US Home Prices Accelerate At Fastest Pace Since 2014 According to the latest data from S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller, US home prices in the top 20 cities...
With fewer funds to fall back on, minority-owned enterprises have struggled in the recession. To make things worse, many are in sectors that have been badly...
Recently, I discussed the "Two Pins That Pop The Bubble," specifically noting the risk of rising interest rates and inflation. However, the real threat is not...
Today, the New York Fed’s Center for Microeconomic Data reported that household debt balances increased by $206 billion in the fourth quarter of 2020, marking a...
Powell Is Wrong. More Stimulus Won't Create Employment Authored by Lance Roberts via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, As discussed in Friday’s #Macroview, stimulus, mainly when it comes from debt, does...
As discussed in Friday's #Macroview, stimulus, mainly when it comes from debt, does not create organic economic growth. In the second part of this analysis, we...
Will The Fed's "Feelgood" Medicine Cause An Economic Collapse? Authored by Barry Brownstein via The American Institute for Economic Research, Dr. Max Jacobson became known as...
The MBA's mortgage credit index rose to 124.6 in January, still the tightest it has been since 2014, but slowly rising as lenders ease up on...
The outlook for US mortgage–backed securities (MBS) – a triple A rated fixed income asset backed by an implicit government guarantee – is upbeat. MBS are...
Despite all the headaches that come with it, homeownership is still the American dream for many. Divvy Homes – a startup that is out to help...
Source: Fidelity How to Manage Your Investments Late in a Cycle Nobody knows for sure whether equities will keep rising or for how long,...
If you are looking for a time to purchase a house, it may not get much better than this. According to data that was recently released...
Markets expect dovish signal from Fed The Fed’s first policy meeting of the year should be a dovish affirmation that signals they are nowhere near talking...
Markets expect dovish signal from Fed The Fed’s first policy meeting of the year should be a dovish affirmation that signals they are nowhere near talking...
Economists offer their takes on how high mortgage rates will climb, how lenders will respond and what impact this will have on the housing market. HW+...
This is a talk I gave for IGIER at Bocconi (zoom, sadly) Jan 11 2021. Olivier Blanchard also gave a talk and a good discussion followed....
Today, we expect total home sales for 2020 to be over 6.2 million, my number for an outperforming market. With more disaster relief, two vaccines being...
To help provide as much guidance as possible on what to expect in 2021, HousingWire hosted a Q&A with Daryl Fairweather, chief economist at Redfin, on...
Mortgage Rates Hit Record Low For Record 16th Time This Year Another week, another all time low mortgage rate. With 2020 now almost over, we can...
While the speed and magnitude of the housing recovery was surprising, the strong underlying fundamentals serving as tailwinds for the housing market’s recovery were not, and...
"You Met Me At A Very Strange Time In My Life" Authored by Chris Hamilton via Econimica blog, As we near 2021, I offer a primer...
The COVID-19 pandemic has spurred major demand in the US housing market. Remote working has increased the relevance of home beyond the basic shelter needs. Following...
Fed Allows Banks To Restart Buybacks After 2nd Stress Test
"A Year Like No Other": 20 Charts Showing The Insanity Unleashed By Central Banks Tyler Durden Fri, 12/18/2020 - 15:45 "It all happened in five weeks."...
2021 is on pace to be the strongest year for the housing market since 2005, riding a wave of strong and sustainable fundamentals. The post 2020...
2020 has been a remarkably strong year for the housing market. Sales volume has remained elevated compared to last year since about mid-June, home values are growing...
The Federal Reserve said it expects to keep interest rates low until labor market conditions and inflation hit the Committee's standards. The post Fed will keep...
After two weeks of decreases, the Mortgage Bankers Association reported that mortgage applications increased 1.1% during the week ending Dec. 11 amid mortgage rates that hit...
From the MBA: Mortgage Applications Increase in Latest MBA Weekly SurveyMortgage applications increased 1.1 percent from one week earlier, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers...
Homebuyer, an Ohio-based software startup offering digital mortgages to first-time home buyers, announced on Monday it had raised $1.4 million in a seed round from private...