Four Adults, Two Kids: 3‑4BR Homes Shrink Instantly
try having 2 kids and 2 parents working from home – a typical 3-4br home becomes too small REAL fast.
Housing Inventory Drops Negative Year‑Over‑Year, Explained
#housing inventory going negative year over year? This weekend’s tracker we discuss what is really going on! @housingwire @sarahteresa6 #economics #mortgagerates #realestate #chartdaddy
Data Center Noise Sparks Calls for Regulation, Maine Ban Threat
There are a slew of people on TikTok sharing their experiences of living next to data centers and the noise issue is something these companies will absolutely have to contend with and solve ASAP unless they want more widespread bans...
Dave Ramsey Warns Against Home Equity Loans
Financial guru Dave Ramsey is adamant about avoiding debt, so it’s no surprise to hear that he’s not a fan of home equity loans. https://t.co/K3HMRpmev0
Property Taxes Threaten Homeownership for Debt‑Free Residents
What happens if you're debt free but you can't afford to pay your property tax every year? They auction off the land/property you worked hard for. The system is broken.
Canada’s Data Center Boom Centers Around One Hotspot
There's a clear hot spot when it comes to data centers (or should I say centres) in Canada: https://t.co/EyV7Vq6iff
Aleppo's Rooftop Solar Boom Powers Homes Amid Shortages
🔥One of the most impressive rooftop solar scenes you'll see anywhere in the world — this is Aleppo, Syria.For years, the country has suffered severe power shortages. ▪️People took matters into their own hands... and this is the result.Rooftop solar...
Asheville Housing Enters Rare Market Correction
The metro area Asheville, N.C. housing market remains in correction-mode Historically speaking, corrections are rare in the Asheville, N.C. market This is only Asheville's second correction since 1975. The other being 2008-2011 via ResiClub Terminal
Better Mortgage Spreads Keep Rates About 1% Lower
If we had the worst mortgage spread levels in 2023, mortgage rates would be 7.45% today, not 6.39%. If we had the worst levels of 2024, mortgage rates would be 7.08% today. If we had the worst levels of 2025, mortgage rates...
Inventory Growth Stalls; New Listings Dip Sharply Year‑over‑year
Inventory growth really slowed this week, both active and new lisitngs, new listings is noticebly lower this year vs last year, but I do have a theory on that this week with the weekend tracker
Mortgage Rates Set to Rise Before Year‑end Relief
This echoes my thoughts on mortgage rates. Two things are working against them at the moment. Seasonality (they are HIGHEST in spring/summer) and overoptimism RE: the Middle East. It's why I think they climb higher again before we see real relief later in...
Improve Cities, Boost Housing Support Across America
My thoughts on what America actually needs to do in order to make its cities nicer and increase support for housing construction: https://t.co/8adistZlJY
Tech Can't Replace Realtors When Stakes Are High
Zillow didn’t make realtors obsolete. If anything, it reinforced their value. The tech to cut out advisors has existed for years. Contracts are standardized. Information is everywhere. But at a certain price point, the stakes get too high to go it alone. That’s...
Columbus Core Home Prices Surge Year‑over‑year
LEFT: Year-over-year home price change in the core of Columbus, OH in spring 2025 RIGHT: Year-over-year home price change in the core of Columbus, OH in spring 2026 via ResiClub Terminal https://t.co/Poj3BM9z1y
February Home Price Cuts Hit Record High Since 2012
I ask you this Saturday. WHO has been ahead of this surge? If you don’t follow @m3_melody you’re behind trends “34.2% of Feb home sellers lowered their list price. That’s up from 31.5% a year earlier & represents the highest Feb...
Plain, Affordable Homes Beat Fancy Designs for Livability
Japanese residential neigborhoods have cheap, plain architecture but are amazing places to live. Texas builds tons of housing even though it's all boring boxes. Fancy architecture is cool, but it's not the key to building more. https://t.co/8adistYNUq
Invest in Rentals to Never Miss Family Moments
You can’t buy back the Tuesday you missed your kid’s recital. You can buy a rental property that makes sure you never miss another one. Build accordingly.
