by Laura Turbay | May 25, 2024 | Employment, Featured, Housing, Inflation
Imagine a frog in a pot of water. Someone raises the temperature and the frog acclimates to it. But the heat only keeps rising. That’s what inflation feels like to Kody Kohnen, a 22-year old senior at Texas A&M studying agricultural leadership, who explained...
by Max Rivera | Apr 30, 2024 | Housing
The S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller report, which measures home prices nationally, is set to be released on Tuesday. After a record-breaking year in 2023 – home prices rose 5.5% to close out last year – economists are confident Tuesday’s report will...
by Anastasia Tomkin | Apr 1, 2024 | Featured, Housing, Personal Income, Uncategorized
Jay, a tech executive from Virginia Beach, had simple criteria for where he wanted to live: somewhere with a solid tech presence, decent weather and spacious, reasonably-priced housing. He was stunned by the high cost of homes in places like Seattle and San Francisco....
by Max Rivera | Mar 31, 2024 | Housing
While housing markets saw price increases, some areas saw a decrease in prices from the month before, signaling sellers may be lowering asking prices on properties that won’t sell despite low inventory. Home prices continued to climb in the first month of 2024...
by Max Rivera | Mar 30, 2024 | Featured, Housing
San Diego, home to 300,000 active or retired military, and a close to $1 million median area home price, has seen veterans emerge as highly competitive buyers thanks to changes in the VA loan program. Vanya Cook-Letoud, 38, is in rare company: a homeowner twice over...
by Max Rivera | Mar 7, 2024 | Featured, Housing
Home prices ended 2023 at a record high as limited inventory inched prices up and buyer confidence grew thanks to a modest reduction in mortgage rates. The December S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Indices capped a year that started slowly but ultimately saw growth...