The real estate market has been supported by one very important factor: Interest rates. They are SLOWLY climbing. Just a bit more and you will hear “TIMBERRRRRR” as it comes crashing down.

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Commercial And Residential Real Estate Bubbles Choke The Economy. The Upper Bounds Of Hype And Craziness Have Been Reached.

Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter The San Francisco Bay Area has seen an astounding jobs boom since the Great Recession. The tsunami of global liquidity that washed over it after the Great Recession, central-bank QE and zero-interest-rate policies that sent investors …

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Not Every Real Estate Specialist Views The Trump Presidency As A Net Positive With U.s. Pending Home Sales Falling To The Lowest Level In A Year

by Umar Farooq US pending home sales unexpectedly fell by 2.8% in January, according to the National Association of Realtors. Buyer demand for housing is as strong as it’s been since the recession, the NAR said. However, “the significant shortage of listings …

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