Since the start of the year, mortgage rates have been trending upwards — and according to many experts, this trend will likely continue through October.
After yesterday’s dreadful collapse in new home sales (and Toll Brothers’ less than rosy picture overnight), analysts expected another monthly decline in pending home sales in July (though not as violent as the June plunge). They were right as pending home sales dropped 1.0% MoM (beating expectations of a 2.6% drop but that was largely driven by a downward revision for June data)…
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The residential real estate market has stumbled, after soaring in the first 18 months of the covid pandemic.
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Low financing costs, excess savings, and a demand for more space during the pandemic fueled a frenzy in the housing market that sent home prices surging.
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Chinese investors were the most active buyers of US real estate last year among foreigners — spending a record $6.1 billion on homes mainly in Florida and California, according to the National Association of Realtors.
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Existing-home sales dropped for the fifth straight month in June, according to the National Association of REALTORS®. Three out of four major U.S. regions experienced month-over-month sales declines and one region held steady. Year-over-year sales sank in all four regions.
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After an unexpected jump in new home sales and larger than expected drop in existing home sales, today’s pending home sales print is the tie-breaker for sentiment in the housing market in May as homebuilder sentiment soured and mortgage rates and applications soared.
Both the Case-Shiller House Price Index (HPI) and the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) HPI for March were released today. Here is a graph of the month-over-month (MoM) change in the Case-Shiller National Index Seasonally Adjusted (SA).
We are seeing a significant change in inventory, but no surge in new listings. This means the increase in inventory is due to a decrease in demand, likely because of higher mortgage rates.
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Well, hello … 2020! It’s a new year and a new decade … and it’s a TERRIFIC time to talk about the top trends in real estate investing. Many factors are affecting the path real estate is heading down this year … demographics, economics, technology, politics, energy, and interest rates. So sit back and take
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