U.S. Migration Patterns Before & After the Start of the Pandemic
We love good data about moving and although this data isn’t eye-popping, it is certainly another one to add to the stack. A recent report from the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago’s Midwest Economy Blog crunches recent moving data to examine moving patterns between stRead More
Summer 2022 Emerging Housing Markets Index
Realtor.com & the Wall Street Journal recently released their Emerging Housing Markets Index for Summer 2022 which identifies markets they believe will be good areas to purchase a home for both homeowners and investors. To get their index, they used a slate of housing marketRead More
The Push to Eliminate Illinois’ Ban on Rent Control Grows
On a recent episode of WTTW’s Chicago Tonight, a discussion ensued about how groups of local tenants are unionizing in hopes of pushing for an end to the state rent control ban that was passed back in 1997. Jane Garvey, President of the Chicago Creative Investors AssociatiRead More
The Best Investment During Times of Inflation?
On a recent episode of Real Estate News for Investors, Kathy Fettke says the latest reports on inflation have “given the economy indigestion.” On this episode, she discusses some of the ways to invest when inflation is working against you. Click here to listen on SpoRead More
U.S. Homeownership & Rental Vacancy Rates for Q2 2022
The U.S. government is reporting that the national vacancy rates for Q2, 2022 were 5.6% for rental housing and 0.8% for homeowner housing. In addition, approximately 89.3% of the housing units in the United States in Q2 were occupied and 10.7% were vacant. Owner-occupied housingRead More
Home Seller Profits Surge Across America
According to ATTOM Data’s Q2 2022 U.S. Home Sales Report, profit margins on U.S. median-priced single-family home and condo sales hit another new record of 55.5%. In addition, ATTOM says the latest typical profit margin was up from 48.3% in Q1 2022 and up 42.9% from one yeRead More