How Chinese Investors Inflate Housing Markets in the US, Canada, and Australia, as Governments Try to Stem the Tide by Wolf Richter • Jun 7, 2018 • 139 Comments The “waterbed effect” of money flows.
Update on the Splendid Rental Bubbles & Crashes in the US by Wolf Richter • Jun 1, 2018 • 63 Comments Chicago’s rents in free-fall, Washington DC’s suddenly plunge, New York’s fall to third place. But rents soar in Southern California and other parts. Bay Area and Seattle “mixed.”
High Home Prices, Rising Mortgage Rates, Wall Street’s Resurging Buy-to-Rent Scheme Hit Pending Home Sales by Wolf Richter • May 31, 2018 • 53 Comments The trend is becoming clear.
Update on the Most Splendid Housing Bubbles in America by Wolf Richter • May 29, 2018 • 114 Comments Some beautiful spikes too.
What Will Surging Mortgage Rates Do to Housing Bubble 2? by Wolf Richter • May 23, 2018 • 93 Comments The impact on home buyers, and the market, in dollars and cents.
Where the Debt Slaves Are the Most Vulnerable by Wolf Richter • May 22, 2018 • 103 Comments I’m shedding a different light on consumer debt.
Graphic Details of the Crazy Housing Bubble in San Francisco, According to Zillow by Wolf Richter • May 20, 2018 • 130 Comments Plenty of homes for sale, at ludicrous prices for what you get. But asking prices are now getting “reduced.”
Will the New Fed Get Rid of All its Mortgage-Backed Securities? That Seems to be the Plan by Wolf Richter • May 16, 2018 • 53 Comments The Fed shouldn’t be getting into “allocating credit.”
How People Turn into “Debt Slaves?” by Wolf Richter • May 12, 2018 • 29 Comments The Price of Easy Money, Low Interest Rates, and Debt Bubbles: Wolf Richter with Jim Goddard on This Week in Money.
Wow that’s Fast: Mortgage Rates Jump to 2011 Levels by Wolf Richter • May 2, 2018 • 104 Comments What will Housing Bubble 2 do when mortgage rates hit 6%?