The Blunder Years, Episode 41: Retirement + downsizing + the role of your adult kids
What’s it like, process-wise, to move out of the house you’ve been in since 1987? What are the emotions? Continue Reading
Housing
Looks like millennials aren’t buying homes
Got that from here, which also has this chart: If you take those two charts together, here’s what you get:
If you’re single in San Francisco, it’ll take you 17 years of income to buy a home
Read it, like it, share it. (Buttons at bottom.) I pretty much summarize every article Richard Florida writes on CityLab, so I might as well go ahead and summarize this one too. This is about “How Many Years Of Income… Continue Reading
WalletHub thinks you should move to Arizona in 2015
One day after I wrote about “Best Performing Cities” as per Milken, here’s more “best/worst/greatest/etc.” data for 2015. This is 2015’s Best and Worst Cities for jobs, via WalletHub. The methodology is on that link, and there’s a Forbes summary here. Number 1 is… Continue Reading
The millennial revolution will come on the back of walkability
Literally every place I’ve ever lived, I’ve looked up the walk score on it before I even considered moving there. In fact, where I live right now — in Fort Worth, about a mile or so from TCU, is probably… Continue Reading
Housing Crisis V2 is coming
2008 was a rough housing crisis, for sure. The general belief these days is that we’re out of it and things are better — Home Depot seems to explain/believe that as well — but in fact, we may not be,… Continue Reading
Home Depot just taught you something about the housing market
That video above is from a year ago, but the current Home Depot fiscal situation is seemingly a lot better — their second-quarter profit just climbed 14 percent and they’re trading at around $88/share now (that’s up!). Check out this chart… Continue Reading
Gird your loins: Brooklyn is now officially “Manhattan Part II”
See that chart? Egad. (Via here.) In early 2009, the difference between similar apartments in Manhattan and Brooklyn was $1,800 per month. Now it’s around $210 per month. Just a quick reminder of how urban areas develop / certain spots become… Continue Reading