Category Archives: Market Insight

People have been saying for years that “a home is a good investment,” and it looks like young people are getting the message loud and clear. Business Week‘s Peter Coy shares some new research: Yale economist Robert Shiller, author of … Continue reading →

Jonathan Miller really knows his stuff. Look at his most recent research and you’ll see that by some important measures, condominiums have moved to the forefront in the New York City market which has long been dominated by co-ops. And … Continue reading →

Interesting summary of anonymous real estate bloggers’ thoughts on the market. In short: it’s not pretty. (via the RealDeal)

Martin Wolf of the Financial Times has put together some hard-hitting analysis of real estate markets, without falling into the common trap of making predictions. It concludes this way: Either prices have moved to a higher equilibrium level, in which … Continue reading →

The yield on the government’s benchmark note surpassed 5 percent yesterday for the first time in four years. Vikas Bajaj wrote the story that’s on the cover of The New York Times: “Where you are going to feel the pain … Continue reading →

Jonathan Clements of the Wall Street Journal writes about trouble for landlords: Got caught up in the real-estate fever? Let’s start with the painfully obvious: If you have no choice but to sell, then you ought to sell — and … Continue reading →

The latest housing forecast from the National Association of Realtors. Home sales should generally level-out and remain at historically high levels, according to the National Association of RealtorsÆ. David Lereah, NAR’s chief economist, said mortgage interest rates are trending up … Continue reading →

Kirsten Downey of the Washington Post recently spilled the beans that the government might like to curb some of today’s more creative mortgages: Speaking to the New York Bankers Association, John M. Reich, director of the Office of Thrift Supervision, … Continue reading →