Rent Increases and Migration with Jordan Levine #626

Bruce Norris is joined this week by Jordan Levine. Jordan is the Senior Economist at the California Association of Realtors. They are a statewide trade organization of real estate professionals with more than 190,000 members. Jordan started in the research and economics department of CAR in 2016. As Senior Economist at CAR, Jordan analyzes housing market conditions, macro-economic trends, and public policy issues through the use of external data from the public and private sector and survey researches conducted by CAR.

Bruce and Jordan discuss the real estate market in 2018, where we stand in terms of terms of housing affordability, median price, and how many can be homeowners, why he is optimistic about the market, misconceptions buyers have about financing and down payments, rent increases and whether this spurs buying activity or out-migration, the reason people are leaving California, things outside of real estate that concern him, and much more on the real estate radio show and podcast.

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Building In California With Jordan Levine #607

On Friday, September 28, the Norris Group proudly presents its 11th annual award-winning black tie event, I Survived Real Estate.  An incredible lineup of industry experts will join Bruce Norris to discuss perplexing industry trends, head-scratching legislation, tech disruption, and opportunities emerging for real estate professionals.  All proceeds from the event benefit Make A Wish and St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.  This event is not possible without the generous help of the following platinum partners: the San Diego Creative Real Estate Investors Association, InvestClub, Inland Empire Real Estate Investment Club, ThinkRealty, Wilson Investment Properties, Coach Fullerton, First Lending Solutions, PropertyRadar, the Apartment Owners Association, MVT Productions, and Realty411.  Visit www.isurvivedrealestate.com for event information, and see Amazon Prime or YouTube for past events.

Bruce Norris is joined this week by Jordan Levine. Jordan is the senior economist at the California Association of Realtors, a statewide trade organization of real estate professionals with more than 190,000 members. As senior economist at CAR, Jordan analyzes housing market conditions, macro-economic trends, and public policy issues through the use of external data from the public and private sector as well as survey research studies conducted by CAR. He contributes frequently to CAR’s market analysis articles: Housing Matters Blog and Market Snapshot. He has also written various topics including housing supply, distressed sales, housing tax policy, housing affordability, and many other subjects relevant to the real estate industry.

Bruce and Jordan discuss the biggest concern right now in regards to sales, the yield curve, inventory in terms of months' supply, the hoops and fees involved with the building and permitting process, people's attitudes right now when it comes to building, the migration rate out of California, the charts he looks at to determine whether a recession is imminent, and much more on the real estate radio show and podcast.

The Norris Group would like to thank its Gold Sponsors for supporting I Survived Real Estate: Guaranteed Rate and Nathan Chabolla, In A Day Development, Inland Valley Association of Realtors, Jason Thorman with Coldwell Banker, Jennifer Buys Houses, Keystone CPA, LA South REIA, Las Brisas Escrow, Lawyers Title, Michael Ryan & Associates, New Western, NorcalREIA, NSDREI, Orange County Real Estate Investors, the Outspoken Investor, Pacific Premier Bank, Pasadena FIBI, Pilot Limousine, SJREI, Spinnaker Loans, South OC REIA, Tri-Counties Association of Realtors, uDirect IRA Services, White House Catering.  See www.isurvivedrealestate.com for event information.

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Eileen Reynolds of CBIA Joins Bruce Norris on the Real Estate Radio Show #450

On Friday, October 16, the Norris Group proudly presents its 8th annual award-winning black-tie event I Survived Real Estate. An incredible lineup of industry experts will join Bruce Norris to discuss perplexing industry trends, head-scratching legislation, and opportunities emerging for real estate professionals. Proceeds from the event benefit Make a Wish and St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. This event could not have been possible without the generous help of the following platinum partners: HousingWire, PropertyRadar, the Apartment Owners Association, the San Diego Creative Real Estate Investors Association, San Jose Real Estate Investors Association, InvestClub for Women, MVT Productions, Wilson Investment Properties, and White House Catering. For event information, visit isurvivedrealestate.com. 

