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Newsfeed: Home sales fell for the ninth straight month in October, as higher mortgage rates scared off potential buyers

Home sales declined for the ninth straight month in October, as higher interest rates and surging inflation kept buyers on the sidelines. Sales of previously owned homes dropped 5.9% from September to October, according to the National Association of Realtors. That is the slowest pace since December 2011, with the exception of a very brief drop at the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic.

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Newsfeed: The Housing Boom Is Already Over. The Housing Shortage Will Continue.

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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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Newsfeed: Are Rent Controls Coming?

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As mentioned in a previous post, when I have looked at previous right to left, and left to right political swings, they seem to happen globally, and they seem to happen roughly at the same time. A global shift left happened in the 1930s, and kept shifting until 1970s, when it began to shift back to the right. We are now well into a shift back to the left, that began in 2016. As also highlighted, modern democracies are filled with checks and balances to slow political shifts, but they still happen.

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Newsfeed: Mystery Whales Baffle Gold Market After Central Bank Purchases

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A normally dry research report jolted the gold market this week, when it pointed to massive but so far unidentified sovereign buyers. Central banks bought 399 tons of bullion in the third quarter, almost double the previous record, according to the World Gold Council. Just under a quarter went to publicly identified institutions, stoking speculation about mystery buyers.

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Newsfeed: Fed rate hike is again 75 basis points with hint of potential slowing pace

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The U.S. Federal Reserve raised interest rates Wednesday by 75 basis points for the fourth straight meeting while hinting at a potential slower pace in the future as the central bank continues to try to tame multi-decade highs in inflation.

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Newsfeed: The Treasury Market Is The Fed’s Next Crisis

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The Fed’s next crisis is already brewing. Unlike 2008, where “subprime mortgages” froze counter-party trading in the credit markets as Lehman Brothers failed, in 2022, it might just be the $27 Trillion Treasury market.

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Newsfeed: Fed seen slowing pace of rate hikes in December

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The Federal Reserve is seen slowing its aggressive rate-hike pace in December, with data published Thursday offering new evidence that the economic slowdown that the central bank is trying to engineer is getting underway.

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Newsfeed: Home Prices Plunge Most Since 2009, Pulte CEO Fears “Financial & Psychological Hurdles” Ahead For Homebuyers

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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.

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Podcast: The Elephant in the Room – What Rising Interest Rates Mean for Real Estate

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Interest rates are soaring higher and faster than we’ve seen in recent history … With affordability plummeting and investors’ bottom lines and cash flow eroding, it’s no surprise that many are becoming more than a little hesitant …

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Newsfeed: U.S. home prices could fall as much as 20% next year

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Home prices have plunged during the second half of 2022 with demand for residential real estate cooling off in a number of states and cities across the U.S.

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Interest Rates

Newsfeed: Home sales fell for the ninth straight month in October, as higher mortgage rates scared off potential buyers

Newsfeed: The Housing Boom Is Already Over. The Housing Shortage Will Continue.

Newsfeed: Are Rent Controls Coming?

Newsfeed: Mystery Whales Baffle Gold Market After Central Bank Purchases

Newsfeed: Fed rate hike is again 75 basis points with hint of potential slowing pace

Newsfeed: The Treasury Market Is The Fed’s Next Crisis

Newsfeed: Fed seen slowing pace of rate hikes in December

Newsfeed: Home Prices Plunge Most Since 2009, Pulte CEO Fears “Financial & Psychological Hurdles” Ahead For Homebuyers

Podcast: The Elephant in the Room – What Rising Interest Rates Mean for Real Estate

Newsfeed: U.S. home prices could fall as much as 20% next year

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