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...
The hard asset, commodity, trade has sprung to life over the last couple of months. Such is commensurate, and logical, with the surge in inflation. However,...
According to HousingWire Lead Analyst Logan Mohtashami, there is a way for the U.S. 10-year yield to get above 1.94%, but it needs help from global...
In 2018-2019, interest rates started rising again. Let's take a look at some of the best stocks for rising interest rates. The post Rising Interest Rates:...
Raw material costs have risen dramatically over the past year.
My rule of thumb for anticipating homebuilder behavior is based on the three-month average of housing supply. The post New home sales rebound, but builders are...
Whether a real estate investor is a developer or a fix-and-flip expert, the good news is that demand isn’t going away anytime soon. The post Will...
- by New Deal democratSince I didn’t post yesterday, let me catch up today with a note on both new home sales and prices.New home sales...
The World & Monetary Policy Has Split Authored by Bill Blain via MorningPorridge.com, “It’s too early to say..” As the West reopens, China’s lockdowns remain draconian....
The National Association of Realtors reported that existing home sales for December came in as a miss of estimates at 6.18 million The post Did existing...
Housing starts have had a slow and steady climb for many years, and we are nowhere close to the peak of the housing bubble years. The...
- by New Deal democratHousing ended 2021 with a bang, as housing starts (blue in the graph below, left scale) increased to 1.702 million annualized, and...
Investors AlleyThe Perfect Income Play on Rising Mortgage Rates Dear Investor, Last week, the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (FHLMC), better known as Freddie Mac, reported...
Peter Schiff: The Year Of Living Dangerously Via SchiffGold.com, With 2021 now in the rear-view mirror, I believe that future financial historians may regard it as...