2019 New Home Construction and Trends With Rose Quint #633

Aaron Norris is joined this week by Rose Quint. She is the Assistant Vice President for Survey Research with the National Association of Home Builders. She holds a B.S. in Economics and International Business from Old Dominion University as well as a Master’s degree in Economics from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Her responsibilities over NAHB include planning and conducting industry surveys, specifically in the areas of builder sentiment, remodeling, housing affordability, and AD &C financing issues. Quint is also responsible for special research projects.

Aaron and Rose will discuss why she chose to work in the building industry, reasons there are not as many smaller, affordable homes being built, what new homes in 2019 will likely feature, trends that are surprising her as well as new ones she sees on the horizon, features home buyers want to see in their homes, whether or not millennials still want to own a home, energy-efficient features and whether people are willing to pay for them, and much more on the real estate radio show.

The Norris Group originates and services loans in California and Florida under California DRE License 01219911, Florida Mortgage Lender License 1577, and NMLS License 1623669.  For more information on hard money lending, go www.thenorrisgroup.com and click the Hard Money tab.


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Tom Salomone, President of NAR, Joins Bruce Norris on the Real Estate Radio Show #502

On Friday, October 21, the Norris Group proudly presents its 9th 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 for 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: HousingWire, PropertyRadar, the Apartment Owners Association, the San Diego Creative Real Estate Investors Association, InvestClub for Women, MVT Productions, the San Jose Real Estate Investors Association, Inland Empire Real Estate Investment Club, Think Realty, and White House Catering. Visit www.isurvivedrealestate.com for event information and tickets.

Bruce Norris is joined this week by Tom Salomone. Tom is a realtor from Coral Springs, Florida and is the 2016 president of the National Assocation of Realtors. NAR, the voice of real estate, is America’s largest trade association representing over 1 million realtors involved in all aspects of the residential and commercial real estate industries. Tom has been licensed in real estate for more than 40 years. He is the second generation realtor as well as a broker/owner of Real Estate Two Inc., a firm specializing in residential real estate. Over the years Tom has been named realtor of the year multiple times and served the industry in many capacities over his 40-year career. Tom is experienced in both business and sports in order to serve his community through a number of different organizations, including the Boys and Girls Clubs of America. He has been a member of the Chamber of Commerce, a Coral Springs charter school business sponsor. As a water control district supervisor he has coached over 46 sports teams in local city leagues and been a member of the Amateur Athletic Union in the United States Specialty Sports Association. He volunteers with organizations to prevent heart disease and cancer. He attends the St. Andrews Church and is a proud father of two sons, TJ and Bryce and husband to his lovely wife Diana.

Bruce and Tom discuss his 40 years in the real business, transitions he saw during this time, reasons people may find financing difficult, the current bill aimed at veterans, advice for those who prefer to rent instead of own, and much more on this week's Norris Group real estate radio show and podcast.

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Harry Dent of Dent Research Joins Bruce Norris on the Real Estate Radio Show #473

Bruce Norris is joined this week by Harry Dent. Harry is the founder of Dent Research, an economic forecasting firm specializing in demographic trends. His mission is helping people understand change using exciting new research developed from years of hands on business experience. Mr. Dent offers unprecedented and refreshingly understandable tools for seeing the key economic trends that will affect your life, business, and investments over the rest of your lifetime. Mr. Dent is also a best-selling author. In his book The Great Boom Ahead, published in 1992. Mr. Dent stood virtually alone in accurately forecasting the un-anticipated boom of the 1990s and the continued expansion into 2007.

In his new book The Demographic Cliff, he continues to educated audiences about his predictions for the next Great Depression, especially between 2014 and 2019 that he has been forecasting now for 20 years. Mr. Dent is the editor of the Economic and Market Newsletter and has created the HS Dent Financial Advisors Network. Mr. Dent has been interviewed by just about every program possible. He has an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Bruce and Harry discuss his book The Demographic Cliff, his top predictions for the next generation, trends in real estate between baby boomers and millennials, his trends and forecast on the real estate market, the current GDP and unemployment, the commodity cycle and its effect on real estate, China's possible housing bubble, and much, much more on this week's Norris Group real estate radio show and podcast.

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I Survived Real Estate 2015 Part 3 #459

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, First Lending Solutions, and White House Catering. For event information, visit isurvivedrealestate.com.

