Fritz began his Real Estate career in 1987 and has been with RE/MAX since 1989. With RE/MAX, Fritz has earned the "RE/MAX International Hall of Fame" award in 1997, "RE/MAX International Lifetime Achievement" award in 2003, the Platinum Club Award 7 times, the Chairman's Club Award 4 times, and was honored with the prestigious RE/MAX St. Louis Regional "Above the Crowd" award for community service in 2006. In addition to these awards Fritz has earned the ABR & GRI designations. http://www.townhall.com/columnists/FritzPfister http://media.townhall.com/TownHall/icons/TH-feed-icon-128x128.gif http://www.townhall.com/columnists/FritzPfister TownHall.com, Where your opinion counts. 128 Copyright (c) 2013 Townhall.com, A Salem Communications Web. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED jim.dearras@townhall.com (Jim De Arras) Fri, 24 May 2013 04:01:00 GMT Fri, 24 May 2013 04:01:00 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss RSS.NET: http://www.rssdotnet.com/ Happy Memorial Day weekend. A time the nation pays homage to those who made the ultimate sacrifice in service to our nation. To them we are eternally grateful. May God bless them and America. It is also the time... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/FritzPfister/2013/05/24/the-ying-and-yang-housing-report-n1605283 2d0a697d-78ac-4989-9716-a03d3e19f37b Fri, 24 May 2013 04:01:00 GMT There’s No Such Thing as the Future, Just History that Hasn’t Happened Yet -Harry Truman Bailout Will Harm Responsible Homeowners published October 4, 2008. What a week. Where to begin? As you... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/FritzPfister/2013/05/17/history-that-hasnt-happened-yet-n1599109 846d9663-2c5b-447b-9179-2b2d136e40b0 Fri, 17 May 2013 04:01:00 GMT There aren’t any housing specific reports this week, but stick around a couple weeks to hear how housing continues on the road to recovery. How exactly is the question? Bloomberg Macro indicators have... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/FritzPfister/2013/05/10/stock-market-at-alltime-high-you-must-be-at-an-alltime-high-too-n1592196 569aa45a-0900-4701-b7d6-55a3d9b64271 Fri, 10 May 2013 04:01:00 GMT In a recent Frank and Earnest cartoon; as Frank leaves a bank he says ‘they aren’t paying interest on savings anymore’, and Earnest replies ‘the point of no returns’? There’s an... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/FritzPfister/2013/05/03/a-tale-of-two-recoveries-n1585972 f0640d37-ec95-49ff-87ee-4ac2d3ddc4c4 Fri, 03 May 2013 04:01:00 GMT You have heard time and again that housing is a bright spot in the economy and is helping lead America back to recovery. Housing should be a part of any recovery, one out of four jobs in America is tied to housing. http://www.townhall.com/columnists/FritzPfister/2013/04/30/keeping-housing-from-a-real-recovery-n1581272 ce6da79c-0854-42bf-96e3-39d6dbdbab1e Tue, 30 Apr 2013 04:01:00 GMT Another act of terrorism in America by a coward(s), this time in Boston, broke the collective heart of America. The thoughts and prayers of a grieving nation go to the victims and their families. People scratch their... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/FritzPfister/2013/04/19/homes-on-the-brink-as-economy-shrinks-n1572492 5bfecf15-5e52-4c05-8b6b-d2e606cc7104 Fri, 19 Apr 2013 04:01:00 GMT President Obama is batting oh for two on his last two trips to the budget plate. So bad was his performance, not even mustering one vote of support in the senate, he went down swinging at air. Who can blame him for... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/FritzPfister/2013/04/12/the-ohfertwo-budget-n1565391 1f0891e0-9f24-45d8-934d-a562ddc855c3 Fri, 12 Apr 2013 04:01:00 GMT There is voluminous evidence now in the 46th month of the Obama recovery, worse than all eleven recoveries following recession since the Great Depression, for Americans to remain cautiously pessimistic. No matter... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/FritzPfister/2013/04/05/cautiously-pessimistic-n1558633 7ec1d41b-9e91-4578-8ec5-54bb1f9752a9 Fri, 05 Apr 2013 04:01:00 GMT Out here in flyover country there appears to be a tug of war between the Titans, Bernanke and Obama with average Americans stuck in the middle. Bernanke seems to ignore the inflationary hazard of monetizing the... