• Real Talk: Is Buying Always Better? What Zillow’s Latest Numbers Say About the U.S. and Chicago,Craig Hogan & Rudy Zavala

    Real Talk: Is Buying Always Better? What Zillow’s Latest Numbers Say About the U.S. and Chicago

    Renting vs. Buying in Chicago: Unpacking Zillow’s 9.5-Year Break-Even Reality   As real estate advisors, our industry’s default advice has historically been straightforward: buy the home, build equity, and stop paying your landlord’s mortgage. Reality, however, demands an honest look at the numbers.

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  • The Flight to Certainty in Banderas Bay: Why Built Inventory is the New Market Benchmark,Craig Hogan & Rudy Zavala

    The Flight to Certainty in Banderas Bay: Why Built Inventory is the New Market Benchmark

    Existing Inventory is the New Market  When Rudy and I published our quarterly market analysis earlier this month, the data confirmed a structural transition we have been tracking across primary and secondary luxury corridors. Over the last few years in Puerto Vallarta, we saw a classic run on paper

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  • Beyond the Blueprint: Why Certainty Is Driving the Puerto Vallarta Market,Craig Hogan & Rudy Zavala

    Beyond the Blueprint: Why Certainty Is Driving the Puerto Vallarta Market

      Puerto Vallarta Real Estate: Why Certainty Is Driving the Market Estimated Read Time: 2.5 minutes | Word Count: ~520 words Headline-level numbers lie if you let them. Skim the September 2026 data for Puerto Vallarta, and the surface story seems clear enough: condo sales volume dropped 18%, and ove

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