Real Estate Market News
By Jonathan MillerSpecial Contributor Coming out of the pandemic and the isolation it created, pets went from companion status to family members. One in five families acquired a pet during the pandemic, and now 63% of families own a pet. For those uninitiated with Manhattan co-op boards, some boards actually have a 50-pound weight limit on…
Today’s homebuyers — the few who can actually afford to buy — are less concerned with the biggest house on the block and more focused on what happens outside the front door. That was the message from housing insiders on what buyers want in 2025 at the National Association of Real Estate Editors (NAREE) annual…
By Jonathan MillerSpecial Contributor Redfin has a wiz-bang calculation to quantify how many buyers and sellers there are. I will break their effort down and point out a few problems with it. They tend to get more ink because they are more negative in their story angles given the uncertainty in the market. Quick aside: Have you noticed…
Consumer perception of rising inflation has been growing since the beginning of the year. The tariff tantrums are inflicting far more damage to the US economy than any other country, and the full impact has yet to be felt by US consumers. The new tax bill that just passed the House will raise the federal…
By Jonathan MillerSpecial Contributor There are lots of stories coming out of the brokerage community about properties being de-listed or deals blowing up attributable to the Tariff Tantrums the world is currently enduring. I’ve been talking at length about the uncertainty that tariffs burden consumers within the decision-making process, especially when no underlying strategy or…
