The Showing with Katherine and Darin Persinger

Buy a house? Is now a good time to do it?

In this episode of Real Estate, Money, and Marriage, Katherine and Darin talks about an article from Street.com giving 5 reasons why NOW is the right time to buy a house. Even though they agree with the main idea, the find some problems with the reasons.

In this episode of Real Estate, Money and Marriage, Katherine and Darin discuss mortgage applications increasing 27.9% in the week ending January 13th, the largest increase since the home buying boom in 2020. And share their biggest takeaways and review some past predictions.

In this episode of Real Estate, Money, and Marriage, Katherine and Darin talk about the trending real life story Netflix show “The Watcher.” And Katherine shares 7 real estate tips on how not to end up like the family on the show.

In this episode of Real Estate, Money, and Marriage, Katherine and Darin talk about cash buyers and investors in this real estate market right now. And the biggest concern was that investors were going to ramp up buying.

In this episode of Real Estate, Money, and Marriage, Katherine and Darin talk about the top 10 states people are fleeing and the top 10 states people are moving to. Katherine and Darin also share some of the possible reasons for people to relocate.

In this episode of Real Estate, Money, and Marriage, Katherine and Darin discuss real estate investing. According to Blackstone, it has secured $24.1 billion of commitments for its latest real estate fund called Blackstone Real Estate Partners X, showing that real estate investment giants are still buying up homes.

In this episode of Real Estate, Money, and Marriage, Katherine and Darin talk about an article from Market Watch about investors staying in the market while first-time homebuyers struggled to find a property this past spring. Darin also mentioned this as one of the four concerns about the current real estate market in his previous podcast, that buyers aren't buying.

In this episode of Real Estate, Money, and Marriage, Katherine and Darin talk about an article from the New York Times in which it is stated that home builders across the country are pulling back on development because they are unable to sell enough homes. In June 2022, home builders started construction on approximately 93,000 single-family homes, a 16% decrease from the previous year.

In this episode of Real Estate, Money, and Marriage, Katherine and Darin discuss a Ted Talk meme about real estate prices from 1976 to 2022. They also assess the current real estate market and the impact of inflation on home values.

In this episode of Real Estate, Money, and Marriage, Katherine and Darin talk about an article from The Wall Street Journal in which it is stated that Americans are starting to dip into huge pile of savings that they accumulated over the last two years of the pandemic. From the start of the pandemic to the end of 2021, U.S. households built up $2.7 trillion and extra savings.