Real Estate Investing

The National Association of Realtors is reporting that pending home sales declined 1.1% in October, 2020.  The NAR’s Pending Home Sales Index (a forward-looking indicator based on contract signings) fell slightly to 128.9 with only…

According to the latest Federal Housing Finance Agency’s (FHFA) House Price Index (HPI), U.S. house prices were up 1.7% in September, 3.1% in Q3 and up 7.8% from one year ago.  The FHFA produces the nation’s only public, freely…

The U.S. Government is reporting that sales of new single-family houses in October, 2020 were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 999,000 which is 0.3% lower than September’s revised rate, and is 41.5% higher than one year ago.…

Are you a landlord concerned about drug use in your properties – especially now that in many states the laws have drastically changed regarding marijuana?  On a recent episode of the Rent Perfect Podcast, David Pickron  discusses…

According to the latest S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Indices, covering all nine U.S. census divisions, the rate of home price increases reported a 7% annual gain in September, 2020.  Their 10-City Composite annual increase came…

What started back in 2007 has grown into a global phenomenon.  Statista reminds us that Airbnb hosts have welcomed guests in more than 220 countries and regions around the world and earned over $110 billion in the process.   And,…

Who doesn’t love good data?  With that being said, the folks over at Statista said that in 2019 there were approximately 43 million housing units occupied by renters in the United States.  They point out that while this number has remained…

This is a housing subject that’s interesting from a data & public health perspective.  According to research from the NAHB’s Economics analysis of the Survey of Construction (SOC), about 9% of new single-family homes started in…

We have posted a lot about taxes and how they affect your bottom-line.  Recently, the folks over at the Tax Foundation ran the numbers to come to come up with the taxes, fees, and government surcharges wireless phone users are…

According to the latest Mortgage Bankers Association’s National Delinquency Survey, the delinquency rate for mortgage loans on 1-4-unit residential properties at the end of Q3 decreased 57 basis points to a seasonally adjusted rate…