Supply/Demand/Prices

WASHINGTON (AP) — Heading into the Memorial Day travel weekend, House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy and other members of his party are falsely blaming President Joe Biden for higher gasoline and lumber costs.

U-Haul marketing president said Hawaii U-Haul facilities are the busiest they’ve been in years.

At risk of losing control of one of their key projects under terms of a development agreement with teeth, the Ilitch family has met all of the redevelopment milestones the city has required of them for the Hotel Eddystone so far. The Detroit Economic Growth Corp. says the remaining milestone &…

As a sale appears likely following a mortgage default, the Fairlane Town Center shopping mall in Dearborn is worth less than half what it was when it was bought more than six years ago. Data provided by New York City-based Trepp LLC shows that Fairlane, located at 18900 Michigan Ave., is worth just…

Metro Detroit's single-family home shopping spree is likely to continue well into fall as buyers and Realtors aggressively seek new house listings, drop contingencies to seal a deal and work to combat "buyer fatigue" in a market where homes are selling quickly and at record-high prices. For-sale…

A host of things have converged—the pandemic, supply and demand, the chip shortage, new auto sales—that could push up auto-related shares.

Answer: 63% Questions:   Would you consider buying a house that you couldn’t see in person?  What do you think home buyers might miss if they rely strictly on online sources of information? Click here for the ready-to-go slides for this Question of the Day that you can use in your classroom. Behind the numbers (NY Times):  Sixty-three percent of buyers who used Redfin in November and December went on to make an offer on a home they hadn’t seen in person, and monthly views of 3-D walk-throughs on the site are up more than 500 percent since February 2020. “In this market, because the homes are gone so quickly, if I had contacted the agent and set up a showing, by then they could have had five other offers,” Ms.

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At $3.29 million, Unit 300 at 1529 Broadway St. in downtown Detroit is the most expensive condominium on the market in the city, raising a debate on whether its 24-foot ceilings and luxury amenities justify its eyebrow-raising price tag, especially when urban condos are slumping in an otherwise hot…

You're reading that right. Three properties on the Detroit riverfront have been listed for sale for a combined $150 million. Owner Michael Shaya confirmed to me this morning that his properties at 265 Riopelle ($10 million), 600 Woodbridge ($60 million) and 1000 Woodbridge ($80 million) were not,…

U.S. mall values plunged an average 60% after appraisals in 2020, a sign of more pain to come for retail properties even as the economy emerges from pandemic-enforced lockdowns.About $4 billion in value was erased from 118 retail-anchored properties with commercial mortgage-backed securities debt…

U.S. home sales unexpectedly rose in January despite tight inventories boosting house prices.

The Covid-19 lockdown sent the flower market into free fall, but recently, flower prices have been picking up again. Who are the culprits behind this? Our old friends supply and demand, of course!

A look inside the pricing playbooks used by dozens of unicorn companies with Pete Flint and Madhavan Ramanujam.

The former Art Van Furniture headquarters property in Warren has been listed for sale for $65 million. That's an eye-catching number because just a few weeks before, its new tenant, Loves Furniture Inc., filed for Chapter 11 federal bankruptcy protection, the property was listed for $53.9 million…

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Consumers seeking a recently released Microsoft Xbox Series X or Sony PlayStation 5 gaming console are mostly out of luck as the systems are in scarce supply. But for those willing to pony up the cash, they can find one on the StockX e-commerce platform. The Xbox and PS5 were the fourth and…

The coronavirus pandemic has had a negative affect on many industries but one seasonal business, particularly in Michigan, is seeing a major boon.Christmas tree sales so far this holiday season have hit unprecedented levels, according to a survey conducted by the Michigan Christmas Tree Association…

Over the past two weeks, Ford began delivering its much-anticipated 2021 F-150 pickups to dealerships.

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DEMAND LAW OF DEMAND “More of a good will be bought the lower its price, less will be bought the higher its price, ceteris paribus.” Law of Demand implies that there is an INVERSE relationship between P, Qd – other things staying the same: What would affect your willingness or abil...

Independent Institute Research Fellow Art Carden on the economics behind price gouging.