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/FritzPfister/2013/03/29/how-do-manipulated-housing-markets-end-n1552447 6920176a-82d4-4361-89a5-90fe1582033d Fri, 29 Mar 2013 04:01:00 GMT The American idea that all men are created equal, granted unalienable God given rights is in the ICU with a decision to be made soon whether it will be transferred to a room or Hospice. We are now in our fifth... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/FritzPfister/2013/03/22/the-american-idea-is-in-icu-will-we-transfer-it-to-hospice-n1545912 0324510b-b9b6-4a47-b77c-aaeb353d0209 Fri, 22 Mar 2013 04:01:00 GMT To Tell the Truth was a game show where celebrities would try and determine which contestant was telling the truth and which were the impostors. After making their guess the host would ask, ‘would the... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/FritzPfister/2013/03/17/will-the-real-economy-please-stand-up-n1536513 cf1603ea-8920-46bb-9400-9b2f298fe317 Sun, 17 Mar 2013 04:01:00 GMT The media and financial talking heads continue to credit housing for the recovering economy. As reported here last week the housing market despite improving remains tepid with existing home sales running at 80% of... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/FritzPfister/2013/03/08/this-inspires-consumer-confidence-n1528625 20e2fbf1-5932-4c0f-9c1c-e73ec6a35045 Fri, 08 Mar 2013 05:01:00 GMT We had an abundance of housing reports released this past week that were all positive. From my vantage point the improving market is steady but slow, however you could be mistaken if only reading the headlines from... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/FritzPfister/2013/03/01/obama-plays-capone-on-sequestration-n1523241 1a051bf9-5f52-47e1-816e-8243cbe3791e Fri, 01 Mar 2013 05:01:00 GMT Just when you see things improving, and you hope that the recovering housing market can be sustained, comes President Obama telling us the world will end if the sequester he created during the 2011 debt ceiling... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/FritzPfister/2013/02/22/if-obama-gets-his-way-on-sequestration-n1517797 4287d21e-b916-43fb-9cbb-43ca02e6c812 Fri, 22 Feb 2013 05:01:00 GMT What will drive demand for housing in 2013? Will it be pent up demand? That was the primary driver in 2012 when interest rates fell to the lowest on record for mortgages. Will it be investors who accounted for... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/FritzPfister/2013/02/15/phony-jobs-math-not-helping-housing-n1513101 1fa23738-c424-4d15-b0a9-60dc3934498b Fri, 15 Feb 2013 05:01:00 GMT Let’s be clear: The housing industry is one of the most regulated and manipulated sectors of the economy. The seeds of the financial meltdown were planted by social engineering by liberals in the Clinton... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/FritzPfister/2013/02/09/housing-recovery-real-or-fake-n1508737 7b4f9b6e-c52d-4a70-980a-53b92346e27a Sat, 09 Feb 2013 05:01:00 GMT Did you read the story home prices are up due to falling inventory? Case-Shiller just reported home prices were up in their 20 city index 5.5% in November all the way back to 2003 levels. Regarding these price... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/FritzPfister/2013/02/03/where-have-all-our-houses-gone-n1504037 2d61b692-fba9-4409-b93c-01ddde9213b8 Sun, 03 Feb 2013 05:01:00 GMT Illinois you have arrived! Bloomberg has declared the dysfunction capital of the U.S. has moved to Illinois. Of course they are just feeding the perception that Moonbeam Brown's prop 30 taxes, the golfer friendly... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/FritzPfister/2013/01/25/the-collectivist-party-n1497111 ec11fce1-2110-4767-8a99-7d4bd8ebc43e Fri, 25 Jan 2013 05:01:00 GMT We can be proud of President Obama's ability to create one crisis after another following his response to one crisis after another. A coordinated mayhem if you will. Look at what our Imperial President was able to... