After a tumultuous week of violent lurches higher (but mostly lower), the S&P 500 has ended April with its worst start to a year since the start of World War 2…
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Both incomes and spending were expected to rise MoM in March and they did with spending rising 1.1% MoM (almost double the 0.6% rise expected) and outpacing the 0.5% MoM rise in incomes.
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U.S. stocks sunk Friday with the Nasdaq Composite notching its worst month since 2008, as Amazon became the latest victim in April’s technology-led sell-off.
Rick Santelli has the latest numbers released …
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After the unexpectedly large drops in new- and existing-home-sales, analysts expected pending home sales to also fall in March (though only modestly) and they did, dropping 1.2% MoM (worse than the 1.0% drop expected) leaving pending home sales down 8.9% YoY…
The real estate market is cooling quickly …
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Sales of new U.S. homes fell in March to a four-month low, indicating high prices and surging borrowing costs are putting more of a squeeze on the market.
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Analysts expected a 3rd straight month of declines in new home sales in March, but they did not see this bloodbath coming. New Home Sales crashed 8.6% MoM (vs -0.6% exp). That drags new home sales down 12.6% YoY.
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In the week ending April 21, 2022, mortgage rates rose for a seventh consecutive week. 30-year fixed rates rose by 11 basis points to 5.11%. 30-year fixed rates jumped by 28 basis points in the week prior.
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There’s no doubt about it: Soaring mortgage rates are an economic shock to the U.S. housing market. Over the past month alone, the average 30-year fixed mortgage rate has spiked from 3.11% to 5.11%.