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Robert Campbell

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Robert Campbell is a real estate analyst and economist. He's been publishing The Campbell Real Estate Timing Letter since 2002. His book (Timing the Real Estate Market) presents a clearly defined method for predicting the peaks and valleys of real estate cycles.

The Campbell Real Estate Timing Letter - Subscriber email received on June 1, 2026 Hi Mr. Campbell, Ballsiest forecast for mortgage rates that I’ve seen! Appreciate you sticking your neck out and having a strong opinion. Regards, Dave Allman Elliott Wave International ROBERT CAMPBELL’S RESPONSE: Thanks Dave – Facts are facts and correlations are correlations. As you know, my forecast was based […]

January 28th, 2026 | Follow the Money

The Campbell Real Estate Timing Letter - In March 2024, the Real Estate/Gold ratio signaled that money was moving from real estate into gold.   From Jan 2021 to March 2024, my Roth IRA was invested in two REITs – AVB and EQR.   During those 38 months, the total return (including dividends) for AVB was 36.1% – and it was 27.6% […]

The Campbell Real Estate Timing Letter -        In my Dec 18, 2025 interview – which starts at 43:10 – Robert Campbell answered the following questions:                       1. What is The State of the US economy?                       2. What is the State […]

December 4th, 2025 | Housing Bubble #2

The Campbell Real Estate Timing Letter -                  High price, high risk.                  It’s the same old story since the world began.

November 28th, 2025 | The Fountain of Youth

The Campbell Real Estate Timing Letter - The Fountain of Youth is a legendary spring believed to have the power to halt or reverse aging. Tales of this miraculous body of water have originated in places ranging from Japan to England to the Caribbean. Perhaps the most famous legend associated with the Fountain of Youth is sixteenth-century Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de […]

November 3rd, 2025 | Perched in the Danger Zone

The Campbell Real Estate Timing Letter -     Most people are worried about missing upside, not downside.  And usually to their detriment.     The chart shows the two-year time period (1990-1992) that I made my biggest profit ever in real estate.  As shown HERE, my net profit was $600,000 – and my ROI was 100%.  Could I do something similar […]

The Campbell Real Estate Timing Letter -   [Taken from “Health First” in Sept 2025 Timing Letter] Regardless to what happens to the price of real estate or gold, your highest priority should be your health. I like making money as much as the next guy – if not more.  But the first thing I think about when I get up in […]

The Campbell Real Estate Timing Letter -   There’s nothing better than doing something you love – and making money from it. Here’s how Robert Campbell added $20,000 of value to an otherwise mundane and unexciting stairwell. Cost of Materials: $400.00 for beams and wood planking on the ceiling; $50.00 for relocating the light so it is centered on the airplane pic;  […]

The Campbell Real Estate Timing Letter -   In 2003, two young men graduated from Cal Berkeley in Oakland, California. They were much alike – both were above average students  – and as young college graduates are – they were filled with ambition and dreams for the future. As it turned out, both men happened to purchase the same condominium unit (#504) […]

The Campbell Real Estate Timing Letter -   One of my gym homies is a young man that is going to college to get a degree in Real Estate Development. “No college professors are going to teach you how to be successful in that business,” I told him. Instead, I advised him to quit college and go work for an experienced real […]

The Campbell Real Estate Timing Letter - Are you a baby boomer that needs the equity in your home to fund your retirement? If so, you might want to take action sooner rather than later because most boomers no longer have the choice of playing the long game when it comes to recovering from home equity losses. I say that because we […]

The Campbell Real Estate Timing Letter -   Based on my 78 years on this planet, here are what I believe tend to be the traits of the happiest people:   1.  Happy people are healthy – both physically and mentally.   2.  Happy people are married.   3.  Happy people are good at what they do – which gives them great […]

June 15th, 2025 | Timing Signals

The Campbell Real Estate Timing Letter -   In October 2023, I published this blog post. By studying the past, the chart signaled it was a good time to buy gold – which turned out to be true. It’s wise to use the same disciplined approach to investing in real estate – at least for me. In my May 2025 Timing Letter, I […]