Cash Upfront, Upside Later: Aligning Seller Incentives
Opendoor's cash now, more later truly is a major win for sellers. They get cash upfront, which lets them move on their terms, then we renovate and list the home, and they get additional proceeds from the sale if it...
Improve City Livability, Not Copy European Architecture
I don't think borrowing architecture from Europe will move the needle on American support for housing construction. Instead, we just have to make our cities better places to live. https://t.co/8adistZlJY
All Banks Claim Uniqueness, but Offer Identical Pitches
"Your property sale just cleared. 3 banks are calling this week." "Great. Any difference?" "Bank A says they're boutique. Bank B says they're personalised. Bank C says they're different." "And...?"
Hyperlocal Control, Not Aesthetic Mandates, Drives Housing Growth
I don't think mandating "pretty" buildings is going to get much more housing built. What WILL get more housing built, I think, is hyperlocal control. https://t.co/rgDQYAp9h0
McMansions Trade Quantity for Oversized Bedrooms
Exactly. McMansions often don’t have more bedrooms … just bigger bedrooms, that each have walk-in closets and en-suite bathrooms https://t.co/EjPzvdQTt4
Hiring Growth Drives 2026 Real Estate More Than Unemployment
Why hiring matters more than unemployment for the real estate market in 2026. My latest for HousingWire. https://t.co/uaChbKgjEm
Owner‑occupied Duplexes: A Savvy Investment Strategy
Owner Occupants Buying Duplexes: A Smart Investment Follow @chasecalhoun.realestate for more on build-to-rent and real estate investing. #realestate #investmentproperty #buildtorent
Real‑Estate Deals Out‑Earn X Creator Payouts
Closed a lease yesterday. This is the second one for this gentleman I met on this platform 5 years ago. Nice deal, and there are a lot more digits in the commission check than my X creator payouts. This is how...
Office Leasing Nears Pre‑pandemic Levels in Half of Top Markets
Office leasing volumes have rebounded to within 10% of pre-pandemic averages in nearly half of the 20 largest office markets in the country. https://t.co/pNvbzWkrZl
Out‑of‑State Money Fuels Miami Office Boom
Out-of-state interest whips up the #Miami office market, as come-hither conditions attract the well off. 'It's OK to be rich here, it's OK to be poor here. It's not OK to be rich in #LA or #NY' #SoFla #realestate #CRE...
Mayor Mamdani Reneges on Rent Freeze Promise
We've gone from "Zohran will immediately freeze the rent" to "so, what I'll say is the Rent Guidelines Board is an independent entity." A big reason that Mamdani's first 100 days have gone OK is his startlingly forthright willingness to...
Venture Funding Soars While One‑Third of SF Offices Remain Empty
The biggest venture boom in history, and a third of San Francisco offices are empty.
Inclusionary Zoning Paradox: Keeps Poor Out of Wealthy Areas
It's hard for people to wrap their heads around the fact that the purpose of Inclusionary Zoning is to keep poor people out of rich neighborhoods, but it's true
By 2055, Everyday Costs Will Skyrocket
If inflation stays consistent over the next 30 years (as the past 30 years), here’s how much life will cost by 2055: - Average Rent: $6,500/ month - Average Home: $1,600,000 - Average Car: $218,200 - Coffee: $28/ cup - Gas: $16/ gallon
Even Critics Admit Upzoned City Enables Affordable Homeownership
This is, somehow, meant to be an anti-Sherrill argument, but even when trying to pretend affordability would be bad they make the upzoned city look unfathomably cool. We could have this. You could afford to own a home and start...
Bonus Law Boosts California Housing Production More Than ADUs
Interesting new paper out today that contends California's most effective housing production laws in the past decade — aside from ADUs — are changes to a prior policy that allowed developers to build more units in exchange for some income restrictions.
SF Condo Prices Surpass $1,000 per Sq Ft After Two Years
Welp, San Francisco condo prices are back above $1000/sft for the first time in two years. https://t.co/hRx2V9xESt
High Rent Targets Force Developers Toward Studios
Any new construction unit needs to be significantly higher Rent/SF than existing homes in the area, or else it won't get built at all The way developers keep Prices down is by building smaller units ... like Studio apartments And it's why...
