Housing

Spike in Refis, Triggered by Small Dip in Mortgage Rates, Fizzled. Demand for Mortgages to Purchase Homes Still in Deepfreeze

by Wolf Richter • Oct 8, 2025 • 65 Comments

Mortgage rates are higher than before the rate cuts started over a year ago.

It Took the Longest Time to Sell a Home since at Least 2016, if it Sold at all, in Many Markets

by Wolf Richter • Oct 3, 2025 • 53 Comments

Examples: California, Texas, Florida, Washington, Oregon, Colorado, Arizona. In other states, homes still sell faster than before Covid, such as New York and Georgia (barely).

The “Lock-in Effect” and Mortgage Rates: Update on Unwinding a Phenomenon that Wrecked the Housing Market

by Wolf Richter • Sep 29, 2025 • 129 Comments

This is going to take a long time to get worked out.

Pending Home Sales Rise from Near-Record Lows, Zigzag along those Lows, -43% from 2020, -30% from 2019: Charts Speak

by Wolf Richter • Sep 29, 2025 • 47 Comments

A bigger rise in March got more than wiped out by a drop in April. That’s how it goes with zigzagging month-to-month data.

Sales of Existing Single-Family Homes Crushed Further, Supply at 2016 Levels. Condo Sales Near Low in the Data, Supply at Housing Bust Levels

by Wolf Richter • Sep 25, 2025 • 65 Comments

Price declines and increases vary dramatically in different markets.

Inventory of New Completed Single-Family Homes Jumps to Highest since 2009, but Sales of New Homes See Outlier Spike in the South, Prices Skid: Some Thoughts

by Wolf Richter • Sep 24, 2025 • 36 Comments

Homebuilders rant about the tough market.

The 14 Bigger Cities with the Biggest Price Declines of Single-Family Homes (-10% to -24%) through August

by Wolf Richter • Sep 23, 2025 • 103 Comments

Oakland, Austin, New Orleans, Cape Coral, San Francisco, Birmingham, Washington DC, Fort Myers, Denver, Portland, Phoenix, Sarasota, Naples, Hayward.

Longer-Term Treasury Yields & Mortgage Rates Jump after Rate Cut, Yield Curve Steepens, Bond Market Gets Edgy

by Wolf Richter • Sep 21, 2025 • 106 Comments

Bond market reacts to inflation expectations and supply of new bonds, not the Fed’s policy rates.

What It Takes to Sell Homes: Lennar Cuts Average Selling Price Below its 2019 Level, and its Home Sales Held Up

by Wolf Richter • Sep 19, 2025 • 103 Comments

But the hot air was let out of pandemic-era gross margins, operating earnings, and net income. Sellers of existing homes should pay attention.

Condo Prices Dropped by 12%-27% in these 25 Bigger Cities through August: Condo Bust Update

by Wolf Richter • Sep 19, 2025 • 66 Comments

Oakland, Cape Coral, Austin, San Francisco, Denver, Tampa, Seattle, New York City, St. Petersburg, Fort Myers, Sarasota, Boise, Jacksonville, Detroit, New Orleans, Portland, Arlington (TX), Naples, Mesa, Aurora (CO), Reno, Scottsdale, Phoenix, Orlando, Garland

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