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A clip from the Wall Street Journal article about President Trump contemplating firing his own appointed Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell

This morning, I saw a video of a Realtor in Dallas telling people that President Trump is going to fire Fed Chairman Jerome Powell and replace him with someone who will cut interest rates immediately. She indicated that buyers should buy before that happens and sellers should hold off on selling.

I’m not trying to get political, and nobody is a cheerleader for lower interest rates more than me. For the last 3 years, I’ve been pretty clear that I don’t know what is going to happen with rates. Over that time, a lot of people have been angry with me because I don’t give them an overly optimistic predictions.

In fact, back in January, 2024 someone came to one of my home selling seminars and told everyone to hold off on selling because rates would be…

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Lance Lambert, real estate editor at Fortune Magazine, called Austin the most interesting real estate market in America.

Prices went up like a rocket and came back to earth, but still up 43% since March 2020. Some people can’t get over missing out on timing the market. The truth is few people did because even those who sold at the top had to buy in the same market at the top.

If I told you in March 2020 your home would be worth 43% more in 3 years you would have been over the moon happy about that. If you’ve allowed yourself to get stuck because you missed out on the peak perhaps a change in perspective to thinking about how much better off you are than 3 years ago will help you get unstuck. Otherwise using 2021 and early 2022 as your baseline…

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