by Jim Crowder | Jan 25, 2016 | GENERAL
That’s the average mortgage balance across the U.S.: $157,154. Of course, whether you’re over or under that number doesn’t really say anything useful at all — it depends on so many factors, from where your home is, to whether it’s a first...
by Jim Crowder | Jan 22, 2016 | GENERAL
The Huffington Post, Canada, put out a piece last week about why Canadians should no longer be looking to buy property south of the border. And they’re dead-on with most of their reasoning, from the change in exchange rates between U.S. and Canadian...
by Jim Crowder | Jan 21, 2016 | GENERAL
OK. We hate making predictions about mortgages or the housing market, and we don’t think you should do so, either. But that doesn’t stop plenty of professionals. Here are five predictions for the 2016 U.S. Housing Market from TheStreet.com: prime...
by Jim Crowder | Jan 20, 2016 | GENERAL
PropertyWire put out an interesting article last week. They don’t really make any claims in it, and quite frankly, I can’t really draw any conclusions from it. To make matters worse, the title is confusing: “Value of US housing stock in 2015 down...
by Jim Crowder | Jan 19, 2016 | GENERAL
I really like the way this guy thinks. I’ve written many times before about the futility of making predictions in general, and the weird state of the housing market in particular. Business Insider wrote a very good article for The Real Deal, that asks...