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Why a Housing Bubble Isn’t Our Problem

I’ve mentioned in earlier posts that I think the fears of a housing bubble are misguided or more accurately not well founded. The number of people owning their homes outright, no mortgage debt at all, is still quite high, in the 25-30% range. The number of people with 50+% equity in their homes is also […]
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About That Inventory Shortage….

A quick video to discuss the actual state of new-on-market listing levels. While it’s true our “end of the month,” snapshot-in-time, numbers for available homes for sale are at record lows, in the 25-33% range of our historical homes-for-sale levels, it’s also true that our new listings taken each week and month are at or […]
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Smile, Hope Springs Eternal

For most of us, this past week or so of sunshine has brightened our outlooks dramatically. Yes, it’s just the weather but after 2020 and a rocky winter, it seems we’re all reaching for and clinging to these bright moments of joy. If we can string enough of them together, we can modify our perspectives and […]
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Where Is Our For Sale Home Inventory?

Some of us likely remember the Johnny Carson show and his banter with his audience of “how crazy is it….” Well, it’s pretty crazy out there. Likely many of you also saw the skit on Saturday Night Live a couple of weeks ago spoofing Zillow searches for homes as today’s dating or other unusual website […]