
Ending Housing Boom, Complacency & Planning
Its been increasing clear that the Housing/Construction boom is ending. It's also fairly clear that individuals tied to it as well as...
Its been increasing clear that the Housing/Construction boom is ending. It's also fairly clear that individuals tied to it as well as...
The Mortgage Bankers Association for the 6/22 week reported that Purchase Applications for homes fell on a seasonally adjusted basis 6%...
Just like the overall economy near-term indicators of the housing market appear to be very strong. Housing starts were reported this AM...
I recently posed this question to a few executives and my conclusion is maybe. Every down turn is different, although it may share...
For week ending 5/18, the Mortgage Bankers Association reported Mortgage Purchase Index declined for the second week in a row falling 2%...
Recently I attended a networking event where the top executives at various commercial real-estate firms attended. As one executive put...
The Mortgage Bankers Association reported Mortgage Applications for the week ending 5/4 for single family homes fell slightly at 0.2%...
In yet another sign of a slowing housing market nationwide, the Commerce Department reported Construction spending FELL 1.7% in March...
One of the more interesting things revealed this AM is that acceleration in Wage growth (see Chart courtesy of Bloomberg) in 1Q18. Both...
The National Association of Realtors announced March existing home sales which beat beat Bloomberg expectations rising slightly instead...
Housing Starts for March was mixed in that we saw Multi-family units rebound sharply after a period of weakness vs Single family homes...
MORTGAGE APPS CONFIRM WEAKNESS. The Mortgage Bankers Association for the 4/6 week reported that applications for mortgage to purchase...
The Mortgage Bankers Associations reported for the 3/23 week that applications for mortgages to purchase homes rose 3% after rising 1% in...
Housing Data for February continues to show signs of stabilizing as long-term mortgage interest rates stabilize. According to the US...
Existing Home Sales (National Association of Realtors) for February rebounded growing 3% vs last month vs a drop of 3.2% in prior period...
After seeing some interest rate relief in the past week, but still up considerably from last year still near 4 year highs Housing Starts...
Most know interest rate remain low, but HOW low maybe not. Despite 5 0.25% interest rate increases from Federal Reserve, the real Fed...
The National Association of Realtors reported Existing Home Sales for January FELL 4.8% year over year (vs a rise of 1.1 last month) and...
Treasury rates once again rose today to cycle highs...those in interest rate sensitive business sectors (ie real-estate/construction)...
X marks the spot where rates are now and the corresponding housing indices. It clearly shows demand was 15-20% lower back in 2014 when...