A recent USA Today article highlighted something many housing professionals have been seeing firsthand: more Americans are delaying or abandoning plans to buy a home because prices, interest…
A new consumer survey shows that inflation remains the top financial concern for American households, with housing costs ranking among the most significant affordability challenges facing consumers today….
One of the projects I’m currently developing for my upcoming book, Real Estate Analytics Playbook: Practical AI and Data Strategies for Agents and Lenders, focuses on a question…
Adding macroeconomic variables like the S&P Dow Jones Indices Case-Shiller Index, Freddie Mac weekly mortgage survey data, and CPI would absolutely make the model more defensible academically and…
The housing market continues to send mixed signals as we head into summer 2026. Mortgage rates remain elevated, with the average 30-year fixed mortgage hovering around the mid-6%…
Today I officially launched the first local prototype of my AAEL-LMS (AI-Augmented Exploratory Learning – Learning Management System) for my doctoral research and textbook development project. Setup took…
For nearly two decades, brokers and agents handed Zillow the single most valuable asset in residential real estate: Their listings. Now the industry appears shocked that Zillow became…
The constant battles over private listings are giving the real estate profession a black eye. First it was compensation. Then compensation disclosure. Now private listings and listing transparency….
That may be the biggest takeaway from today’s housing data. Nationally, existing home sales came in at 4.02 million in April, essentially flat from March and below expectations…
Maricopa County housing activity continues to show an interesting shift as we move deeper into 2026. Using updated ARMLS data through May 11, 2026, several trends are becoming…