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Many Americans Are Giving Up on Homeownership. That Should Concern All of Us.

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…

Housing Affordability Is Still the Story

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….

AAEL Labs: Real Estate Analytics in Practice

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…

AAEL Labs | From 230MB MLS Dataset to a Multi-Model Forecasting Pipeline in 30 Minutes

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’s Uneasy Summer

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%…

AAEL Labs: Building a Local AI-Powered Dissertation LMS with Moodle, Python, and Analytics

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…

Is This the Beginning of the End of Zillow?

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 Battle Over Private Listings

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….

National headlines don’t always tell the story for every market

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…

Phoenix Metro Housing Market Continues to Shift in 2026

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…