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Newsfeed: 5 Signs That The Housing Crash Is Escalating A Lot Faster Than Many Experts Anticipated

Newsfeed: 5 Signs That The Housing Crash Is Escalating A Lot Faster Than Many Experts Anticipated

The U.S. housing market is absolutely imploding, but nobody should be surprised.  In fact, we were warned way ahead of time that this would happen.  When the Federal Reserve told us that they would be aggressively raising interest rates, we all knew what this would do to the housing bubble.  It was obvious that home prices would fall, home sales would plummet and home builders would get absolutely crushed.  Sadly, that is precisely what we are witnessing.  But instead of reversing course after witnessing all the damage that they have caused, Fed officials are insisting that even more rate hikes are necessary.  So as bad as things are right now, the truth is that they are going to get even worse in the months ahead.

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Newsfeed: Home Sales, Listings Plunge Over 20% in September—Most on Record Aside From Pandemic Start

Newsfeed: Home Sales, Listings Plunge Over 20% in September—Most on Record Aside From Pandemic Start

Home sales and listings in September both slumped the most on record with the exception of the early months of the pandemic as rapidly rising mortgage rates prompted both buyers and sellers to stay put, according to a new report from Redfin (redfin.com), the technology-powered real estate brokerage.

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Newsfeed: US Homebuilder Confidence Collapses In October, Future Sales Hope Hits Decade-Lows

Newsfeed: US Homebuilder Confidence Collapses In October, Future Sales Hope Hits Decade-Lows

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 October after refusing to see what everyone else was seeing more months.. and what homebuyers were clearly feeling as prices soared along with mortgage rates and devastated affordability for most Americans. Against expectations of a small drop from 46 in September to 43 in October, the headline confidence index crashed to 38 – its lowest since the nadir of COVID-lockdown panic (that was worse than the weakest forecast of all economists surveyed)…

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Newsfeed: US Pending Home Sales Tumbled To 11 Year Lows (Ahead Of Recent Rate Spike)

Newsfeed: US Pending Home Sales Tumbled To 11 Year Lows (Ahead Of Recent Rate Spike)

With mortgage rates soaring (now shockingly above 7% amid the fastest rise in history), it’s no surprise that analysts expected pending home sales to slide further in August (latest data) and they were right. Pending Home Sales fell 2.0% MoM (more than the 1.5% MoM decline expected) pushing the index down 22.5% YoY…

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Newsfeed: 30-Year US Mortgage Rises Above 7% For The First Time Since 2000; Fastest Surge In History

Newsfeed: 30-Year US Mortgage Rises Above 7% For The First Time Since 2000; Fastest Surge In History

Less than two weeks ago we cited Freddie Mac according to which the average 30 year US mortgage just rose above 6% for the first time since 2008, with real-estate brokerage Redfin commemorating the move by saying that “This Is The Sharpest Turn In The Housing Market Since The 2008 Crash.” Well, just a few days later, Jeff Gundlach was so kind to point out this evening…

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