December 16, 2022

Pedal to the metal, jobs and home affordability

And the Fed keeps on pushing the break pedal to the metal by increasing interest rates what seems like every time they open their mouth. And they have expressed that their goal to cool off the economy is to significantly […]
November 14, 2022

Almost 20 and over 30

As we suspected in our last blog entry, the market has shifted. And some believe that it has shifted more drastically than what the economists and the Federal Reserve wanted. In our Houston market, sale listings have increased almost 20% […]
October 20, 2022

The economy is shifting… and the real estate market right along with it

The time has come. Interest rates have hiked in the last 3 months more than what they had done in several of the previous years. So the money is more expensive. This combined with the diminished affordability of housing created […]
August 23, 2022

The wind is changing

For some time now the market conditions offered a fertile land to sell homes at top prices. With very little inventory and cheap money (low interest rates), buyers could find the financing needed to buy a home while sellers could […]
July 19, 2022

Training our customers – part 3

We are excited to share with our audience that our customer is finally a landlord! After some challenges to do the renovation of the property, she was able to complete the job and the house got rented within a week. […]
June 14, 2022

Training our customers – part 2

In a previous post we shared with our audience the work we were doing with one of our customer that is ready not only to prevent been in the position she was when she reached out, but also ready to […]
May 5, 2022

Training our customers – part 1

A few months ago one of our former customers approached us with a somehow unusual request. She wanted to prevent been in the same situation where she was when we helped her. Life had thrown a curve ball to her […]
March 29, 2022

The expensive cash and the building frenzy

This year will see many increases in interest rates. Inflation continues to be rampant, which will force the regular consumer to use some, if not all, the cash stashed during the pandemic times. Inflation is probably here to stay for […]
March 8, 2022

War and uncertainty

These are difficult times for everyone. The evident are the people in Ukraine. But the cascade of consequences we have seen in only 2 weeks can shake everyone’s life in very significant ways. We are already dealing with the supply […]