In this week's segment, Bruce continues his discussion with Doug Duncan of Fannie Mae and David Kittle of First American Mortgage Solutions. Together, they continue their discussion on the millennial generation, our current numbers for unemployment and the ten-year T-Bill, the workforce structure, wage rates, the national price and where it stands in relation to the peak, interest rate behavior, bulk note sales, 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, Jennifer Buys Houses, Keller Williams Corona, Keystone CPA, Kucan and Clarke, Las Brisas Escrow, LA SouthReia, Leivas Tax Wealth Management, NationalREIA, Northern California Real Estate Investors Association, North San Diego Real Estate Investors, Pasadena FIBI, Pilot Limousine, Orange County FIBI, Real Wealth Network, Realty411 Magazine, Resonant Lens Photography, Rick and LeeAnne Rossiter, Sacramento Real Estate Club - Capital City Wealth Builders, Southern California Chapter of the Appraisal Institute, Sonoca Corporation, Spinnaker Loans, Tri-Counties Association of Realtors, uDirect IRA Services, Westin South Coast Plaza, and Wilson Investment Properties, Inc.

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Leslie Appleton-Young of CAR Joins Bruce Norris on the Real Estate Radio Show #456

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, First Lending Solutions, and White House Catering. For event information, visit isurvivedrealestate.com.

Bruce Norris is joined this week by Leslie Appleton-Young. Leslie is the Chief Economist and Vice President for the California Association of Realtors. CAR has 195,000 members dedicated to the advancement of professionalism in real estate. Leslie directs the activities of the association’s member information group. She oversees the analysis of housing markets and brokerage industry trends, member communications, and membership development activities. She is also closely involved with the association’s strategic planning and is well known speaker the in the real estate community. Adding to her fame is her Friday night appearance at I Survived Real Estat. Bruce and Leslie discuss the real estate market in 2008 compared to today, homeownership and household formation specifically in the Bay Area, California's job and income growth, the difficulty for singles to apply for a loan, the net from property sales, the attitude of millennials compared to our parents' generation, 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, Capital City Wealth Builders, Coachella Valley Real Estate Investors, Association, Coldwell Banker Town and Country, Elite Auctions, iMortgage, In a Day Development, Inland Valley Association of Realtors, Jennifer Buys Houses, Keller Williams Corona, Keystone CPA, Las Brisas Escrow, LA SouthReia, Leivas Tax Wealth Management, 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, Wilson Investment Properties, FIBI Pasadena, and Scott Whaley.

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John Burns of John Burns Real Estate Consulting Joins Bruce Norris on the Real Estate Radio Show #455

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, First Lending Solutions, and White House Catering. For event information, visit isurvivedrealestate.com.

Bruce Norris is joined this week by John Burns. John is the founder of John Burns Real Estate Consulting, which he opened in 2001. John and his team consult with executives all over the country, analyzing and summarizing information they need to make housing industry decisions with more confidence. The company is on retainer with some of the largest companies in the housing and investment industries, producing regular monthly reports on housing market conditions and customizing specific studies to help with strategic and community specific decisions. Bruce and John discuss the increase in urban growth, the possibility of a California building boom the attitude among millennials regarding housing, the decrease in the Hispanic population, the spread between price inventory, 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, Capital City Wealth Builders, Coachella Valley Real Estate Investors, Association, Coldwell Banker Town and Country, Elite Auctions, iMortgage, In a Day Development, Inland Valley Association of Realtors, Jennifer Buys Houses, Keller Williams Corona, Keystone CPA, Las Brisas Escrow, LA SouthReia, Leivas Tax Wealth Management, 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, Wilson Investment Properties, FIBI Pasadena, and Scott Whaley.

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Dr. Robert Kleinhenz Joins Bruce Norris on the Real Estate Radio Show #437

Bruce Norris is joined again this week by Robert Kleinhenz. Dr. Klienhenz is the chief economist at the Los Angeles County Economic Development Corporation (LAEDC). He directs the Kaiser Center for Economic Research, which conducts research on regional, state, and national economies. In addition he has also been a teacher for over 25 years. Bruce and Robert discuss growing sectors of the market, the millennial generation and why they are holding off on specific decisions, well-rewarded skills in the marketplace, manufacturing, the strength of the dollar and its impact on exports, the new 3D printers, and much more on this week's Norris Group real estate radio show and podcast.

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David Crowe Joins Bruce Norris on the Real Estate Radio Show #415

Bruce Norris is joined again this week by Dr. David Crowe.  Dr. Crowe is Chief Economist and Senior Vice President of the National Association of Home Builders.  He is responsible for NAHB’s forecast of housing and economic trends, survey research and analysis of the homebuilding industry, and consumer preferences as well as micro economic analysis of government policies that affect housing. Bruce and David discuss legislation passed this year that was a concern to them, uncertainty in the lending business, his predictions of the economy in 2015, the construction of single-family homes in the last six years, the lack of decision-making by the millennial generation, the baby boom generation and its impact on builders, the oil boom in the United States and its impact on builders, and much, much more on this week's real estate radio show and podcast.




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