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Powell Dropped the Rates and They Went Up ... Wait, What?!?
And a Seinfeld reference to help illustrate it
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Rick Jarvis
The Emerging Desperation in Buying
An article from January of 2017 still rings true today.
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HERE is not THERE (a Thread on New Homes)
Markets differ. The news doesn't seem to grasp that simple fact.
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Want to Sell Your Home For More? Lower the Price and Sell it Fast.
A deep dive into how to start a bidding war and the value it brings.
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Dissecting the Morning Update
And how to see trouble before others do.
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Is the Market at Risk? Nah ...
One of my favorite reports just dropped. Let's discuss.
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Could the Market Collapse?
If I had to guess what could kill the housing market, here you go
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When is the Best Time to Buy (or Sell)?
Is there a statistical answer to the best time to buy or sell? Yes! Well, sorta...
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How Many People Can't Find a Home?
A simple technique will show you how much demand remains unsatisfied
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The Most Important Chart in Real Estate
Examining the correlation between Inventory and Home Price Appreciation, and examining it in a very RVA way.
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Is Your Realtor Buying Property? (Or just telling you to?)
When your agent gives you a recommendation to purchase, are they telling you what is good for you? Or what is good for them?
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Rates Are Up. So What Happens Next?
When the Fed began its cycle of tightening in mid 2022, everyone thought it would cause a collapse of home prices and trigger another 2008-esque…
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