US bank lending contracted by the most on record in the last two weeks of March, indicating a tightening of credit conditions in the wake of several high-profile bank collapses that risks damaging the economy.
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There’s no sign of a slowdown in central bank gold buying. In February, central bank gold reserves rose by another 52 tons …
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Bonds and Bullion are soaring after the ugly JOLTS and weak manufacturing data this morning. Spot Gold soared back above $2020. The precious metal has only ever been higher than this on seven days in history…
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A new report from real estate brokerage Redfin indicates that, despite elevated mortgage rates, homebuyers continue to leave expensive metro areas like New York and Seattle for more affordable housing options in cities like Miami and Phoenix.
Contracts to buy U.S. previously owned homes increased for a third straight month in February, raising cautious optimism that the housing market slump could be bottoming out.
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Investors are shunning the real estate sector again, as headwinds from high rates show no sign of abating.
Property stocks are back among the year’s worst performers. They have plunged 22% since early February, with the threat of recession returning to the top of worries for market participants already calculating the fallout for funding costs from Silicon Valley Bank’s collapse and preparing for rates to remain elevated for longer.
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In 2005, years before the subprime mortgage crisis kicked off the Great Recession and led millions of Americans to lose their homes, Larry McDonald was a vice president at the infamous now-defunct global financial services firm Lehman Brothers.
The math is truly daunting for would-be homebuyers: The difference between the mortgage payments and rents is the largest it’s been since the 2006 housing bubble that led to the Great Recession.
The math is truly daunting for would-be homebuyers: The difference between the mortgage payments and rents is the largest it’s been since the 2006 housing bubble that led to the Great Recession.
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After surging far more than expected in December and January (and beaten expectations in each of the last six months), new home sales were expected to slide in February (despite the unexpected jump in existing home sales as mortgage rates took a pause from their blast off higher).
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