jerome Powell as his pick to lead the federal reserve bank replacing Janet Yellen. What does this mean for the trajectory of interest rates? How is Powell working with Shake Shack to keep rates low? Will there be any radical changes going...
by Glen | Sep 13, 2017 | Real Estate Trends
What do JPMorgan Chase, Home Depot, Michaels Stores, Target, Dairy Queen, and now Equifax all have in common? They’ve all been hacked and your info could have been compromised. If you missed the news Equifax released last week that 143 million people were impacted...
by Glen | Jul 16, 2017 | News, Real Estate Trends, Uncategorized
If you haven’t seen the news Zillow has released a tool to provide “instant offers” to consumers on the purchase of their property via their website WITHOUT USING ANY AGENTS! Will this ultimately be the demise of the traditional residential broker? Why is Zillow...
