The online reaction to the Dallas Fed's statement was immediate — housing must be about to crash. Here's why I disagree. The post Is the Dallas Fed...
If HUD lowers the MIP, it will lower payments and improve the qualification ability of the FHA borrower, having an immediate positive impact. The post...
China’s Covid-19 lockdown of Shanghai saw oil prices slump overnight, as investors fretted about more sweeping containment measures, which would negatively...
There's an old Wall Street maxim that the cure for high commodity prices is high commodity prices. As prices rise two things will generally limit the...
"Market Is Crazy" - Federal Reserve Governor Struggles To Find Home In DC Even the monetary wonks who pull the magic money levers and decide...
The housing market is expected to return to pre-pandemic, 2019 norms - at least in terms of inventory and the share of purchases made by first-time...
With rising mortgage rates, we have a risk to sales here, and the one area where we could be most in trouble is the new home...
Housing Affordability Is About To Crash The Most On Record As the latest existing home sales report cautioned, with NAR chief economist Larry...
What 'Vibrancy': NYC Hit By Surprisingly High Jobless Rate As Workers Fail To Return The percentage of white-collar workers in New York City...
Key Events This Week: First Post-War PMIs And Deluge Of Fed Speakers It's a relatively quieter week compared to the last week's central bank/quad-witching...
Bill Gross Warns Fed Rate Hikes Will "Crack" US Economy And Housing Market Bill Gross, the PIMCO founder and longtime "Bond King" of Wall...
Housing starts are positive, but now we have to watch for whether some people will cancel their building contracts because rates have jumped. The post...
On Wednesday the Federal Reserve hiked interest rates 0.25%, which has forced me to raise my second recession red flag. The post What the Fed rate...
Answering top questions from HW+ members, Lead Analyst Logan Mohtashami shares the inside scoop on where rates are headed, where housing inventory stands...
How will rising interest rates impact the housing market? This used to be a pretty easy question to answer, but not this year. The post Mike...
"Suffocating" Impact From Higher Rates Will Force The Fed To Ease Much Sooner Than Expected Back in December, when we first showed that the...
A Preview Of The Crazy Week Ahead Here is just a sample of the events on deck this week: a Fed rate hike, a Russian default,...
Futures Fade As Yields Soar, Oil Slides And China Stocks Crater US equity futures held on to modest gains overnight as the market desperately...
Meanwhile In China, All Hell Is Breaking Loose With war raging across the world's bread basket, risk of World War 3 the highest it has been...
More and more people are looking to park their wealth in safe haven assets in a move designed to weather economic uncertainty. The post 5 Safe...
Should you buy a house now? It the market too high? Will it only go higher?
About 8% of Americans moved last year—these are the cities with the biggest influx of new residents.
Being a renter is problematic because wage growth is being eaten up by rent inflation and higher gas prices. The post Why owning a home is...
LA Mega Mansion Sells For Less Than Half Its Listed Price At Bankruptcy Auction This doesn't bode well for America's luxury real-estate market. America's...
China Sets Annual GDP Growth Target At "Around 5.5%" Signaling More Stimulus China's legislature began its annual session on Saturday by targeting...
The financial woes of the giant real estate developer Evergrande, which carries an estimated debt of $300 billion, have rekindled global fears that China’s...
Will There Be A 2024 Presidential Election? Authored by Jim Quinn via The Burning Platform blog, “All tyrannies rule through fraud and...
Local markets spotlights 5 different areas across the country, showcasing what is uniquely happening in those housing markets. The post An inside look...
The three-month decline in pending home sales data is not a cause for concern. In fact, it looks just right. The post Despite 3-month slump, pending...
Housing affordability has been an important public policy issue since the onset of the pandemic. Economist Emily Hamilton explains the research on some...