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A strange narrative of “defeated inflation” is circulating in the mainstream in the wake of the Federal Reserve’s recent 75bps interest rate hike, but
U.S. mortgage rates jumped more than half a percentage point this week, an increase not seen in decades and one sure to price even
Three weeks ago, we showed readers what happens when the infamous “Bullwhip effect” reversal takes place by presenting the unprecedented surge in the “Inventory
A little over a month ago, when mortgage rates were still “only” 5% we shared several devastating anecdotes from real estate agents and industry execs who
Privately‐owned housing starts in May were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1,549,000. This is 14.4 percent below the revised April estimate of
It’s too soon to call an end to America’s worst bond-market collapse in at least half a century. Treasuries resumed losses on Thursday with
Amid surging layoffs in the real estate market, slumping homebuilder sentiment, soaring rates and plunging mortgage applications, it is no surprise that analysts expected
The average interest rate on the most popular U.S. home loan climbed to its highest level since the 2008 financial crisis and purchase applications
Global bonds are on the cusp of entering a bear market after the fastest US inflation in four decades fueled bets the Federal Reserve
ATTOM, a leading curator of real estate data nationwide for land and property data, today released its May 2022 U.S. Foreclosure Market Report,
Despite the Fed’s most aggressive interest rate hike since 2000, consumer prices continued to surge in May, adding to fears that inflation may be
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell is facing an increasingly grim calculus after yet another hot inflation reading last week: He probably has to push
Today’s US inflation print continued the trend of upside surprises, coming in at 8.6% YoY. In fact, in the past two years, there have
The latest inflation figures are due on Friday and will reveal if consumer prices are signaling a peak or will remain at four-decade highs
Kim Drotar is a public school teacher who rents an apartment in St Louis. But she doesn’t have the best neighbors.
Another week, another collapse in the pace of mortgage applications as the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) reports a 6.5% week-over-week drop in mortgage applications
While it is traditionally viewed as a B-grade economic indicator, the April consumer credit report from the Federal Reserve was another shocker especially after last
Inflationary concerns are casting doubt on the U.S. economy, but so far are having no impact on the red-hot rental housing market.
Black Knight publishes a monthly Mortgage Monitor report that contains interesting information on the mortgage market and housing.
Mortgage costs are the most expensive in years as the Federal Reserve embarks on aggressive quantitative tightening, implying that the souring macroeconomic climate may