Investors get a bad rap. In a new report released today, StatsCan says: "While investors can provide needed rental stock, they have also been found to exacerbate house price volatility and can limit housing market access for first-time homebuyers." Investors seldom get the credit they deserve for improving

Rate-weary mortgagors have been waiting for this signal. The Fed Chair has suddenly shifted his tone and now appears more willing to let high rates do their work, with potentially no further hikes...for now. Here was Jerome Powell's money quote from Friday:

For those who want to peer into the real estate thinking of ultra-high net worth individuals (UHNWIs), Knight Frank's "Wealth Report" is right up their alley. UHNWIs are defined as people with a net worth of U.S. $30 million or more, including their primary residence.