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Sellers vs Buyers

The U.S. Housing Market in 2025: More Sellers Than Buyers

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If you’ve been keeping an eye on the housing market—or even just talking to friends about real estate—you’ve probably noticed things feel a lot different than they did a couple of years ago. In 2025, the U.S. housing market is cooling off after the wild ride it took during the pandemic. Prices are softening, inventory is growing, and—for the first time in a long while—there are actually more people looking to sell homes than there are buyers eager to snap them up. According to Stansberry  Research and Redfin, sellers outnumber buyers by about 500,000.

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Jordan Peterson on China's Social Credit System

The Crux of China’s Problems

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China is risking more than a real estate collapse. China has turned its back on what created the Chinese Economic Miracle in the first place. Everyone is pontificating about China’s real estate bubble and whether Chairman Xi will do enough to stimulate the economy. Even though the media admits that so far a loose monetary policy hasn’t helped, they still believe that more of the magic cure-all monetary elixir will somehow eventually work.

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Commercial Banks Suffer Along With Commercial Real Estate

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This article looks at the current abysmal state of the commercial real estate market and its effects on companies like Blackstone, Fifth Third Bank, and Union Bank. With commercial real estate selling as low as $9 /sf, these companies are taking a big hit to profits as they try to sell excess real estate for less than half of what they paid for it just a few years ago. Some companies like Brookfield are simply walking away from the properties in places like downtown Los Angeles.

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Real Estate Trends: House Flipping

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It is difficult to flip through the channels on your TV and not see at least a couple of shows about flipping houses and making a fortune in the process. There are even online courses that teach you all about how flipping is done. This is an incredible phenomenon that is sweeping across the country, and many people have attempted to flip a home or have been thinking about doing it in the future. This trend will likely continue to impact the housing market in the years to come.

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The End of the Longest Running War in the Americas

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Today, a violent Colombia is just a Hollywood fiction. The real Colombia has one of the fastest-growing economies in Latin America. Some remote areas are still no man’s land. But the drug wars and civil conflict that started in the 1960s and tormented much of the country have wound down. I’d feel much safer walking down a street in Medellín tonight than I would in many parts of New York City, Chicago, or Washington, D.C. Plus, unlike most Latin American countries, Colombia welcomes and respects foreign investment.

It’s clear to anyone who has been there recently that Colombia has turned a page to a better future. The country has immense charm and plenty of opportunity for investors. That was certainly my impression after visiting earlier this year.

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Closing Costs

Welcome to the Wonderful World of Closing Costs and Refinancing

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The simplest way to include the closing costs in your refinancing calculations is to simply calculate the overall savings you expect to make when refinancing and deduct the estimated closing costs sum from the savings. If you don’t break even, you’ll be losing money on the refinancing, so maybe sticking to the old terms for a while longer is more advantageous.

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Know how taxes may reduce your retirement investments

Retirement Investments Affected By U.S. Taxes

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Many people dream of retiring at the earliest possible date with the expectation that their investments will provide them with a steady income for the next few decades. But as soon as they put in their papers and go to collect their last paycheck, they might be surprised at how much of a chunk of their retirement income Uncle Sam takes out.  No matter how you invest your money, you can be sure that taxes will take away a considerable portion of your personal finances.  There are a few ways to mitigate these losses, depending on how you invest your money and how much liquidity you want on hand for retirement.

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Real Estate Portugal

Is This the Time to Buy Real Estate in Portugal?

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The time to buy is when everyone else is selling. That holds true not only for stocks but also for commodities like Gold and Real Estate. Another truism is to buy when you least feel like buying. Right now an extremely out of favor asset is real estate in Portugal. They almost can’t give it away. Which is why we are taking a look at it today. In her article, Vivian Lewis gives us some great reasons to consider Portugal. 

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