Virginia Mortgage Lenders Association are supporting an opportunity to earn 6 hours of CE credit from a seminar on real estate hot topics. It will be at the Omni Charlottesville, VA on Tuesday September 11 from 8:30 am – 4:30 pm. Lunch is … [Read more...]
Latest 2012 Economic and Housing Outlook
Here is the latest 2012 Economic and Housing Outlook from NAR Chief Economist Lawrence Yun. The full 15-slide PowerPoint looks at economic indicators such as existing home sales, new home sales, housing starts, GDP, payroll jobs and more. The Summary … [Read more...]
Baby Boomers About to Bust Out of Homes
This week, we have been introducing what we believe will be five mid-to-long-term opportunities in real estate over the next few years. Today is #4 – The Baby Boomers – The KCM Crew “As the Baby Boom generation has passed through age groups and life … [Read more...]
Hispanics’ Impact on the Housing Market
This week, we have been introducing what we believe will be five mid-to-long-term opportunities in real estate over the next few years. Today is #3 – The Hispanic Segment of the Market. – The KCM Crew To begin, we want to be sensitive to the feelings … [Read more...]
“Shadow consumers”: Why the housing market is going to bounce back faster than people expect
We all know the real estate market has been improving steadily for the past, oh, six or eight months. Here’s my prediction: It’s going to start improving much more quickly in the next two to three years. The reason is simple, as … [Read more...]
Another view on the Case-Shiller price gain
Writing on Barry Ritholtz’s The Big Picture blog, real estate and mortgage researcher Mark Hanson has a different view of what a 0.5% rise in Case-Shiller’s quarterly report on home prices means. Background: That half-percent … [Read more...]
