When I entered the real estate business almost 10 years ago, after spending more than 20 years as a data scientist in a Fortune 200 company, I saw there was a huge amount of data available about real estate that Read more…
We now return to our series on predicting major moves in real estate prices here in South Florida. Over the last 45 years, there have been four major trends in south Florida real estate prices – down/up/down/up – and three Read more…
For the last couple columns I’ve been talking about whether we might be able to predict where housing prices are headed, based on the long term history of pricing here in Broward County. But something has come up in the Read more…
Last time, you will recall I looked at whether recent trends in prices could indicate future price trends. We saw that, in general, an established trend will persist for another nine to 12 months unless “something” happens. This time, let’s Read more…
I have chosen to begin my 2019 oeuvre with an inflammatory question: Can we predict where real estate prices may be heading over the short term? There are two, related reasons for investigating this. First, should the overall economy continue Read more…
In this final installment of my 2018 Wilton Manors real estate review, I will share my impressions on the levels of inventory we are seeing in the market. In simplest terms, available inventory should be low when sales in the Read more…
They might still be counting votes in California, and the Broward election supervisor doesn’t appear to have found those missing 2,000 ballots yet, but the numbers are all in on the real estate activity that’ll be part of my Yearbook Read more…
With the 2018 elections behind us (probably), that means High Season is here, the holidays are coming right up, and the Fourth Edition of my South Florida Real Estate Yearbook is well into production. Every year I look at pricing, Read more…
Sometimes, it is amazing what you can learn by spending time on Facebook. Once you wade through pet photos, and the political ravings of that guy from high school who thinks Olive Garden is fine Italian dining, you find a Read more…
I know this is an odd title for this week’s episode. It came to me as I was walking my greyhound, Koffee, this morning at 4:00 AM, with the moon and stars still visible. I have received questions from friends Read more…