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/FritzPfister/2013/01/19/doctor-snitch-n1492682 04137d34-c602-40dc-abcf-ba7ec1484c09 Sat, 19 Jan 2013 05:01:00 GMT Somewhere along the line I remember a song about how you can take the kid out of the country, but you can't take the country out of the kid. Guess one could write a song, you can take the kid out of Chicago but you... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/FritzPfister/2013/01/11/americas-future-look-to-illinois-n1486915 5ea50ef7-10a3-452b-aa7e-49b1e9f977ef Fri, 11 Jan 2013 05:01:00 GMT For the con man to get you to willingly hand over your possessions he must deceive your heart and mind that he cares about you. The success of the con man is sealed when the victim thanks him for taking advantage... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/FritzPfister/2013/01/04/to-thank-a-thief-n1478747 880698ae-135d-4c8d-84e3-4d3d2033f542 Fri, 04 Jan 2013 05:01:00 GMT The British writer-philosopher C. S. Lewis wrote, "Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/FritzPfister/2012/12/28/your-liberty-is-defined-by-liberals-n1475116 0c50fb44-1ef0-4a9c-a15d-41b20eb49448 Fri, 28 Dec 2012 05:01:00 GMT The formula for forecasting home sales used to include four key components; supply, demand, interest rates, and available mortgage money. With the election of Obama and his progressive onslaught upon the private sector,... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/FritzPfister/2012/12/21/2013-thanks-to-obama-a-forecasters-rubik-cube-n1471586 02c439a3-ade4-4d61-a746-0eb738340b27 Fri, 21 Dec 2012 05:01:00 GMT The clinching piece of evidence to convict Americans: they are engrossed in an argument over $800 billion in taxes over ten years while spending a trillion dollars every year more than they bring in. What other... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/FritzPfister/2012/12/14/the-verdict-americans-are-certifiably-nuts-n1466683 34a23c6d-2539-477d-aa09-09fd85f303fa Fri, 14 Dec 2012 05:01:00 GMT What's your take on the fiscal cliff? If the proposed solutions regurgitated in the mass liberal media were jobs, we would lower the unemployment rate. The fiscal cliff is a distraction from the real crisis facing... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/FritzPfister/2012/12/07/if_proposals_were_jobs 4729e552-dce2-4942-a922-fd0d3a662354 Fri, 07 Dec 2012 05:01:00 GMT If I told you that President Obama was in Philadelphia speaking to an audience of supporters saying we need a balanced approach to deficit reduction with a mix between tax increases and spending cuts. We can't... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/FritzPfister/2012/11/30/deja_vu_all_over_again 54f9a063-374a-4853-9f77-6d036eee9574 Fri, 30 Nov 2012 05:01:00 GMT We tried it their way and it didn't work. We tried it our way and it worked. The majority of the voting public believed that cockamamie line and now everyone get to live with the results. Let's examine the... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/FritzPfister/2012/11/16/our_way_worked 066867c8-b36c-40ec-a161-abec8bd29c36 Fri, 16 Nov 2012 05:01:00 GMT For four years Americans watched as the Obama administration delivered body blow after body blow to our economy, institutions, heritage, system of government, and world standing. Here is the Obama record: The most... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/FritzPfister/2012/11/09/sore_loser_darned_straight de21d695-a20b-4e10-bc1b-e9527684c305 Fri, 09 Nov 2012 05:01:00 GMT Yesterday a story cataloged teams of men from two local power companies volunteering to leave for Ohio to help restore power for 800,000 people in Cuyahoga County. Once the work was completed then they would head... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/FritzPfister/2012/11/02/false_hope_and_fraudulent_hype 24672cc4-e8b7-41bb-89ce-a527905b80a5 Fri, 02 Nov 2012 04:01:00 GMT Two weeks ago I published an article at TownHall.com stating that housing was ignored by both presidential candidates in the debates and on their campaigns. The economy cannot recover until housing recovers and neither... