Real Wealth Show: Real Estate Investing Podcast · Kathy Fettke / RealWealth

2026 Housing Market Outlook With Rick Sharga: Investor Sentiment, Prices & Rates

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Real estate investors are sitting on cash (powder dry) and flippers are converting to rentals because mortgage rates destroyed the flip playbook.

Rick Sharga returns for another market check, and Kathy Fetke keeps the conversation tied to his 2026 housing predictions and the investor sentiment survey connected to CJ Patrick and RCN Capital. They start with investor confidence, then get into why flippers are changing strategy when the market is harder to read. Inflation, insurance costs, material costs, and real estate returns keep coming up because those are the parts of the deal that can quietly wreck the math. The sharpest warning is about location risk. Sharga says investors in 2026 need to watch political trends along with housing data. New York City is the example: anti-investor politics can make a tough landlord market even tougher. California lands in the same conversation. Kathy adds her own story about trying to develop a residential lot and being told permitting could take three years if she is lucky. That is the kind of detail that brings the advice down to earth. The point is not that every market is bad. It is that rules, timelines, and local attitudes can change the deal. Even rebuilding in the Palisades sounds painfully slow. Sharga says that after a year, reconstruction had begun on three homes. The tone stays kitchen-table practical, with Kathy pressing on what the numbers mean for people choosing where to put capital. Near the end, RealWealth points listeners toward property teams that find discounted properties, prepare them for rental use, and sometimes offer new builds with management in place.

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A grounded look at how housing, rates, and local politics shape investor decisions.

Rick Sharga's 2026 housing outlook treats investor sentiment as part of the market itself, not a side note. Kathy Fetke keeps the discussion centered on how flippers are adjusting strategy, while the episode also moves through risks and opportunities, political pressure in less…

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You want a sober read on housing and investor nerve heading into 2026.

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