Find Deals by Targeting Problems, Not Listings
REAL ESTATE PLAY: If you want to find deals, stop looking at listings. Look for problems. Vacant houses. Pre-foreclosures. Inherited properties. Those situations create motivated sellers. Opportunity usually hides behind inconvenience. RealEstatePlayOfTheDay
Rent Control Scares Investors, Stalls Boston Housing Projects
An investor who funds development told me they've delayed a Boston apartment project's start until after the election for this reason. Rent control = NIMBYism.
Tweeting to Block Housing: Crisis Triples, Legal Battles Rise
New idea: Every time a progresso tweets they also have to file a legal brief to stop a housing project from being built. Housing supply crisis tripled this calendar year. Would make ronald Reagan proud.
Autonomous Cars Will Turn 40% Parking Into City Parks
40% of urban real estate is dedicated to parking. This will soon change with the introduction of autonomous cars. Cities will be reimagined and redeveloped. New open spaces with downtown parks, playgrounds, shopping, and living will replace the majority of parking...
Housing Access Could Fix America's Biggest Problems
Most of what's wrong w America could be solved by making it possible for normal, reasonably hard-working people to purchase a home.
Short‑term Rentals Barely Affect Sacramento Housing Supply
The share of Sacramento's housing stock that is a fully dedicated to short-term rentals is a rounding error, a fraction of a percent. This isn't about housing affordability and it's funny how many people involved are pretending like it is....
Japanese Builders Accelerate U.S. Homebuilder Acquisitions
WOW. ANOTHER ONE. Japanese builders are rapidly acquiring U.S. homebuilders—striking their third deal in a month This week, Japan-based Hajime Construction agreed to buy Utah-based Wright Homes My latest for ResiClub: https://t.co/FgJwjNewbx
Lennar Slashes Prices to 2017 Levels Amid Market Sl
What it Takes to Sell Homes in this Market: Lennar Cuts Average Selling Price to 2017 Level Lower margins, lower revenues per sq.ft., lower construction costs. “We're adapting to market conditions as they are not not waiting for the market to...
Colorado Governor Prioritizes Cutting Costs to Boost Affordable Housing
Coloradans care about housing - a lot. That’s why I’ve made reducing costs one of my top priorities. From my time in Congress to cutting red tape as Governor, we’re taking action to create more housing Coloradans can afford—because everyone...
Mortgage Rates
Rate locks between 6.20% - 6.35% corrinadting with positive purchase application data and weekly pending sales all year long, so far, yes. At 6.41% today is the first day that pricing is above the September 17th, 2025 data point https://t.co/lqWqldYe3s
New Housing EO Boosts Rentals, Beats Senate's Road
I was obviously critical of his prior housing EO, but this one is actually quite good-- and more of a net boost to rental housing supply than the Senate's ROAD to Housing Act (which reduces rental supply for families who...
Waiting for a Crash Cost Buyers $400K
In 2010, homes in Vegas were $100K and people still said “I’m waiting for the crash.” Today they’re $500K…
Negotiate Profit‑friendly Prices, Keep Rental Options Open
Make sure you negotiate a price that allows for a profit that is worth your time and effort. We also like deals to make sense as a rental in the event it doesn’t sell. Follow @chasecalhoun.realestate for more on build-to-rent and...
2026 Mortgage Rates Show Record‑Low 42‑bp Spread
Since 2000, the average year has seen an 87 bps range between the highest 30-year fixed mortgage rate reading in the calendar year and the lowest reading So far in 2026, that range has been 42 bps Lowest this year: 5.99% Highest...
Find Mega Real Estate Deals Amid Market Declines
Just bought a property 100k off 2021 sale price. Move-in ready. The market is crashing in certain areas. Mega deals if you know where to look and how to negotiate.
Bilt Users Report Unpaid Rents and Poor Support
Impacted Bilt users continue to complain about rent payments not being made to their landlords, difficulty accessing human customer support:
Condo Market Softens, Cancellations Persist Into 2026
Condos are softer than the detached market. Cancellations have continued into 2026. Nothing at all like all-time highs in 2007, but this submarket is notably softer than detached homes. https://t.co/3krxTga2qS
Institutional Buying Doesn't Hike Prices; Building New Homes Lowers Them
It's not actually that complicated: 1️⃣ There's no evidence that institutional purchases of existing single-family homes drives up prices. 2️⃣ Institutional financing, building, and ownership of new single-family homes expands the housing supply and drives down prices.
