What we can learn from the alcohol industry

Credit Report Costs Are Getting Ridiculous

This Labor Market Is Stuck, Not Broken

Bad Vibes Are Not a Recession

Affordability Starts with Supply

Supply, Not Slogans

Spring cleaning for your inbox

What we can learn from the alcohol industry

This is a muddle-through market

Waiting for rates below six is not a strategy

The agents still standing are playing the long game

Bad data, bad vibes

Gary Acosta is raising the bar

Japanese firms are becoming a major force in U.S. homebuilding

Books are still one of the best unfair advantages

IMB profits are stabilizing... just at very low levels.

Your parents did not have it easier

Lennar is proving that adjustment beats denial.

Real estate is one of Hollywood’s favorite plot devices.

Gen Z does not need a shortcut. They need a roadmap.

The grocery store may be the biggest confidence killer in America.

A cheaper burger can actually help a future homebuyer.

Lock the rate when the deal works.

NextGen does not need more hype. They need clearer guidance.

The car map is really a “purchasing power” map.

Plug 2 leaks and change your homebuying timeline.

Builders are forecasting a tougher decade for new construction.

Estate era housing is a new mainstream skill set.

Short-form gives breadth. Books give depth.

If you hear “circle back,” I promise it just means “follow up.”

The map is the message. Your market is not the average.

Most single-family rentals are owned by everyday people.

Half of households can’t buy a $300K home

Data, not doom

AI is splitting into work and life

The housing transfer is coming

Headship rates change the housing shortage story

Money disappears with a beep

Refund season can move the economy

A more honest refinance perspective

The barrier isn’t access. It’s training

The housing angle of WFH and fertility

The mess is the opportunity!

Wages Up. Confidence Down

he Roaring 2020s checklist

Don’t let the “jobs are weak” vibe derail housing decisions

Servicing consolidation is accelerating

Stop blaming weather. Start managing confidence

Babysitting rates are a hidden affordability line item

Record debt is a headline. Debt burden is the signal

Price cuts or incentives. Know the builder playbook

Rates move a little. Refi demand moves a lot

One question that reframes the layoff headlines

Stop rooting for lower rates. Root for productivity and wages

The rate echo chamber vs the reality of a strong economy

One tool won’t do it all. Stack them

Builders are still facing the same affordability headwinds