Answering top questions from HW+ members, Lead Analyst Logan Mohtashami shares the inside scoop on where rates are headed, where housing inventory stands...
Way back in 2013, I wrote a post "Predicting the Next Recession. This post was in response to several recession forecasts (that were incorrect).In that 2013...
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...
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...
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...
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...
The U.S unemployment rate stands at 3.8% and inflation is hot, but mortgage rates are falling. Lead Analyst Logan Mohtashami explains why. The post Even...
As demand soars, the supply of homes for sale is beginning to turn a… The post UK property market records busiest start to year since 2016...
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...
Could Geopolitical Risk Sideline The Fed? Authored by Lance Roberts via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, “Geopolitical Risk” could well be...
"Geopolitical Risk" could well be a reason for the Fed to slow-roll tightening monetary policy in March. With Russia invading Ukraine, such would not be...
Housing Market Insanity Hits The Suburbs As Million-Dollar Listings Disappear As investors like BlackRock help drive America's 'Housing Bubble...
The new home sales report came in as a miss of estimates at 803,000, but positive revisions make the report much better than the headline. The...
What’s the latest thinking in fiscal and monetary policy? The Hutchins Roundup keeps you informed of the latest research, charts, and speeches. Want...
U.S. stocks rebounded on Wednesday after the S&P 500 closed in correction territory yesterday. The post Stock Market Today: Dow Jones, S&P 500...
S&P/Case-Shiller released the monthly Home Price Indices for December ("December" is a 3-month average of October, November and December prices).This release includes prices for 20 individual...
Overview: Russia's formal recognition of the two separatist regions in eastern Ukraine kicked out the legs upon which hope of diplomatic solution stood. ...
Soaring Rents Eat Americans' Wage Increases... And Then Some Authored by John Rubino via DollarCollapse.com, US headline inflation exceeded...
Real Estate Investors Are Buying A Record Share Of US Homes, Sending Prices Soaring Earlier this week, we reported that Blackrock, America's...
Existing home sales for December came in as a big beat at 6.5 million. Strong homebuyer demand from Millennials is the likely driver. The post Why...
While the housing permits data is fantastic at 1,899,000, the housing completion story is a giant mess right now. The post Housing permits look great — until...
The performance of loan pools backing private-label securitization deals has continued to improve across most measurement metrics through the end of January...
Fed-Driven Housing Mania Sends Average Homebuyer Loan Size To Record High A new report by the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) caught our...
This may be as close to the Dutton Ranch as you're going to get.
During 2021 and into 2022, Fannie Mae surveys on whether it's a good time to buy a house have simply collapsed. The post Is it really...
During 2021 and into 2022, Fannie Mae surveys on whether it's a good time to buy a house have simply collapsed. The post Is it really...
The bond market shot up higher as soon as the jobs report came in. Watch for mortgage rates to follow that trend higher. The post Positive...
"An unstoppable force will meet an immovable object in the U.S. housing market this year, and we’ll find out which one wins," says Jeff Tucker, senior...
The six nonbank lenders that went public during the pandemic have lost around $36 billion in combined value since Rocket debuted on the NYSE in August...