“House Price Inflation” in Canada by Wolf Richter • Oct 15, 2014 • 2 Comments Is the blindingly magnificent housing bubble in Canada running out of steam?
US Home Prices Are Rolling Over (in one Chart) by Wolf Richter • Oct 2, 2014 • 5 Comments Note how the show repeats itself every time.
Is Canada Next? Housing Bubble Threatens ‘Financial Stability’ by Wolf Richter • Oct 1, 2014 • 15 Comments Bank of Canada: it’s so vast and weighed down with so much debt that a “sharp correction in house prices” could take down the financial system.
Last Time this Happened, the Housing Market Crashed by Wolf Richter • Sep 25, 2014 • 9 Comments This chart shows how truly screwed up this housing market really is.
After Mucking up Housing Market, Investors Flee by Wolf Richter • Sep 23, 2014 • 3 Comments What’s left is a toxic mix: dropping sales, still rising prices, ballooning inventories.
Things Worse than Slow Growth Await the US Economy by Larry Kummer • Sep 18, 2014 • 11 Comments America might start a downturn from a position of weakness unique since WW2.
Real Estate Catch-22: Rising Rents Are Hurting Home Sales by Harry Dent • Sep 15, 2014 • 5 Comments This is what’s not happening in the housing market: young people buying homes — even though there are falling mortgage costs and rising rents.
California Home Sales Dive, Prices Hit Wall, Millennials Blamed by Wolf Richter • Sep 13, 2014 • 17 Comments The American Dream? Not for millennials.
How the Government Deceives us on Inflation, as Rents and Housing Costs Soar by Wolf Richter • Sep 12, 2014 • 9 Comments Rents and housing costs make up 30% of the Consumer Price Index. They’re its largest component. They’re soaring in real life. But not in the CPI.
Luxury Homes Are Hot, Rest of Housing Market Gets Hosed by Wolf Richter • Sep 11, 2014 • 4 Comments Sweet Spot: Homes above $15 million.