A Peculiar Phenomenon in the Rental Market Gets a Lot More Peculiar by Wolf Richter • Feb 28, 2018 • 34 Comments Besides that, rents are in free-fall in Chicago, decline in Seattle, plunge here, soar there, city by city.
I Didn’t Think it Would Go This Fast: Mortgage Rates Blamed for 3-Year Low in Pending Home Sales by Wolf Richter • Feb 28, 2018 • 68 Comments But it just started. Could it be the new tax law and sky-high home prices?
Update on the Splendid Housing Bubbles in US Cities by Wolf Richter • Feb 27, 2018 • 66 Comments A story of spikes and new flat spots.
What will Spiking Mortgage Rates, High Home Prices, & the New Tax Law Do to the Housing Market? by Wolf Richter • Feb 21, 2018 • 128 Comments Surging home prices have primed the housing market for this.
Four Rate Hikes in 2018 as US National Debt Will Spike by Wolf Richter • Feb 12, 2018 • 112 Comments Chorus gets louder. But no one will be ready for those mortgage rates.
Double-Digit Drama on the Ground for Renters by Wolf Richter • Jan 31, 2018 • 48 Comments Rents are on the move, but not in the same direction.
The US Cities with the Most Magnificent Housing Bubbles by Wolf Richter • Jan 30, 2018 • 42 Comments But some flat spots are showing up!
Um, Is the US Treasury “Yield Curve” Steepening or Flattening? by Wolf Richter • Jan 29, 2018 • 51 Comments And how would the housing market digest these kinds of mortgage rates?
End of the 9-Year Rental Housing Boom? by Wolf Richter • Jan 26, 2018 • 62 Comments Since the Financial Crisis, the number of renters surged at a blistering pace, and renters became a majority in 42 cities, but the trend has now reversed.
Fannie Mae, the Goldman Goose that Keeps on Laying Eggs by Contributor • Jan 26, 2018 • 31 Comments Why is Fannie Mae Offering Goldman Sachs et al. Such Fat Margins on Defaulted Mortgages?