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· Nov 23
If you are looking for a present 🎁 for a college or early-career family member or friend, consider gifting my book: Hate the Game: Economic Cheat Codes for Life, Love and Work.
Steven Levitt called it "Fabulous"
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Financial engineering cannot fix a physical shortage.
Whether it's portable mortgages or buying MBS, the new proposals miss the root cause: We simply aren't building enough homes where people most want to live. 🏘️
Whether it's portable mortgages or buying MBS, the new proposals miss the root cause: We simply aren't building enough homes where people most want to live. 🏘️
January 9, 2026 at 6:19 PM
Financial engineering cannot fix a physical shortage.
Whether it's portable mortgages or buying MBS, the new proposals miss the root cause: We simply aren't building enough homes where people most want to live. 🏘️
Whether it's portable mortgages or buying MBS, the new proposals miss the root cause: We simply aren't building enough homes where people most want to live. 🏘️
Please hold breaking housing news for the start of my workday. It's my first week back from winter break and I'm tired... www.cnbc.com/2026/01/08/t...
Trump instructs 'representatives' to buy $200 billion in mortgage bonds, aiming to lower rates
President Donald Trump said he is "instructing my Representatives" to buy $200 billion in mortgage bonds.
www.cnbc.com
January 8, 2026 at 9:57 PM
Please hold breaking housing news for the start of my workday. It's my first week back from winter break and I'm tired... www.cnbc.com/2026/01/08/t...
Many economists doubted AI until it hit their workflows. Now, tools like Claude Code do weeks of analysis in hours. As analysis becomes cheap, the real value shifts to novel ideas and gathering unique, proprietary data. (Video inspired by #EconSky)
January 8, 2026 at 9:51 PM
Many economists doubted AI until it hit their workflows. Now, tools like Claude Code do weeks of analysis in hours. As analysis becomes cheap, the real value shifts to novel ideas and gathering unique, proprietary data. (Video inspired by #EconSky)
Add housing to the list of economic indicators where men are lagging.
While women heads of household have nearly recovered their pre-2008 homeownership rates, men remain down a massive 7.7 percentage points.
(Chart created with help from Claude)
While women heads of household have nearly recovered their pre-2008 homeownership rates, men remain down a massive 7.7 percentage points.
(Chart created with help from Claude)
January 8, 2026 at 4:51 PM
Add housing to the list of economic indicators where men are lagging.
While women heads of household have nearly recovered their pre-2008 homeownership rates, men remain down a massive 7.7 percentage points.
(Chart created with help from Claude)
While women heads of household have nearly recovered their pre-2008 homeownership rates, men remain down a massive 7.7 percentage points.
(Chart created with help from Claude)
Trump says he will ban large investors from buying single family homes, but a ban is misguided.
See what I wrote about corporate bans for Forbes last year:
See what I wrote about corporate bans for Forbes last year:
January 7, 2026 at 6:38 PM
Trump says he will ban large investors from buying single family homes, but a ban is misguided.
See what I wrote about corporate bans for Forbes last year:
See what I wrote about corporate bans for Forbes last year:
Is disaster capitalism taking over wildfire impacted neighborhoods? Redfin data shows investors bought 40% of lots in wildfire-hit LA areas.
To stop displacement, we need Community Land Trusts to keep housing affordable. Watch this video & read my article for Forbes.
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To stop displacement, we need Community Land Trusts to keep housing affordable. Watch this video & read my article for Forbes.
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January 7, 2026 at 5:55 PM
Is disaster capitalism taking over wildfire impacted neighborhoods? Redfin data shows investors bought 40% of lots in wildfire-hit LA areas.
To stop displacement, we need Community Land Trusts to keep housing affordable. Watch this video & read my article for Forbes.
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To stop displacement, we need Community Land Trusts to keep housing affordable. Watch this video & read my article for Forbes.
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It's been one year since the Los Angeles Wildfires. I wrote about how natural disasters are displacing homeowners, and how property tax reform plus community land trusts can help with this issue @Forbes
The Climate Fire Sale: How Disasters Turn Homeowners Into Renters share.google/l4R4COvoGgKS...
The Climate Fire Sale: How Disasters Turn Homeowners Into Renters share.google/l4R4COvoGgKS...
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January 7, 2026 at 12:44 PM
It's been one year since the Los Angeles Wildfires. I wrote about how natural disasters are displacing homeowners, and how property tax reform plus community land trusts can help with this issue @Forbes
The Climate Fire Sale: How Disasters Turn Homeowners Into Renters share.google/l4R4COvoGgKS...
The Climate Fire Sale: How Disasters Turn Homeowners Into Renters share.google/l4R4COvoGgKS...
