In this episode of The REconomy Podcast™ from First American, Chief Economist Mark Fleming and Deputy Chief Economist Odeta Kushi share their thoughts on the outlook for the 2025 spring home-buying season. Read More ›

In this episode of The REconomy Podcast™ from First American, Deputy Chief Economist Odeta Kushi and Senior Commercial Economist Xander Snyder discuss what the encouraging fourth-quarter sales trends mean for the outlook for commercial real estate in the year ahead. Read More ›

In this episode of The REconomy Podcast™ from First American, Chief Economist Mark Fleming and Deputy Chief Economist Odeta Kushi examine local housing market dynamics, explaining how changes in active inventory and new inventory impacts house prices and sales volume, and highlighting how these dynamics are playing out differently in markets ... Read More ›

In this episode of The REconomy Podcast™ from First American, Chief Economist Mark Fleming and Deputy Chief Economist Odeta Kushi discuss the housing impacts of the recent Los Angeles wildfires, including a preliminary estimate of how much housing supply was lost, with the help of native Angeleno and Senior Commercial Economist Xander Snyder. Read More ›

In this episode of The REconomy Podcast™ from First American, Chief Economist Mark Fleming and Deputy Chief Economist Odeta Kushi discuss the dynamics fueling the dramatic increase in homeowner’s and property insurance, and what it means for the housing market. Read More ›

In this episode of The REconomy Podcast™ from First American, Chief Economist Mark Fleming and Deputy Chief Economist Odeta Kushi examine the latest signals from the Federal Reserve about the direction of interest rates and the potential for rate cuts in 2025. Read More ›

In this episode of The REconomy Podcast™ from First American, Deputy Chief Economist Odeta Kushi and Senior Commercial Economist Xander Snyder turn their crystal ball to the commercial real estate market, breaking down the outlook for 2025 for all asset classes. Read More ›

In this episode of The REconomy Podcast™ from First American, Chief Economist Mark Fleming and Deputy Chief Economist Odeta Kushi break out their crystal ball and discuss the outlook for the 2025 housing market, including their expectations for mortgage rates, affordability, sales and house prices in the year ahead. Read More ›

In this episode of The REconomy Podcast™ from First American, Chief Economist Mark Fleming and Deputy Chief Economist Odeta Kushi explain the Federal Reserve’s tools for providing “forward guidance" on the anticipated direction of the economy, interest rates and inflation, and share how to interpret the Fed’s signals regarding the year ahead. Read More ›