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Existing home sales in February jumped 14.5% to an annualized rate of 4.58 million, the largest monthly percentage increase since July 2020 and ending
All our client money is held in our investment funds, and excess fund cash is in T-Bills for security, so I wasn’t asking about
Americans have been battered by two years of negative real wage growth as personal savings are depleted while credit card debts jump to record highs. Shelter
Privately owned housing starts in February came in at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1,450,000. This is 9.8 percent above the revised January
Highest Potential SFR Returns in Indian River, Collier, Wayne, Mercer, Charlotte Counties; Best Returns Concentrated in South, Midwest and Northeast, Lowest in West; Rental Returns Increase
The NAHB index rose two points to 44 in March, according to a Wednesday press release. The mild rise in homebuilder confidence exceeded economists’
After January’s disappointing ‘stall’ in the linear demise of inflation, consensus expectations were for a re-acceleration of the YoY decline in headline CPI (from
The Fed/FDIC/TSY bailout (BTFP!?) has prompted a massive repricing of the market’s expectations for The Fed’s rate-trajectory from here. The terminal has plunged and
The average rate on the popular 30-year fixed mortgage dropped to 6.57% on Monday, according to Mortgage News Daily. That’s down from a rate of
Fallout from the Silicon Valley Bank collapse has directed attention to a $620 billion ticking time bomb in the banking system that has the potential to spell doom
Some tech industry founders got emails from their venture-capital investors on Thursday urging them to move their money out of Silicon Valley Bank, according
Some tech industry founders got emails from their venture-capital investors on Thursday urging them to move their money out of Silicon Valley Bank, according
On Friday, residential real estate brokerage firm Redfin released new data on home prices, showing that prices fell 0.6 percent in February, year over year. According
Tax season can be stressful for the millions of Americans who owe money to Uncle Sam. Every year, the average U.S. household pays nearly $11,000 in
Despite a recent softening in the US housing market, a combination of rising borrowing costs and still-high prices have put prospective first-time homebuyers in
Mortgage rates have doubled over the past year and this has hit housing affordability hard. How much housing prices will retrench is still up
The average rate on the 30-year fixed mortgage jumped back over 7% on Thursday, rising to 7.1%, according to Mortgage News Daily.
The risk of a structural rise in yields has heightened as bondholders begin to demand more compensation for inflation that is increasingly ingrained.
National home prices fell for 6 straight months up to December (the latest data from S&P Global’s Case-Shiller index), dropping more than expected (-0.51% MoM vs
Back in September, when looking at various leading rental market indicators, we reported that “Manhattan Apartment Rents Finally “Plateau” After Red-Hot Summer” a trend