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The Misery Index
Last week at our Market Forecast events, Chief Economist Matthew Gardner shared, among many stats, his famous “Misery Index.”
A valuable statistic with a funny title.
The Misery Index simply measures inflation plus unemployment.
It’s an effective way to look at our Nation’s economy.
Today’s Index sits just below 6%. Back in October 2011, it was close to 13%.
The lowest it has been in the last 7 years is October 2015 when it was near 5%.
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If you would like a copy of the entire Forecast presentation, go ahead and reach out to me.
I would be happy to put it in your hands.
2017 Windermere Forecast
December’s Windermere Report
What do rising interest rates, rental vacancy increases, Case Shiller research have in common? They are all in the latest edition of the Windermere Report!
Some quick snippets from the Windermere Report (link to full report below)
- According to Case-Shiller research, national home prices are still 9.1% below where they peaked in April of 2006, but 37.4% ABOVE where the bottom occurred in February 2012.
- On a side note, it is interesting to see how the Fort Collins real estate market was on the rebound YEARS before the national market
- We are seeing slight increases in overall vacancy rates in Fort Collins, Loveland, and Greeley. It’s more important than ever to analyze your investment purchases, and if you want me to take you to coffee to show you how to do that please let me know!
- The Windermere Forecast is January 19th at 5:30pm at the Marriott in Fort Collins. If you would like to come see Windermere’s economist Matthew Gardner speak about pricing trends please let me know and I’ll get you on the list!
*If you are interested in receiving the Windermere Report monthly, shoot me a quick email and I’ll get you on that list!
