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28 Sep

How much do we spend on new houses?

by Barry Ritholtz
Source: FRED   Volume on new home sales remains far below what is has been previously: Do we spend more on new houses than we used...

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20 Sep

Where The Working Class Can (Not) Afford to Live

by Barry Ritholtz
We were just having a conversation about how expensive places in the USA were like New York City, Washington D.C., and San Francisco...

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31 Aug

Houston’s ‘Wild West’ Growth

by Barry Ritholtz
This is an astonishing graphic:   How the city’s development may have contributed to devastating flooding click for...

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31 Jul

What Are Homebuyers Searching For?

by Barry Ritholtz
Very interesting look at increases in first-time home shoppers:   click for complete graphic Source: JPM Chase via Miller Samuel  

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29 Jul

MiB: Rich Barton on Making Information Available to All

by Barry Ritholtz
  This week, we sit down with Rich Barton, the Microsoft engineer who developed Expedia while working for Bill Gates and Steve...

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18 Jul

Ultra Low Mortgage Rates + Full Employment = ?

by Barry Ritholtz
This is fascinating:   click for ginormous graphic Source: The Basis Point  

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22 Jun

Serious Mortgage Delinquencies Falling

by Barry Ritholtz
The slow post-crisis recovery unobtrusively continues apace:     Source: CoreLogic

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6 Jun

How Silicon Valley Became a $2.8 Trillion Neighborhood

by Barry Ritholtz
Animated timeline shows how Silicon Valley became a $2.8 trillion neighborhood Source: Business Insider

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6 Jun

The Missing Boomerang Buyers

by Guest Author
The Missing Boomerang Buyers Jessie Romero Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, First Quarter 2017     Does it matter whether...

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1 Jun

Why Hasn’t the Internet Disrupted Real Estate?

by Barry Ritholtz
The Housing Market Is Ripe for Tech Disruption The process of buying and selling a home in the U.S. is needlessly inefficient. That will...

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  • About Barry Ritholtz

      Barry L. Ritholtz is co-founder, chairman, and chief investment officer of Ritholtz Wealth Management LLC. Launched in...

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