In November 2025, the National Association of REALTORS® dropped a number that broke the internet for a week: the typical first-time homebuyer is now 40 years old. Up from 38 the year before. Up from 28 in 1992. The share of first-time buyers in the market has been cut in half since right before the […]
By Kyle Alfriend | The Alfriend Group at RE/MAX | Central Ohio The Federal Reserve has a new sheriff. His name is Kevin Warsh, and after being confirmed 54-45 — the most divisive Fed vote in history — he walked into his first press conference June 18 and made one thing unmistakably clear: the days […]
Rates Are Rising. Opportunity Still Exists. The brief rate relief we saw in February is gone. The 30-year fixed mortgage has climbed back to 6.48%, and buyers and sellers who were waiting for perfect conditions are now facing a harder reality: the market is still moving, prices are still rising, and hesitation is getting expensive. […]
The Market Has Grown Up. Have You? No more panic buying. No more seller delusion. Central Ohio real estate is entering its most strategic era in a decade — and the unprepared will pay for it. Key Market Snapshot Median Sale Price: $330KAverage Days on Market: 50 daysHousing Supply: 1.7 monthsMortgage Rate: ~6% The State […]
The Big Picture (What’s Really Happening) Central Ohio is no longer a frenzy. It’s becoming a thinking man’s market. This is not a buyer’s market or seller’s market. It is a thinking persons market. A strategy market. What Changed in the Last 60 Days 2026 PREDICTIONS (What Happens Next) YOUR BEST STRATEGY BUYERS: You finally have oxygen […]
March 2026 Market Insights from Kyle Alfriend, Alfriend Group @ Re/Max For the past five years the housing market has behaved like a casino. Pandemic money.Artificially low interest rates.Bidding wars that made no sense. That era is over. The Central Ohio real estate market is resetting. Not crashing. Not booming. It’s normalizing. And normalization creates opportunity. But only […]
Friends—For the first time in years, Central Ohio real estate is doing something unfamiliar.It’s behaving.No mania. No collapse. No TikTok-fueled nonsense. Just supply, demand, and consequences. This is what a market looks like when gravity returns.Below is what matters and what to do about it… whether buying, selling, or investing. The Big Picture in Central […]
From Kyle Alfriend — Your Central Ohio Real Estate Expert The Central Ohio real estate market is entering 2026 with more balance, more opportunity, and clearer strategy requirements than we’ve seen in years. After a turbulent few cycles, 2026 is shaping up to be a thinking person’s market, where decisions matter and good advice creates real opportunities. Here’s […]
The Big Idea Donald Trump is floating a plan to make 50-year fixed mortgages available in the U.S., almost doubling the standard 30-year term (Read the story here). The headline: “Lower monthly payments for homebuyers, making homeownership more attainable.” But as with any bold new “breakthrough”, the devil is in the details. And we should […]
The Dream You’ve scrolled past the photos — ocean sunsets, mountain decks, lake views — and thought, “Why not me?” The idea is seductive: buy a vacation home you’ll enjoy, then rent it out when you’re not there. The guests pay the bills, you build equity, and life’s a beach. But as with most things […]
