Setting goals for 2015 Every year I personally purchase or assist in the purchase of hundreds of real estate investments. Over my 35 years of real estate investing there are things I have learned...
Housing Market
Housing Market
What December housing data means to investors
The snapshot reports from various sources help the media promote the message the economy is improving universally and the window for real estate investors may be closing. Looking at trends by market...
Good Could Mean Bad for Real Estate Investors in 2014?
In this article we'll explore the potential for one domestic surprise coming with the release of December job data in early 2014, and three foreign oops-a-daisies. The more the four tilt toward...
A Demand Spike Before the Pause?
A DEMAND SPIKE BEFORE THE PAUSE? Rising interest rates, while not yet a drag on housing sales because cash purchases exceed 50% of total Single Family Residential unit sales, have awoken the...
Market Red Flag
Color of money It is very easy to make generalizations about markets and trends, and for a top-level snapshot analysis this may be quite acceptable. Such is the case with July 22nd housing sales...
Dust, Lust, and Rust: Investors Hold the Key to Market Repair
SEASONAL SLOWDOWN OR FUNDAMENTAL SHIFT? Housing sales are up in key markets. This is not in dispute. The numbers are easy to read. But as investors we must constantly remind ourselves the pure...
What April 2013 Real Estate Trends Mean to Investors
Think Realty Magazine publishes these trend analyses using Altos Research data to help investors identify changes — and indicators of change — in the market and determine how to take advantage of...
