Housing

The Most Splendid Housing Bubbles in America, Jan 2025: The Price Drops & Gains in 33 of the Largest Housing Markets

by Wolf Richter • Feb 16, 2025 • 119 Comments

21 metros below 2022 highs: Austin, San Francisco, Phoenix, San Antonio, Denver, Sacramento, Dallas-Ft. Worth, Houston, Seattle, Tampa, Atlanta, Portland, Salt Lake, Raleigh, Charlotte, Nashville, Las Vegas, Minneapolis…

Here Come the HELOCs: Mortgages, Housing-Debt-to-Income-Ratio, Serious Delinquencies & Foreclosures in Q4 2024

by Wolf Richter • Feb 15, 2025 • 68 Comments

HELOC balances surged, mortgage balances barely budged: More households, more income, more housing debt.

Buyers’ Strike Continues: Pending Home Sales Drop Again while Inventories of New & Existing Homes Balloon, Especially in the South & West

by Wolf Richter • Jan 30, 2025 • 81 Comments

Prices are still way too high, that’s the problem in the housing market, but they’ve been dropping substantially in some cities.

Glut of New Houses for Sale in the South Is Bigger Even than during the Housing Bust. The Glut in the West Gets Close

by Wolf Richter • Jan 28, 2025 • 122 Comments

Prices Are Still Way too High. Something has to give.

Inventory of New Completed Single-Family Houses for Sale Spikes to Highest since 2007. Builders Prop Up Sales with Lower Prices, Bigger Incentives, Smaller Houses

by Wolf Richter • Jan 27, 2025 • 122 Comments

Sales of new houses in 2024 were decent, while massive demand destruction crushed sales of existing houses because prices are way too high.

Sales of Existing Homes Finally Begin to Thaw a Little, amid Highest Supply for December since 2018

by Wolf Richter • Jan 24, 2025 • 96 Comments

2024 was the worst year since 1995 for sales because prices are too high after the 50% spike in 2019-2022.

“Locked-in” Homeowners Nevertheless Pay Off Below-4% Mortgages: their Share of All Mortgages Outstanding Drops to 55%, Lowest since Q1 2021

by Wolf Richter • Jan 20, 2025 • 172 Comments

Big changes in life, corporate switcheroos from working-remotely-forever to return-to-the-office, job changes, natural disasters, etc., force their hand.

The Big Cities with the Biggest Price Declines of Single-Family Houses or Condos from their Peaks: From -9% to -21%

by Wolf Richter • Jan 19, 2025 • 114 Comments

Austin, Oakland, New Orleans, San Francisco, Washington D.C., New York City, Detroit, Seattle, Portland, Tampa.

Bring on the Supply: Single-Family Construction Starts in 2024 Rose to 2nd Highest in 17 Years amid Budding Glut. Multifamily Starts Plunge from Boom amid Oversupply & CRE Depression

by Wolf Richter • Jan 17, 2025 • 81 Comments

But small multifamily buildings with 2-4 units dodge the CRE depression.

The Most Splendid Housing Bubbles in America, Dec 2024: In 21 of the 33 Metros, Prices Have Now Dropped Below 2022 Peaks

by Wolf Richter • Jan 12, 2025 • 112 Comments

State of housing markets in New York, Los Angeles, San Diego, San Francisco, San Jose, Chicago, Dallas-Ft. Worth, Houston, Washington D.C., Philadelphia, Miami, Atlanta, Boston, Phoenix, Seattle, Tampa, Denver, Baltimore, Charlotte, Portland, Austin, Las Vegas, Kansas City…

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