From LA Rehab Success to Bootstrapped Bend Property Management
After doing a *ton* of successful home / small apt building rehab deals with his family in LA (his mom actually spoke at Reconvene years ago), Jonathan in now bootstrapping a property management business in Bend, OR. Really enjoying following his...
AI Boom Drives Sixth Quarter Office Market Growth
Silicon Valley Office Market Report | Q1 2026 ✅ 6th straight quarter of growth ✅ 436K+ sq. ft. net absorption ✅ Big tech & AI leading the way OpenAI’s 447K sq. ft. lease proves the AI boom is real. 🔗 https://t.co/XCuPdXL3J0...
Even Advisors Buy High‑Priced Property Amid 2026 Rates
I just heard a financial advisor bought a $1.5M condo. In 2026, with home prices sky-high and mortgage rates above 6%. Does this mean it's a good time to buy real estate?
Rising Gas Prices Threaten Out‑skirt Home Sales
So many homebuilders ventured further out into ‘drive until you qualify’ submarkets this cycle as affordability got squeezed. This gas price chart is going to now weigh on those communities, adding incremental pressure to both new home sales and starts...
Help Shape Next App Features: 2026 Housing Survey
The 2026 Reventure Housing survey is live. We’re using this to decide what data to build next in our app. Click the link below to get started (it only takes 3 minutes to complete). https://t.co/Y5ks4Pprz3
Remote Real Estate Works—But Never Buy Sight‑Unseen
I've gotten a lot of questions recently on how to operate a remote deal so I'm going to dive into the several methods you can use and the benefits and drawbacks of each strategy. First off, buying properties remote is 100%...
Spring Surge: Building Material Prices Jump Across the Board
Prices going higher for roofing, siding, paint, gypsum, insulation, fiberglass, foam, hardware, metal, and steel products. Great rundown of cost increase announcements rippling through housing this spring. https://t.co/liiQC0xAUu
Slight Price Dip, Spring Surge Revives Sellers Across 12 Counties
Prices are down a little from last year, and we’re seeing a spring uptick in 2026. Both things are true. And sellers have been coming back to the market. Some perspective and stats for 12 counties on my blog today. https://t.co/mTNHN4Zkh3...
Co‑Living Experiment Crashed by Tenant Overstay and Eviction Freeze
In late '19, we made the decision to experiment with running a few of the 4/4 units we own as co-living (rather than conventional rentals). An apparently young, single person applied for a room. We vetted and approved him and signed...
Chicago's Post‑COVID Boom: Housing Soars, Nightlife Thrives
I can't figure out why the switch flipped but Chicago is in boom times right now. Home values are skyrocketing (in the nice neighborhoods) and even on weeknights bars and restaurants are humming. I've lived here since 2009 and I...
Canadian Rents Plunge, Oversupply Threatens Landlords
Canadian Rents Have Gone Down 18 STRAIGHT MONTHS & More New Construction Rental Supply Is Coming Than Ever Before In History Yeah, Mom & Pop Landlords who bought units in the last 6 years knew things were bad But in some Canadian...
YIMBYs Risk Ugly Upzoning by Ceding Design Standards
At minimum it can be thought of as a pragmatic or political concession to expand upzoned places “YIMBY” already frequently makes broad concessions on Rent Control, Union Labor and tenant “protection” requirements … aesthetics is not bridge too far Especially when the...
Builders Chase Confidence, Not Actual Demand
Builders Don’t Follow Demand — They Follow Confidence. Supply doesn’t follow demand. It follows confidence. By the time supply enters, demand is already fading. But the market doesn’t see it. Because perception is still rising. Narratives are strongest at the top. That’s when launches increase. That’s when land...
Climate Change Set to Spike Bills, Cripple Insurance, Real Estate
A new California report warns climate change is not only inflating power bills, but threatens to decimate the insurance and real estate markets https://t.co/GUSzAK71H1
Beijing Retail Rents Plunge 10% YoY Amid Cautious Spending
Caixin: "Retail property rents in Beijing extended their decline in the first quarter of 2026, as cautious consumer spending forced landlords to cut prices to maintain occupancy. Urban retail rents in Beijing fell 3% quarter-on-quarter and 10.4% from a year...