It turns out AI is a very big deal. Coding projects that would have taken weeks take a few hours. I know people don't like that it uses a lot of energy, but that's why we should cap and trade carbon emissions or tax carbon.
January 7, 2026 at 12:16 AM
It turns out AI is a very big deal. Coding projects that would have taken weeks take a few hours. I know people don't like that it uses a lot of energy, but that's why we should cap and trade carbon emissions or tax carbon.
E-Pop Demon Hunters, but its @josephpolitano.bsky.social trying to account for immigration's impact on estimated population changes.
January 5, 2026 at 8:55 PM
E-Pop Demon Hunters, but its @josephpolitano.bsky.social trying to account for immigration's impact on estimated population changes.
Organizing my house all day long. The perfect New Year's resolution because I can get it done in one day. Plus it's 5 degrees out, so if I'm not leaving the house I might as well make it more livable.
January 1, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Organizing my house all day long. The perfect New Year's resolution because I can get it done in one day. Plus it's 5 degrees out, so if I'm not leaving the house I might as well make it more livable.
Them: you should get some rest.
Me at rest:
Me at rest:
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ALT: a close up of a woman 's face with a slight smile on her face .
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December 23, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Them: you should get some rest.
Me at rest:
Me at rest:
The 2.7% inflation print is misleading. 🚫 Missing data due to the shutdown was assumed to be 0%, skewing results downward. This fishy🐟 data likely won't drop mortgage rates. As Redfin's Chief Economist, I'm waiting for December numbers for the real story. 👇
December 18, 2025 at 6:44 PM
The 2.7% inflation print is misleading. 🚫 Missing data due to the shutdown was assumed to be 0%, skewing results downward. This fishy🐟 data likely won't drop mortgage rates. As Redfin's Chief Economist, I'm waiting for December numbers for the real story. 👇
I should be posting about CPI, but I'm too busy reading the takes of data illiterate white supremacists.
I gotta let them do what they do and refocus my energy.
I gotta let them do what they do and refocus my energy.
December 18, 2025 at 4:37 PM
I should be posting about CPI, but I'm too busy reading the takes of data illiterate white supremacists.
I gotta let them do what they do and refocus my energy.
I gotta let them do what they do and refocus my energy.
Imagine being a Black woman colleague of Ross Douthat.
December 18, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Imagine being a Black woman colleague of Ross Douthat.
Applying for jobs and hearing nothing back? 😩
It's not you it's the economy. We are in a hiring recession.
In this video, I explain:
- Why this hits new grads hardest.
- The impact on wage negotiation.
- Why it’s time to think like an entrepreneur.
It's not you it's the economy. We are in a hiring recession.
In this video, I explain:
- Why this hits new grads hardest.
- The impact on wage negotiation.
- Why it’s time to think like an entrepreneur.
December 17, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Applying for jobs and hearing nothing back? 😩
It's not you it's the economy. We are in a hiring recession.
In this video, I explain:
- Why this hits new grads hardest.
- The impact on wage negotiation.
- Why it’s time to think like an entrepreneur.
It's not you it's the economy. We are in a hiring recession.
In this video, I explain:
- Why this hits new grads hardest.
- The impact on wage negotiation.
- Why it’s time to think like an entrepreneur.
If there was ever a war on Christmas, what was that war even about? It feels like we all now just accept it as a secular holiday celebrating consumerism.
December 17, 2025 at 5:57 PM
If there was ever a war on Christmas, what was that war even about? It feels like we all now just accept it as a secular holiday celebrating consumerism.
Is the economy crashing or booming? 📉📈
November unemployment rose to 4.6%.
The Optimist sees real wage growth.
The Pessimist sees recession signals.
The truth is likely in the middle.
As Redfin’s Chief Economist, here’s the silver lining: A softening economy pushes interest rates down for homebuyers
November unemployment rose to 4.6%.
The Optimist sees real wage growth.
The Pessimist sees recession signals.
The truth is likely in the middle.
As Redfin’s Chief Economist, here’s the silver lining: A softening economy pushes interest rates down for homebuyers
December 16, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Is the economy crashing or booming? 📉📈
November unemployment rose to 4.6%.
The Optimist sees real wage growth.
The Pessimist sees recession signals.
The truth is likely in the middle.
As Redfin’s Chief Economist, here’s the silver lining: A softening economy pushes interest rates down for homebuyers
November unemployment rose to 4.6%.
The Optimist sees real wage growth.
The Pessimist sees recession signals.
The truth is likely in the middle.
As Redfin’s Chief Economist, here’s the silver lining: A softening economy pushes interest rates down for homebuyers
Honored to be named one of Wisconsin’s 32 Most Influential Black Leaders for 2025 by @madison365! 🧀✊🏾
It’s a privilege to be recognized alongside such dedicated changemakers in my adopted home state.
madison365.com/wisconsins-3...
