Category Archives: Housing Market

Median Sale Price in Orlando Up 23.3% YOY to $148,000

The median home price again jumped in the Orlando area by more than 20% year-over-year for the month ending May … Continue reading

Future Central Florida Planning and Brief

Critical to making sound real estate investment decisions are generally 2 factors:    People follow the jobs and real estate investors / developers follow the people.  And a 3rd outlier..people follow the sun. The Central Florida region (Tampa-St. Pete-Sarasota to Orlando-Kissimmee-Daytona) is currently home to 7.5 million people.   By … Continue reading

Investor Nation’s Ryan Hinricher Quoted in NYC Real Deal Mag

There has been a slew of media attention recently about the up-turn in certain markets of the real estate sector. With so much attention on building robust investments in a down-economy, it’s no surprise New York City Real Estate News’ The Real Deal would tap the expertise of our own Ryan … Continue reading

Orlando Housing Supply Chart – Prepare to be Astounded…

Clearly the bust is over in the Orlando housing market.  Home prices bottomed out in the $100k range and the median price recently reached $140k.  I addressed a few quick points in my last post dispelling the worry of a housing bubble in Orlando.  I’d like to show a quick … Continue reading

New Study Ranks Orlando #1 for Job Growth

Real estate investors should consider only 2 elements when deciding if they should invest in a particular market (before digging deeper into things like yields, etc):  economic outlook and population growth outlook.   In my opinion these 2 factors trump all other macro factors.   Looking at these factors one … Continue reading

Urban Land Institute’s top Trends in Real Estate + commentary

This is straight from Urban Land’s Barometer….. The top ten trends this month: Employment growth in March slowed dramatically; the unemployment rate inched down only because of a sharp decline in the workforce. Total retail sales were up, though due, in large part, to a spike in gasoline prices. Inflation … Continue reading