Bruce Norris is joined this week by Eileen Reynolds. Eileen is the chairperson of the California Builders Industry Association. She has served in a variety of leadership positions at CBIA, including vice-chair in 2014, chair of the government affairs committee in 2013, and a member of the political action committee, executive committee, and board of directors. Reynolds as the land use and environmental lobbyist for the California Association of Realtors in the state capital. Her 19 years at CAR gave her an understanding of trade associations, development policy and politics. These are some of the strengths she brings to her leadership role at CBIA. Bruce and Eileen discuss the building industry, where we are at in regards to units built, societal issues and how new home buyers handle them, the lack of construction jobs, the drought, and much, much more on this week's Norris Group real estate radio show and podcast.

 The Norris Group would like to thank its gold sponsors for supporting I Survived Real Estate: Adrenaline Athletics, Coachella Valley Real Estate Investors, Association, Coldwell Banker Town and Country, Elite Auctions, iMortgage, In a Day Development, Inland Valley Association of Realtors, IRA Services Trust Company, Jennifer Buys Houses, Keller Williams Corona, Keystone CPA, Las Brisas Escrow, LA SouthReia, Leivas Tax Wealth Management, New Western Acquisition, North California Real Estate Investors Association, North San Diego Real Estate Investors, Pilot Limousine, Orange County FIBI, Real Wealth Network, Realty411 Magazine, Rick and LeeAnne Rossiter, Southern California Chapter of the Appraisal Institute, Sonoca Corporation, Spinnaker Loans, Tri-Counties Association of Realtors, uDirect IRA Services, Westin South Coast Plaza, FIBI Pasadena, and Scott Whaley.

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Dave Cogdill Joins Bruce Norris on the Real Estate Radio Show #403

On Friday, October 24, the Norris Group proudly presents its 7th annual award-winning black-tie event I Survived Real Estate.  An incredible lineup of industry experts will join Bruce Norris to discuss perplexing industry trends, head-scratching legislation, and opportunities emerging for real estate professionals.  Proceeds from the event benefit Make a Wish and St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.  This event could not have been possible without the generous help of the following platinum partners: Auction.com, HousingWire, PropertyRadar, the Apartment Owners Association, the San Diego Creative Real Estate Investors Association and President Bill Tan, InvestClub for Women and Iris Veneracion, San Jose Real Estate Investors Association and Geraldine Barry, MVT Productions, and White House Catering.  For event information, visit isurvivedrealestate.com.   

Bruce Norris is joined this week by Dave Cogdill.  Dave is a former senator who is now president and CEO of the California Building Industry Association, a position he has served in since 2013.  Prior to serving on this board, Dave was the county assessor for Stanislaus from 2011-2013.  He also served as a commissioner on the California Water Commission.  He was also the chairman for the Maddy Institute at Fresno State University after departing from Legislature.  During his years in office, Dave worked a lot with leaders to resolve issue relating to rural, healthcare, and education.  For his service he has received several awards including the Prestigious Profiles and Courage Award from the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation. Bruce and Dave discuss the drought's effect on the building industry, legislation for drought relief, employment since the Great Recession, projections for 2013 going into 2014, unsold inventory, changes in the target buyers, the increase in multi-generational buyers, lowering FHA loan limits, foreign investors, the California business climate, and much, much more on this week's real estate radio show and podcast.

Bill Cosgrove will be featured on this years' panel for I Survived Real Estate 2014.  The Norris Group would like to thank its gold sponsors for supporting I Survived Real Estate: Adrenaline Athletics, Coldwell Banker Town and Country, Elite Auctions, In A Day Development, Inland Valley Association of Realtors, Investor Experts, Jennifer Buys Houses, Keystone CPA, Las Brisas Escrow, LA South REIA, Leivas Associates, Pilot Limousine, Primary Residential Mortgage, Northern California Real Estate Investors Association, North San Diego Real Estate Investors, Real Wealth Network, Realty 411 Magazine, Rick and LeAnne Rossiter, Personal Real Estate Magazine, SONOCA Corporation, Southpointe Companies, Spinnaker Loans, Tony Alvarez, and uDirect IRA Services, and the Council of Multiple Listing Services.  See isurvivedrealestate.com for video of the live event and more on our sponsors




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