Summer Is Ending. Here’s Why That’s Actually Good News for Real Estate. I have spent the last several weeks writing about the Fed, Japan, oil prices, and collapsing consumer confidence. All of it true. All of it important. But today I want to talk about something different — something that tends to get lost in […]
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Last week I wrote about Japan quietly pulling $30 billion out of the US Treasury market in a single quarter — and why that, not the Federal Reserve, is the real force keeping your mortgage rate elevated. I did not expect the story to get more dramatic within days of publishing it. On July 31st, […]
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Last week I wrote that the easy market was over. That prices were falling, inventory was rising, and the Fed had threatened to make it worse. I did not expect to be back this week with an even harder message. Yesterday, President Trump declared the Iran ceasefire “over.” US forces struck Kharg Island — Iran’s […]
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Griffin Realty Group, 2026
I want to talk about something I have been watching for several months — something that is showing up in my conversations with buyers, in sellers’ behavior, and in the competitive intelligence I get from firms across the market. The data is just now confirming what experienced agents have been feeling since early spring. The […]
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