The Most Splendid Housing Bubbles in America: Holy Moly. June Update by Wolf Richter • Jun 29, 2021 • 488 Comments What we’re looking at: Raging House-Price Inflation.
Is this the Reversal of Exodus-Triggered Plunges & Spikes of Rents? Mmmm-maybe by Wolf Richter • Jun 24, 2021 • 113 Comments Price discovery in uncertain times.
Central Banks Did it, Won’t Admit it. Top OECD Housing Bubbles: #1 New Zealand, #2 Canada, #7 USA by Wolf Richter • Jun 24, 2021 • 165 Comments According to “Bubble Ranking” by Bloomberg Economics.
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.
