"December 17, 2024" Archives

I’m bald. December is “toboggan time” for me. I lose them often. I rely on them like an appendage. After a few maddening minutes of searching as I’m walking out the door, I succumb to eventual embarrassment by finding one right there in my coat pocket, waiting patiently.   Perspective can be like this. It’s right…

Wong Kok Hoi of APS Asset Management, a China-focused Singapore hedge fund, believes investor sentiment in China is at its most bearish in two decades, and the ‘conditions are in place’ for a multi-year rally.

“From an affordability perspective, we think 2025 will look a lot like 2024,” Fannie Mae chief economist says, but with more inventory in Sun Belt states and parts of the Mountain West and Pacific Northwest.

The COVID-19 pandemic turned a number of nontraditional cities into housing market hotspots. While some of those markets have since seen a reversal of fortunes, 2025 may bring a few more surprises. That’s according to a new report from the National Association of Realtors (NAR) which predicts metropolitan areas that will pop in the new…