In some pockets of America, the pandemic-spurred housing craze never left. Open house lines are out the door, buyers pay tens of thousands over ask, and...
It has long been held that owning homes and apartments has been one of the better inflation-sensitive assets for managing through periods of higher inflation....
Inventory fell last week, with total active listings down by 2,545, and new listing data also falling week to week.
The headline jobs data beat estimates, but we did have 149,000 negative revisions to the previous month's data.
Mortgage affordability has improved following rate drops and cooling prices, but is still far off from historic affordability levels. There is no clear...
Condos were picked as an affordability favorite early on in the pandemic, with more availability at competitively lower prices (versus urban single family...
“The game of musical chairs that is the housing market needs more chairs," said Mark Fleming, chief economist at First American Financial Corporatio...
As the mainstream focuses on negative developments, such as the Fed's latest utterings and the implosion of subsets of the commercial real estate (CRE)...
Buying a home is likely to be the biggest financial decision you will ever make. As a result, such a decision requires careful consideration of your...
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Hamptons Luxury-Home Prices Soar On "Very Strong" Demand, Limited Inventory Despite the slowest growth in US home prices in ten years and...
Lumber prices have gone sideways in the past few months as investors focus on the housing market and the falling commodities market. Lumber was trading...
Today, in the Calculated Risk Real Estate Newsletter: Final Look at Local Housing Markets in February A brief excerpt: Every month I track about 40 local...
Futures Violently Unchanged As Busiest Week Of Earnings Season Begins In what is shaping up as yet another unchanged open, futures are set...
Weekly housing inventory is finally showing some signs of life. Active listings rose by 8,546 and new listing data also grew.
The next liquidity crisis will likely be spurred by the woes in commercial real estate (CRE); ironically, a four-headed megatrend which has been accelerated...
Millennials Are Slowest Generation To Hit 50% Homeownership; Rest Of Generation Fears Forever Renters The millennial generation has finally...
We have 2.6 months of housing inventory in the U.S. after coming off the single biggest home-sales crash year in history.
Over The Falls: Credit, Collateral, Risk, Asset Valuations Authored by Charles Hugh Smith via OfTwoMinds blog, Together, these factors generate...
What is the best news for mortgage rates long-term? It might seem counter-intuitive, but it’s getting more supply of apartments.
The Housing Bubble: Owners Trapped By Low-Rate Mortgages, Buyers Thwarted By High-Rate Mortgages Authored by Charles Hugh Smith via OfTwoMinds...
Glenn Kessler, the Washington Post’s long-time fact checker, usually tries to be fair, but he really fell down on the job in a piece evaluating Kevin...
- by New Deal democratFor the past few months, I’ve noted that new home sales, which while very volatile frequently are the first metric to signal...
Active housing inventory fell 5,383 last week and new listing data is still trending at all-time lows in 2023.
Looking at the latest data from the National Association of Realtors Research Group, here's what the share of homebuyers looks like today.
OTTAWA – Despite the progress that has been made, inflation is still weighing down Canada’s economy according to new research from The Conference...
Mortgage rates started last week at 6.44% and fell to a low of 6.16%, then ended the week at 6.34%. Expect another volatile pricing week.
If we had entrenched inflation, the 10-year yield would be well north of 5.25% today. Instead, it's been hard for it to stay above 4%.
Last week's housing inventory data shows we still haven't seen the traditional spring increase in inventory.
A SmartAsset report found that Austin saw by far the biggest home price growth in the last 25 years.