A report from the Palm Beach Post in Florida. "The economy is firing on all cylinders now, but executives and economists expect a slowdown in 2019 and 2020. The big question: When will the next recession hit? Many economists see a cooling but no contraction on the horizon, while a few predict a recession in 2020. Michael Neal, chief executive of Kast Construction of West Palm Beach, said his company’s revenue soared from $30 million in 2011 to $550 million in 2017. While Neal doesn’t anticipate a crash, he does expect economic growth to plateau over the next year."

"'I’m not going to scale my company up going into 2020. I’m going to plan for a slowing,' Neal said. 'A lot of other CEOs are probably thinking the same thing – let’s batten down the hatches, and let’s not hire a bunch of people thinking growth is going to continue at the same rate.'"

"One of the pessimists is Mark Boud, chief economist at Metrostudy, a housing research firm. He expects the U.S. economy to enter a mild recession in 2020. The latest expansion has been marked by rising real estate prices but comparatively cautious construction."

"'Last time, we had a valuation bubble and a supply bubble,' Boud says. 'We’re building a valuation bubble, but we have nothing close to a supply bubble.'"

"Yun disputed the notion that, after a decade of growth, it’s simply time for a downturn. 'If economists are making the reasoning that we are in a 10-year economic expansion and therefore we are due for one, I think that’s a wrong way,' Yun said. 'There’s always a trigger as to why there’s a recession.'"

From WDRB in Kentucky. "An alarming number of homeowners and renters in Louisville in danger of ending up on the street, according to the 2018 State of Metropolitan Housing Report released at the Louisville Urban League on Wednesday."

"The report examines nine housing indicators that are tracked to assess annual progress on fair housing and affordable housing opportunities in the 13-county Louisville metropolitan area, which includes five counties in southern Indiana."

"The findings in the report showed a disturbing trend continues: hundreds of Louisville families face foreclosure and eviction every day."

"'Foreclosures are on the rise,' said Cathy Hinko, executive director of the Metropolitan Housing Coalition. 'Eviction court daily has, I'm sure, hundreds of evictions.'"

"And according to the report, there is a disturbing trend taking place in zip codes 40211, 40212 and 40216. 'Those zip codes also have a large or higher concentration of black and African-American families,' said Dr. Lauren Heberle, professor of sociology at the University of Louisville."

"Heberle said the trend involves foreclosure sales. 'Those are also zip codes where folks struggle to keep pace with any kind of economic improvement that the region experiences,' she said."