Births outnumber deaths in California, and yet the U.S. Census Bureau says the population shrank again as more than 300,000 people moved out of the Golden State.
It appears homebuilders are really starting to wake up to what Fed Chair Powell has been preaching as NAHB sentiment tumbled to the lowest level since June 2012 excluding the onset of the Covid-19 lockdowns.
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One month after setting a record low level for affordability, the unaffordability of new homes in the U.S. has skyrocketed.
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We expect home sales to sink to their lowest level in more than a decade in 2023 as high mortgage rates keep housing costs up and prevent people from moving. High homeowner equity and a resilient job market will stave off a wave of foreclosures.
After tumbling for the first time since 2012 in July, Case-Shiller’s 20-City Composite Home Price index was expected to drop for the third straight month in September (the latest data available) as mortgage rates soared, crushing affordability; and it did, with the 20-City Composite down 1.24% MoM (as the YoY rise slowed from 13.06% to 10.43%)…
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As mortgage rates have risen this year, the buyer demand for homes has fallen. That has spelled trouble for the home construction business. Homebuilder confidence dropped for the tenth straight month in October. The decline in builder sentiment reflects what economist Ian Shepherdson describes as “housing … in free fall.
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The US housing affordability crisis continues to worsen as mortgage rates skyrocket to two-decade highs while the cost of an average home is still at bubbly levels. Financing costs are through the roof, and anyone earning less than $100,000 has been priced out of homeownership.
It appears delusion and hope can only last so long – even when one’s salary depends on it – as US homebuilder confidence crashed to COVID lockdown lows in November after refusing to see what everyone else was seeing more months…
House prices are sliding, and sales are plunging as the Federal Reserve hits the pause button on quantitative easing this year with the most aggressive interest rate hikes in four decades to cool the red-hot housing market spurred by low interest rates and tight inventories during the pandemic.
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After tumbling for the first time since 2012 in July, Case-Shiller’s 20-City Composite Home Price index was expected to drop even faster in August (the latest data available) as mortgage rates soared, crushing affordability.