Opinion
Affordability, inventory, rates: An economist's 2024 housing outlook
Windermere Real Estate Chief Economist Matthew Gardner offers his 2024 forecast for interest rates, home values and the potential for a housing market recovery
Dec 5
How long can home prices hold out? Here's how I see it
When will rising interest rates, low inventory and diminishing buyer hopes translate into falling home prices? Windermere Chief Economist Matthew Gardner weighs in
Nov 1
Opinion
Here's how new builds are winning the current market
New-construction homebuilders are using incentives to garner an outsized share of the current housing market and capitalize on buyer demand
Sep 27
Opinion
An economist's take on housing prices, affordability, opportunity
Windermere Chief Economist Matthew Gardner looks at the latest numbers and the markets that still offer affordable options
Aug 21
Opinion
How Harvard's housing report sees the current (and future) market
With natural growth slowing, states will need to attract new residents from other markets as domestic migration becomes a more important driver of household growth and housing demand
Jul 26
Opinion
Did this economist nail his 2023 predictions (so far)?
Windermere Chief Economist Matthew Gardner takes a look back at his pre-2023 market predictions to check his math and his accuracy
Jun 28
Opinion
Economist explains that controversial FHFA fee change
There's been a lot of talk about the FHFA's fee increase, but this economist thinks that, for the most part, it's much ado about nothing
May 24
Opinion
What the latest Fed survey data tells us about consumer psyches
Take a look at the latest SCE Housing Survey which offers a detailed look at consumers’ psyche in regard to the housing market
Apr 26