What caused the 40% price increase in houses and rents, and what are governments doing to try to fix the problem. Topics covered include: Show Notes Concern over housing costs hits record high across rich nations by Valentina Romei and Sam Fleming—The Financial Times Home Price to Median Household Income Ratio (US)—Longtermtrends Home Ownership Affordability Monitor—Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta AMERICA'S RENTAL HOUSING 2024—Joint Center for Housing Studies of … [Read more...]
481: How to Navigate the Crippling Home Insurance Crisis
Why are homeowners seeing home insurance premiums increases of up to 70%, as David has? What can you do if your insurer drops you, you get a huge premium increase, or you can no longer afford coverage? Topics covered include: Show Notes Home Insurance Is Clobbering Consumers. Yet It’s Barely Counted in Inflation. by Jeanna Smialek—The New York Times NIPA Handbook: Concepts and Methods of the U.S. National Income and Product Accounts: Chapter 5: Personal Consumption … [Read more...]
435: Is It Better to Rent or Buy a House?
How to decide whether to rent a house or apartment or purchase a home or condo. What has been the financial return from owning a house? Topics covered include: Show Notes The housing theory of everything by John Myers & Ben Southwood & Sam Bowman—Works in Progress Irish property: the boom that shows no signs of slowing by Jude Webber—The Financial Times Whatever Happened to the Starter Home? by Emily Badger—The New York Times The Housing Revolution Is Coming by … [Read more...]
357: Is a Housing Crash Coming?
What are the demand and supply drivers of home prices? What is the current status of those drivers and do they suggest a housing price crash is imminent, particularly given mortgage forbearance programs are ending? Topics covered include: Show Notes In a forgotten town by the Salton Sea, newcomers build a bohemian dream Rory Carroll—The guardian For One Weekend a Year, a Tiny Town on the Salton Sea Becomes a Mecca for Artists and Partiers by April Wong—Los Angeles … [Read more...]
317: How To Buy In A Hot Housing Market
U.S. home prices are on fire and sales are skyrocketing. Here are 8 rules of thumb for buying a house in a hot housing market when there are multiple bidders over the asking price. Topics covered include: Show Notes Monthly Supply of Houses in the United States—Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis This Overlooked Variable Is the Key to the Pandemic by Zeynep Tufekci—The Atlantic Episode Sponsors The Great Courses Plus Policygenius Learn More 44: Should You Pay … [Read more...]
258: How Financialization Pushes Up Home Prices
How the desire by corporations and individuals to turn single-family homes into rental units is pushing up home prices, making it more difficult for first-time homebuyers to purchase a house. In this episode you’ll learn: Show Notes Financialization of Housing—Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights States and Real Estate Private Equity Firms Questioned for Compliance with Human Rights—Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights … [Read more...]
256 Plus: Economic and Financial Cycles, Demographics, Private REITs and Long/Short ETFs
In Plus episode 256 for the week of June 15, 2019, we consider the difference between economic and financial cycles. We review debt metrics for U.S. households and businesses. We look at investing themes based on U.S. demographic trends. We explore the pros and cons of private REITs versus public REITs. Finally, we analyze long/short stock investing as practiced by the WisdomTree Dynamic Long Short U.S. Equity ETF. … [Read more...]
238: The U.S. Is More Socialist Than Denmark Regarding Home Mortgages
How the U.S. mortgage market differs from the Danish mortgage market. Danish mortgage rates and defaults are lower than the U.S.. and unlike the U.S., the Danish government is not involved in protecting investors against mortgage defaults. This episode also explores how the mortgage broker industry has evolved since the housing crash. In this episode you’ll learn: Show Notes Yes, Venezuela Is a Socialist Catastrophe - Bret Stephens - New York Times What have the massive … [Read more...]
235: What If Home Prices Always Declined
How to evaluate the purchase of a depreciating asset such as buying a house in Japan where prices have declined 23 out of the past 29 years. In this episode you’ll learn: There are no magical solutions to dealing with a housing bubble.Why Japanese home prices have declined for decades and why the houses are so cold in the winter.Why buy a house even if it will fall in price and how to go about doing so. Show Notes Designing Your Life: How To Build A Well-Lived, Joyful … [Read more...]
202 Plus: Housing Crisis, Shorting Bubbles and Implementing Trades
This week April 28, 2018, we analyze what to do when housing is selling at record prices and there is little rental inventory. In short, when there is a housing crisis due to lack of supply and high demand from second home owners. We review some of the hurdles to shorting assets that are in a bubble. We also look at how at why I tend to implement portfolio changes all at once versus moving into positions over a period of weeks or months. … [Read more...]