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/FritzPfister/2012/10/28/reelecting_obama_guarantees_the_economy_cant_recover a2aa90ae-f4d9-4c79-8ab2-0cc4e12294ca Sun, 28 Oct 2012 04:01:00 GMT Today I am scheduled to speak at the University of Illinois Springfield with an economics class on Entrepreneurship. If the election were over it would be an easier task. The challenge for future entrepreneurs should... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/FritzPfister/2012/10/26/obamas_27_point_plan_youll_have_to_reelect_me_to_see_whats_in_it fe0e0d7f-8aab-4eb8-9a03-8b646361a8c6 Fri, 26 Oct 2012 04:01:00 GMT How about all those solutions to the housing crisis put forward by Obama and Romney during the debates? We actually should celebrate because there are no proposals. It was government manipulation of credit markets,... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/FritzPfister/2012/10/20/housing_the_redheaded_stepchild_during_debates c5e33054-d63a-45a2-b11a-34aaf414e6be Sat, 20 Oct 2012 04:01:00 GMT The truth shall set you free has more meaning for the election of 2012 than at any time in America's history. Due to a blatantly biased media committing both sins, the acts of commission and omission, your neighbor and... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/FritzPfister/2012/10/12/the_real_debate_is_with_your_neighbor_and_coworker 9cab2000-6853-440e-87a1-76a057f864ab Fri, 12 Oct 2012 04:01:00 GMT Many excellent points were made in the debate that exposed each candidate's plans and belief systems. The economy and more specifically housing has a chance for recovery with the free enterprise plan of Romney,... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/FritzPfister/2012/10/05/housing_needs_romneys_plan_not_the_plan_of_a_vassalating_president 5d1b8be1-33d8-4e26-8f32-4998e8fb5eae Fri, 05 Oct 2012 04:01:00 GMT Break out the party hats. No, not because the regular NFL referees are back on the job, because the housing market is in full recovery. At least according to the world's smartest economic journalists at... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/FritzPfister/2012/09/28/break_out_the_party_hats 90b14cee-9859-437b-ba8c-27d84c9d877f Fri, 28 Sep 2012 04:01:00 GMT Never in our lifetimes has the media bias ever been so blatant and bold. It is to the point thoughtful people realize they don't know who to trust. The cabal of the main stream liberal media and the Obama campaign... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/FritzPfister/2012/09/21/welcome_my_friends_welcome_to_the_machine ba892637-e855-4484-bd08-bd46c351a1f1 Fri, 21 Sep 2012 04:01:00 GMT We know that jobs are the key to a true recovery, and they're about as plentiful as acts of leadership by Obama, however another key is the amount of money a family has left over to spend after payroll taxes and the... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/FritzPfister/2012/09/14/fridays_are_just_not_the_same_in_obamas_america 8daa846d-58e2-4778-8cc4-4c8180032354 Fri, 14 Sep 2012 04:01:00 GMT The economy can't recover until housing recovers, and neither can recover until the labor market recovers. From Credit Suisse compliments of ZeroHedge.com: [This measure of labor demand suggests businesses have become... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/FritzPfister/2012/09/07/if_obama_wins_who_would_prevent_collapse acc5f35c-9ca0-4c5a-b3db-8071ce8dbacc Fri, 07 Sep 2012 04:01:00 GMT Ryan; "We can do this. We don't suffer any shortage of words coming from the White House, we lack leadership." A real plan with tax and regulatory reform to get America back to work as outlined by Ryan in his... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/FritzPfister/2012/08/31/homeowners_better_hope_for_a_romney_ryan_victory 1f619d88-1e41-4f21-bd2e-f7b4d8e8a15f Fri, 31 Aug 2012 04:01:00 GMT The National Association of Realtors reports home sales up 10.4% in July of 2012 compared to July 2011. The median sale price was up to $187,300. Unemployment was also up in July. So if there are fewer people working... