In this conversation, Mike Hambright and Rick Sharga discuss the current state and future predictions of the real estate market in 2025. They explore the impact of government policies, investor activity, and market dynamics, as well as the potential changes with Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. The discussion also touches o

Investor confidence has hit a new low, according to the latest report from CJ Patrick and RCN. In this episode of The Real Wealth Show, Kathy Fettke sits down with Rick Sharga, founder and CEO of CJ Patrick, to explore what’s behind the drop in the Investor Sentiment Index (ISI) and what it means for the real estate ma

On this week's episode Avery had the pleasure of chatting with Rick Sharga, CEO and founder of the C.J. Patrick Company. Rick explained that the current market dynamics are driven by a significant number of young adults reaching the prime age for first-time home buying, coupled with a shortage of available homes. They

Rick Sharga, Founder & CEO, CJ Patrick & Co. Highlights include: future for housing is bright; follow population growth; back office productivity is key; work your database and more consolidation of the inefficient. Rick’s firm is a market intelligence and business advisory that helps real estate, financial services, a

Jason discusses the surge in existing home sales by 9.5% in February, marking a two-year consecutive increase due to a slight rise in inventory. Fox Business highlights keeping mortgage rates under 7% for homebuyers. The show emphasizes the housing affordability crisis and potential impacts of the NAR lawsuit on realto

Everyone keeps talking about an incoming surge of home foreclosures. Over the past few years, online crash predictors shouted from the rooftops about how another foreclosure crisis is always on the way, and we’re only months from a full-on meltdown. How much of this is true, and how much of it is pure clickbait? We’ve