The Big Picture - Macro Insights from the rennie landscape 2020
Nov 25, 2020
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The rennie podcast is about everything real estate for the real estate interested. Tune in for monthly discussions making sense of the latest market data and to hear from an array of industry experts helping us answer big real estate questions about demographics, economics, urban planning, and design. Episode #6: The Big Picture - Macro Insights from the rennie landscape 2020In this special episode of the rennie podcast, we're sitting down with Ryan Berlin from the rennie intelligence team to review the Fall 2020 edition of the rennie landscape and discuss three key insights:
- The unique nature of the Great Suppression has shielded the for-sale market from the worst of the downturn.
- The pandemic has shifted home buyer preferences towards ground-oriented homes and towards the suburban.
- Interest rates are likely to remain (even) lower for (even) longer.
Written by
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