Linkage: The Dude is selling his house (no word if it comes with the rug or not)
Today’s Linkage is all about cool data you can cite to sound smart to your friends at the bar (or hopefully in the sun!) this weekend.
Some key stats:
– Homebuyers took out $344 billion in mortgages last quarter
– Less than 50% of homebuyers say tax reform has affected their home search
– There were the same number of homes sold in 2018 as in 1998, and there were 50m fewer people in the U.S. in ’98
And for other bar or barbecue conversation starters, you can buy the real Lebowski’s home in Santa Barbara for a cool $8m, or you can roll your eyes at Nike’s bitcoin shoe trademark.
Enjoy the weekend.
- Oh god, Nike applied for a bitcoin trademark(cbinsights.com)
- The Dude is selling his house (the listing doesn't say if it comes with the rug or not)(realtor.com)
- You can get a mortgage on your phone with U.S. Bank thanks to digital mortgage experts Blend(finance.yahoo.com)
- Lower taxes would be great for homebuyers! Right? Redfin says "meh"(redfin.com)
- The trade war will make your new kitchen more expensive(cnbc.com)
- Homebuyers took out $344 billion in mortgages in the first quarter of 2019(newyorkfed.org)
- Since rates are so low, Freddie Mac thinks it'll be a good year for mortgages(freddiemac.com)
- NY wants to ban facial recognition cameras in apartments (why is this a thing?! Aren't keys enough?)(ny.curbed.com)
- 5.4m homes sold in U.S. last year—the same number as 1998, when there were 50m fewer people in the U.S.(wsj.com)
- Meet SoftBank, the investor behind every hip company you know(cnbc.com)