HousingNotes TRD columnist #realestate#appraiser@Columbia prof, StreetMatrix, Miller Samuel, family man, maker of snow and lobster fisherman (order varies)
A Sotheby’s broker says he saved a $56M Hamptons deal, convinced the buyer to meet the seller’s demands and even secured an extra $1M for furniture.
Now Sotheby’s claims it never got paid.
The brokerage is suing for $840K in commissions tied to one of the biggest Hamptons sales of 2025.
New York is still adding more finance jobs than any other city—but others are slowly rising as mini financial centers in their own right. Salt Lake City's rise is often under-appreciated (I didn't realize how fast it's growing until I made this map)...
Trump said Fannie and Freddie could be worth $1 trillion.
Wall Street said: maybe $250 billion.
As @hwalterwarner writes, the question isn’t just what Fannie and Freddie are worth.
It’s whether the government can pull off taking them public again — without rattling the mortgage market.
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ALT an eastern bluebird - a blue bird with an orange belly - standing on a painted black metal sign
A housing affordability forecast with an actual timeline: seven to 10 years.
In his Housing Notes column, @JonathanMiller breaks down Oxford Economics’ outlook: If prices stop rising and mortgage rates ease, affordability could return around the mid-2030s.
If not, buyers may be stuck waiting even longer.
Compass says "we co-broke with everyone." @JonathanMiller says that line is misleading.
In his latest Housing Notes column on TRD, he argues private listings risk turning MLS cooperation into a marketing fig leaf, while inventory, commissions and market visibility move behind the curtain.
Read more at the link.
bit.ly/42YyNUw
New Fed chair, same mortgage rate problem. @JonathanMiller says lower benchmark rates won’t automatically mean cheaper mortgages — and Wall Street is already cooling on the odds of cuts.
Florida’s housing market is splitting into three realities:
Luxury is booming.
The middle class is getting squeezed.
And starter homes? They’re basically extinct.
An entire generation isn’t choosing to rent. They’ve been locked out of ownership.
The first-time homebuyer in Florida today is around 40 years old.
LUXURY HOME PRICES RISE: Luxury home prices rose the most in Tampa than anywhere else in the United States in the past three months, data released Tuesday showed. wfla.com/news/hillsborough-c…
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Tesla
SpaceX
Bitcoin
Gmail
Amazon Prime
Google Maps
Netflix streaming
Android
ChatGPT
WhatsApp
TikTok
Snapchat
Xbox
Pinterest
LinkedIn
iPad
Uber
Airbnb
Reddit
Spotify
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