Ultra‑wealthy Exodus Leaves No Revenue, Boomers Get Breaks
There's not going to be a revenue base here after they drive ultra HNW to Florida and Texas and keep giving boomers property tax breaks.
Financing Rules and Lawsuits Have Halted U.S. Condo Construction
Over the past 20 years, America has basically stopped building condos. Owing to a mix of restrictive financing regulations and endless defect litigation, the most viable path to urban homeownership has largely disapprared. In my latest for @TheAtlantic, we explain...
War-Driven Rate Hike Adds $130/Month on $600k Mortgage
For a $600,000 home, a borrower will now have to pay $130 more per month than what they would have paid the day before the war started when rates were 5.99%
Manufactured‑housing REITs Already Outnumber Single‑Family Rentals
Prediction: We'll eventually see a wave of articles (followed by policymakers fretting over it) about "Wall Street" investing in manufactured housing. It'll be positioned as a "loophole" and/or consequence of the ban on single-family rentals. But it's not new at all. There...
Quality Public Education Costs You a House
Everyone says public schools in the US are free, but a Google engineer revealed the hidden cost of paying for school indirectly. In the US, public schools don't charge tuition fees, but if you want quality education, that depends on the...
Spring Inflection Turns Median Prices Negative
Here’s a look at median price change since last year. We hit an inflection point in the spring where the trend went negative. Of course, the median isn’t a perfect price metric, but other price indexes are telling the same...
Lennar Targets Top U.S. Homebuilder Spot After Decade
Lennar making a run at #1 homebuilder in America. Would be the first time for $LEN in ~10 years. https://t.co/0gp2tHaQZv
Most Overlook Simple Rules: Save, Invest, Avoid Debt
Simple rules: save, invest, avoid bad debt, earn more, be patient—most ignore them. Follow @chasecalhoun.realestate for more on build-to-rent and real estate investing. #realestate #investmentproperty #buildtorent
Cut Rents, Not Vacancies, in a Slow Market
Unless you’re angling to sell or refinance your building in the short term: If the rental market is slow, better to lower your asking rents than to accept vacancy or fill your building with people who will dishonor their lease obligations.
Rent Burden Splits: <30k Earners Spend Half Income
If you want to understand America's renters, digest the implications of two charts from Harvard's Joint Center for Housing Studies. 1) Rent affordability is a bifurcated issue. Making >$30k? More than half your income goes to rent.. Making >$75k? You're spending...
Bipartisan Housing Bill Passes Senate, House Remains Skeptical
Taking aim at #affordability: Bipartisan #Warren-#Scott bill aimed at speeding delivery of housing clears #USSenate. But #House has its own ideas. #realestate #CRE #multifamily #manufacturedhomes #Trump #POTUS #Dems #GOP #mortgage #NHC #SFrentals https://t.co/QKytaGiSA3
Manhattan Apartment Supply Declines Two Years Straight
A sobering trend: #Manhattan apt inventory dropped every month for 2 years running. Building boom fails to stem tide of rising demand. 'Construction expanding but it's been uneven by boro' #NYC #realestate #CRE #multifamily #condo #mortgage https://t.co/a0FkHCJC3x
Government Policies, Not Investors, Drive Unaffordable Starter Homes
While Congress wrongly attacks institutional housing investors, my latest @opinion column explores several of the govt policies that actually increase US home prices and make building a "starter home" impossible today: /1
Factory-Built Homes Rise, yet Government Roadblocks Persist
"Bucking stigma, more places turn to factory-built for affordable housing" https://t.co/yeNauGByp5 As usual, governments stand in the way: https://t.co/MyFyCgTTjz
Wealth Comes From Holding, Not Just Buying Better
The “Holding Power” Rule Why In Gurgaon, The Rich Don’t Always Buy Better — They Hold Longer Most people think wealth in real estate comes from: • better location • better builder • better timing But NCR history shows something else. The biggest fortunes were not made...