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/FritzPfister/2012/08/24/the_factor_driving_home_sales_fear 1b58d39f-ae35-4c95-b758-f8b349d2caa7 Fri, 24 Aug 2012 04:01:00 GMT How many times do we hear the economy is in recovery? How many times do we hear the housing market has bottomed and is in recovery? How many times do we believe this to be true? Owning a home has in the past been... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/FritzPfister/2012/08/17/dont_credit_the_recovery c4407f74-e1c1-4714-87d6-a6a1cbf638ff Fri, 17 Aug 2012 04:01:00 GMT There are universal truths in this life if one takes the time to notice. Now in my twenty-sixth year in residential real estate sales this universal truth became obvious to me over twenty five years ago; ninety... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/FritzPfister/2012/08/10/women_hold_the_key_to_recovery 38be99d1-d4ce-41bf-bae9-e578e0008822 Fri, 10 Aug 2012 04:01:00 GMT A lady walks into a bridal store and tells the clerk she is wanting to purchase a wedding gown for her third marriage. The clerk congratulates the lady and asks what style and color she was considering? The lady said... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/FritzPfister/2012/08/03/my_second_husband_was_a_democrat c197cf0e-7b21-4330-8deb-79d9fc813014 Fri, 03 Aug 2012 04:01:00 GMT One step forward two steps back goes the economy. We need jobs desperately to supply the housing market with buyers. The 75,000 net monthly jobs in the second quarter is pathetic and comes up short of even meeting... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/FritzPfister/2012/07/27/democrats_just_voted_against_small_business 3e381dda-3b49-473b-9d38-614ab6f5faa0 Fri, 27 Jul 2012 04:01:00 GMT The breathless reporting of single family housing permits rising to the most since that barn burner year in housing of 2010, should be taken in perspective. The good news is that permits are now all the way up to 50%... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/FritzPfister/2012/07/20/like_politics_real_estate_is_local 05c0933b-1285-418c-adcf-c859a4b1094b Fri, 20 Jul 2012 04:01:00 GMT No, the B doesn't stand for Barack, it stands for Bernanke. The Fed released their notes on Wednesday indicating the economy is shrinking, congress is gridlocked, and Obama doesn't have the power to do the only thing... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/FritzPfister/2012/07/13/the_housing_market_has_bo bed7ac77-5250-49da-809e-529942cf8c2a Fri, 13 Jul 2012 04:01:00 GMT Only the number of times Obama has told us after three and a half years of his economic policies in place that the bad economy is Bushes fault surpasses the number of times the pundits have told us that the housing... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/FritzPfister/2012/07/06/obamacare_rulings_impact_on_housing adeb133e-8b09-4058-a707-b1315f22a1ef Fri, 06 Jul 2012 04:01:00 GMT This week Thomas Sowell treated us to his glossary of political terms by exploring the abuse of words and phrases by politicians such as fair share, social justice, the hungry, mean spirited, access, greedy, compassion,... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/FritzPfister/2012/06/29/depends_what_is_is c80a26ff-68aa-43b5-8db9-234c213d9ad7 Fri, 29 Jun 2012 04:01:00 GMT Most Americans with the common sense of an amoeba can smell a cover-up in DC from their front porch. It's obvious. Obama states he knew nothing of Fast and Furious in 2011, then has to invoke executive privilege in... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/FritzPfister/2012/06/22/obama_should_invoke_executive_privilege_on_his_economic_agenda fa714e5f-4b58-4845-ae64-afd90db55013 Fri, 22 Jun 2012 04:01:00 GMT Harry Truman said it best; there's no such thing as the future, only history that hasn't happened yet. Thanks Harry. Let's take a stroll down memory lane, shall we? March 28th, 2007-"at this juncture.the impact on the... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/FritzPfister/2012/06/08/spending_didnt_work_lets_spend_more 69008ad7-213e-482e-9bd8-da11ff893195 Fri, 08 Jun 2012 04:01:00 GMT