Housing

Buyers’ Strike? Sales of “New Houses” Also Slump amid Surging Supply & Spiking Prices

by Wolf Richter • Jun 23, 2021 • 145 Comments

Sales of “existing homes” performed the same trick. The phenomenon is getting established.

No, Blackstone Didn’t “Buy 17,000 Houses” out from under Desperate Homebuyers. And BlackRock Didn’t “Buy a Whole Neighborhood.” But Built-to-Rent is a Huge Change

by Wolf Richter • Jun 22, 2021 • 147 Comments

Internet BS made from twisted headlines is fun to spread. But reality is a lot more interesting.

Buyers’ Strike? Sales of “Existing Homes” Sag for 4th Month amid Rising Inventories & Crazy Spiking Prices

by Wolf Richter • Jun 22, 2021 • 181 Comments

Investors, second-home buyers, vacation-home buyers do some heavy lifting.

Buyers’ Strike? Mortgage Applications Drop Deep into 2019 Range as People Looking for a Home to Live in Step Back from “Raging Mania”

by Wolf Richter • Jun 2, 2021 • 157 Comments

Investors may still be doing a lot of heavy breathing.

It is Hard to Resist the Dopamine of Collective Euphoria in the Housing Market

by Kara Cox • Jun 1, 2021 • 126 Comments

Individual investor results may vary.

“Just Shut Up and Buy”: But Hype-Stocks & Cryptos Crashed

by Wolf Richter • May 26, 2021 • 121 Comments

It works until it doesn’t. Now all eyes are on housing (transcript).

The Most Splendid Housing-Inflation Bubbles in America with WTF Spikes in Seattle & Los Angeles

by Wolf Richter • May 25, 2021 • 196 Comments

But condo prices in the San Francisco Bay Area fell year-over-year again, and in New York City have been flat for years.

Buyers’ Strike? Amid Crazy Spiking Prices, Home Sales Sag for 3rd Month, Pent-Up Sellers Get Ready, New Listings & Inventories Rise

by Wolf Richter • May 21, 2021 • 324 Comments

This may be the most distorted and perverse housing market ever.

State of the American Debt Slaves: Fed “Confounded” as They Pay Down Credit Cards, Other High-Interest Debt, and HELOCs

by Wolf Richter • May 13, 2021 • 137 Comments

Forbearance Effect: Serious delinquencies of mortgages & student loans plunge to record lows because delinquent loans in forbearance don’t count as delinquent.

OK, California Housing Market: First-Ever Population Decline Meets Biggest Home Construction Boom since 2008

by Wolf Richter • May 9, 2021 • 233 Comments

The state lost 182,000 people in 2020, but added 100,000 homes, for 270,000 people. Los Angeles lost 52,000 people, added 18,000 homes. San Francisco lost 14,800 people, added 4,000 homes.

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