California's “Prohousing” Label Ignores Actual Building Results
The trouble with California's prohousing designation is that it only recognizes policies adopted—and not the outcome of interest, which is more housing getting permitted and built. Too many "prohousing" cities aren't really doing much to build housing. https://t.co/tjn6bDrDRd
Rentals Can Earn $250K, Buy $1M, Pay Zero Taxes
This is why investors buy rentals: make $250K, buy $1M in property, and potentially pay $0 in taxes.
Lennar's Margins Hit 2009 Low Amid Aggressive Incentives
Lennar—America's second largest homebuilder—gross margins fall to the lowest levels since 2009 Among giant public homebuilders, Lennar has been the most aggressive in using affordability adjustments/incentives to maintain volumes/take market share @ResidentialClub research
U.S. Housing Bubble Frozen, Equity at Risk
The U.S. housing market isn’t slowing down, it’s frozen. Homes are massively overpriced, and when prices finally fall, millions of homeowners could lose their equity and banks will be stuck with bad mortgages. This is exactly what happens when decades...
XHB Endures Sharpest 9‑Day Drop Since 2022
Homebuilders $XHB worst 9-day selloff since June 2022 -13% since the first of the month. The housing market sucks. @stockcharts https://t.co/wJDyxPUMdv
Judge Disqualifies Alina Habba, Threatening NJ Mortgage Fraud Lead
Hideous handling of #AlinaHabba may jeopardize #NJ lead in #mortgagefraud cases. She+3 successors all disqualified by a federal judge. #realestate #CRE #mortgage #PamBondi #Trump https://t.co/qjSREOwVWm
Congress Curbs Investors in Housing, Ignores Health Care
It's interesting that Congress is moving to restrict institutional investors from buying up homes, but there's no similar effort for health care.
30‑Year Mortgage Rates Likely Stay Below 7%
Questions to ask: - How high can the 30-year fixed go again? Is 6.5% a reasonable guess? Is 7% out of the question? I think 7% is unlikely as we'd be getting into recession talk and bond yields would likely...
Bipartisan Housing Bill Passes Senate 89-10, Schatz Opposes
Trump-Tim Scott-Elizabeth Warren bill combining abundance and anti-monopoly politics on housing, passes the Senate with 89 votes to 10 no votes. Future Democratic leader Brian Schatz is a no.
Senate Passes ROAD to Housing; Reporters Miss Expert View
With the Senate passing the ROAD to Housing Act today, political reporters not in tune with the housing beat seem to be interpreting the legislation for how its authors are spinning it, versus what housing experts and homebuilders say it...
Homebuilders Slam “ROAD to Housing” Despite Pro‑housing Claims
Homebuilders: Build-to-rent ban isn't the only problem with "ROAD to Housing" legislation. How do you pass a supposedly pro-housing bill that is opposed by homebuilders and most housing experts/economists?
Feb 2026 SAC:
How did homes sell compared to their original list price? Here's a way to show that. Anything above the 0% line went above, and anything below went below. FEB 2026 SAC REGION Above: 30.7% Below: 56.0% At Original List Price: 13.3% Any thoughts?
Mortgage Payments Up $1,300 Monthly Since 2021
A $500K mortgage was $1,900/month in 2021. A $500K mortgage is now $3,200/month. $1,000+ more each month for the same home.
Senate's ROAD to Housing Act Threatens Ranch‑style Duplexes
This is a "ranch-style" apartment community in West Virginia, built in 1983 and once owned by an apartment REIT (Equity Residential). It features duplexes across a 92-unit property. It would become impossible to build these under the Senate's "ROAD to Housing...
War Threatens Spring Housing Market Stability
Today's podcast discusses is spring #housing is really at risk due to the war? @housingwire @sarahteresa6 #mortgagerates #housing #economics #chartdaddy
Homebuyer Demand Index Slightly Up, Still Near Historic Lows
Reventure's homebuyer demand index inched up this week to a 9/100. This index tracks pending sales, mortgage apps, internet searches for real estate, and buyer sentiment. A "normal" reading on the index is 50, a level which we saw before the pandemic. Note...
Oil Surge Drives Canadian Mortgage Rates Above 4%
Mortgage Rates Go Up: As The Price Of Oil Goes Up So Do Mortgage Rates Unless the War In The Middle East ends quickly we will soon see most Mortgage Rates in Canada start with a 4 And ZERO chance of Bank...