It’s a privilege to be recognized alongside such dedicated changemakers in my adopted home state.
madison365.com/wisconsins-3...
Wisconsin's 32 Most Influential Black Leaders for 2025, Part 2
This is the second of a five-part series. Part One is here.
Schonella Stewart
Schonella Stewart is Chief of Police in Beloit, the first Black woman to hold the position. Stewart has served in law e...
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December 16, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Honored to be named one of Wisconsin’s 32 Most Influential Black Leaders for 2025 by @madison365! 🧀✊🏾
It’s a privilege to be recognized alongside such dedicated changemakers in my adopted home state.
madison365.com/wisconsins-3...
It’s a privilege to be recognized alongside such dedicated changemakers in my adopted home state.
madison365.com/wisconsins-3...
People care more about climate risk following natural disasters (but they should probably care year-round!) Excellent reporting by @sadbumblebee.buzz and Ruby Mellen.
Zillow made headlines pulling climate risk data off their platform. Data on Redfin users, though, shows that potential homebuyers only click a listing's flood, wildfire risk for a short time after catastrophic disasters:
More from Ruby Mellen and I here: 🎁 wapo.st/4pX8MhE
More from Ruby Mellen and I here: 🎁 wapo.st/4pX8MhE
Hurricanes and wildfires influence homebuyers, if only for a minute
Interest in climate risk surges after disasters, according to the real estate platform Redfin, but soon diminishes.
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December 11, 2025 at 5:11 PM
People care more about climate risk following natural disasters (but they should probably care year-round!) Excellent reporting by @sadbumblebee.buzz and Ruby Mellen.
Is the "Low Hire, Low Fire" labor market killing productivity? 📉 Chief Economist Daryl Fairweather explains why the Federal Reserve might NOT cut interest rates next week—and how an AI Bubble is complicating everything. 🫧
December 5, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Is the "Low Hire, Low Fire" labor market killing productivity? 📉 Chief Economist Daryl Fairweather explains why the Federal Reserve might NOT cut interest rates next week—and how an AI Bubble is complicating everything. 🫧
Two weeks ago I lectured at my alma mater, the University of Chicago, about my book, Hate the Game: Economic Cheat Codes for Life, Love, and Work. I was stunned by the hundreds of attendees; dozens had to stand! The talk is now on YouTube. Check it out:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=worN...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=worN...
Hate the Game – Economic Cheat Codes for Life, Love, and Work with Daryl Fairweather
YouTube video by Becker Friedman Institute University of Chicago
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December 3, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Two weeks ago I lectured at my alma mater, the University of Chicago, about my book, Hate the Game: Economic Cheat Codes for Life, Love, and Work. I was stunned by the hundreds of attendees; dozens had to stand! The talk is now on YouTube. Check it out:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=worN...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=worN...
Redfin just finalized our 2026 Housing Market Predictions.
We are calling the year ahead "The Great Housing Reset."
It won’t be a crash, and it won’t be a boom. It is the beginning of a long, slow recovery where the math finally starts to change.
We are calling the year ahead "The Great Housing Reset."
It won’t be a crash, and it won’t be a boom. It is the beginning of a long, slow recovery where the math finally starts to change.
December 3, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Redfin just finalized our 2026 Housing Market Predictions.
We are calling the year ahead "The Great Housing Reset."
It won’t be a crash, and it won’t be a boom. It is the beginning of a long, slow recovery where the math finally starts to change.
We are calling the year ahead "The Great Housing Reset."
It won’t be a crash, and it won’t be a boom. It is the beginning of a long, slow recovery where the math finally starts to change.
Climate risk scores aren't just useful to homebuyers, they can help homeowners too. That's one reason why Redfin is keeping climate scores on the Redfin app and website.
December 2, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Climate risk scores aren't just useful to homebuyers, they can help homeowners too. That's one reason why Redfin is keeping climate scores on the Redfin app and website.
Zillow dropped climate risk scores. Redfin kept them.
Why? Our research shows these scores are useful to homebuyers.
Ideally, we'd have information on rising insurance costs. But until insurance disclosure rules change, we will continue to provide the best info available.
Why? Our research shows these scores are useful to homebuyers.
Ideally, we'd have information on rising insurance costs. But until insurance disclosure rules change, we will continue to provide the best info available.
December 2, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Zillow dropped climate risk scores. Redfin kept them.
Why? Our research shows these scores are useful to homebuyers.
Ideally, we'd have information on rising insurance costs. But until insurance disclosure rules change, we will continue to provide the best info available.
Why? Our research shows these scores are useful to homebuyers.
Ideally, we'd have information on rising insurance costs. But until insurance disclosure rules change, we will continue to provide the best info available.