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Another Top-10 List — States With the Greatest Per Capita Mortgage Debt
As home values continue to rise and subprime, low-down lending remains constrained (except for the 3 percent down FHA loan program), total residential lending debt and the corresponding per capita...
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DrTCJ’s Tweets April 29, 2016 Through June 23, 2016
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DrTCJ’s Tweets June 17, 2016 Through July 7, 2016
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Another Top-10 List — US Metros to Have the Strongest Home Price Growth in 2016
The interaction of supply and demand yields a price that clears the market place assuming there are no impediments. If supply increases and demand does not, prices decline. If demand increases and...
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June 2016 Existing Home Sales up 3.0 Percent Year-Over-Year to Greatest Level...
U.S. existing home sales rose 3.0 percent year-over-year in June 2016 to 5.57 million on a seasonally adjusted annualized rate (SAAR) as reported by the National Association of Realtors® (NAR). This...
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Another Top-10 List — Best States for Homeownership 2016
When it comes to homeownership, or in this case, the ease thereof, not all states are equal. Once again I invoke the TINSTAANREM clause — There Is No Such Thing As A National Real Estate Market. Each...
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Another Top-10 List — The Highest (and Lowest) Yielding Single Family Rental...
A surprising ongoing trend of this housing recovery is the resilience of owners of single family investment rental properties not to sell them back to owner-occupiers. As I wrote in a March 30, 2016...
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Another Top-10 List — Best Markets for Budget-Minded Residential Investors
As a massive number of distressed properties came to the market in the midst of the housing bubble implosion, investors literally became a sponge in absorbing some of the excess. In the fall of 2012,...
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Another Top-10 List — Best (and Worst) Markets for Renters to Become Homeowners
When it comes to homeownership, one size does not fit all. There are markets that have comparably higher rents that favor homeownership. Some markets are highly expensive to own a home versus renting....
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The Three Bears Paradox — Job Growth & Housing Permits 1999-2015
While we overbuilt numerous residential markets prior to the housing bubble implosion, many did not fall under the same supply excesses. These markets may have experienced price ballooning, but an...
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Total Industrial Property Returns — 12.72 Percent 12 Months Ending June 2016,...
The National Council of Real Estate Investment Fiduciaries (NCREIF) is the trade association that basically consists of tax-exempt real estate typically held by pension funds. NCREIF generates several...
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Total Apartment Property Returns — 9.40 Percent 12 Months Ending June 2016,...
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Total Hotel Property Returns — 9.17 Percent 12 Months Ending June 2016, 6.86...
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Total Commercial Property Returns — 10.24 Percent 12 Months Ending June 2016,...
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DrTCJ’s Tweets July 29, 2016 Through August 11, 2016
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Another Top-10 List — Best Cities for Freelancers and Telecommuters
For those of us that travel too much, we understand that the single critical need when on the road is Internet connectivity. Now imagine you are one of the people that are technically on the road 100...
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Another Top-10 List — Least Affordable Housing Markets in the U.S.
The cost of buying a home, when compared to income, varies dramatically across the country. Most analyses detail where it is most affordable to buy, but for many people it is a function of where it...
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The Three Bears Paradox on an MSA Level — Jobs and Residential Permits 2012...
Earlier this month the Jones on Real Estate blog compared Job Growth Numbers and Residential Building Permits for the U.S. and two Metropolitan Statistical Areas (the Denver and Houston MSAs). In that...
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Another Top-10 List — Most Expensive Housing Markets in the World
In a rising-price environment, affordability is a growing concern. But not for everyone. Typically, when a market has high prices it’s because demand outstrips supply. Some markets are naturally...
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Another Top-10 List — Best (and Worst) States for Families to Live a Richer Life
The quality of life for a family is a lot more than just income. Lifestyle, climate, affordability, safety, housing quality and access, and other factors come in to play. Where does one find the best...
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