Housing Hubris: Mortgage Apps Plunge Despite Homebuilder Euphoria After a brief pause, mortgage applications tumbled again last week (-4.0% WoW after falling 4.2% WoW the prior...
One question I get a lot is whether this is a good time to buy. Should you wait until the market cools down or pull the...
Rather than distorting housing markets further, Canada needs an economy free from nonsense restrictions on investment and entrepreneurship As economists Jake Fuss and Tegan Hill have...
Morgan Stanley Asks What To Do When Everything Is Expensive By Vishwanath Tirupattur, global head of Quantitative Research at Morgan Stanley The title of our recently...
Five of Canada’s Big Six banks reported expectation-beating quarters this week as they look toward a rebound in the country’s pandemic-ravaged economy. The earnings beats were...
There is a big lump in the births data that is relevant to the current situation in the real estate market. Home prices, as of March 2021,...
Friday, May 28, 2021Volume 2, Issue 29 “You can draw any kind of picture you like on a clean slate and indulge your every whim in the...
The mayor of the Township of Muskoka Lakes, Ont., one of the country’s most popular summer retreats, said the property market in his town has become...
US stocks pushed higher after a wrath of data painted a pretty outlook for the economy and on expectations the US will have the highest amount...
For the past couple of weeks, the Russell 2000 (IWM) has been a major focus for traders and investors that have been cautious, given the struggle...
Fed governors reiterate that inflation is transitory Inflationistas look like they might be ready to throw in the towel. We are supposed to be seeing accelerating...
Robert Shiller: "In Real Terms, Home Prices Have Never Been So High" "In real terms, home prices have never been so high. My data goes back over...
As the pandemic recovery takes hold, a robust housing market has pulled wire fraud prevention back on track. HW+ Premium Content The post Wire Fraud: Are...
It was hard not to hear about cryptocurrencies last week what with the bear market and all...
Bank of Canada Governor Tiff Macklem warned the housing market is “not normal,” as he released new research that suggests real-estate prices in some of the...
"Air's Coming Out Of The Balloon" - Redfin CEO Says Home Price Gains Set To Cool Glenn Kelman, CEO at Redfin, spoke with Bloomberg Radio's Denise Pellegrini on...
The upcoming high-frequency economic data are unlikely to sway investors or policymakers. The key issue is whether price pressures are more than transitory, as officials at the...
Land Scarcity Sparks Another Bottleneck For Housing Market Forget skyrocketing home building costs because there's another more pressing bottleneck: buildable land scarcity. According to Bloomberg, Ali Wolf,...
In April, 47% of U.S. homes were on the market for less than a week before going pending. More than three quarters were on the market...
Futures, Global Stocks Extend Gains To End Volatile Week S&P index futures ticked higher on Friday, alongside European and Asian stocks, and building on Thursday's strong...
Lowe’s Companies Inc. (LOW) reported better-than-expected first-quarter results, backed by continued demand for home products. The home improvement company’s sales came in at $24.42 billion, up...
Futures, Global Stocks Rise As Dollar Rout Accelerates US equity futures rose for the 3rd day in 4 and world stocks pushed higher on Tuesday while...
Futures Slide, European Stocks Drop On Fresh Infection, Inflation Fears US equity futures and European stocks dipped in a quiet overnight session to start the week...
Key Events This Week: PMIs, Claims And Fed Minutes Looking forward at the coming relatively quiet week, the flash PMIs for May (Friday) will be the...
America's Housing Future Remains Murky At Best - Part 1 Authored by Bruce Wilds via Advancing Time blog, The housing market in America is not one...
Goldman Warns Of "Substantial" Surge In Home Prices, Expects Bigger Housing Bubble Than 2007 One week ago, we said that in what is increasingly a stagflationary...
This Is Not The Inflation You Are Looking For, Move Along "This is not the inflation you are looking for. Move along." In recent weeks a...
U.S. stocks bounced back sharply from earlier losses to finish the week 1%-2% lower across the board. Consumer Discretionary and Technology names led the declines after...
Financial markets seem to be constantly recalibrating. The economic data is expected to be volatile and that should support the Fed’s patient stance on waiting for...
Shares of Home Capital Group (HCG) rose more than 6% Thursday after the company reported substantial growth in net income in its first quarter. The Toronto-based...