Housing

Residential Construction Gains Steam, Single-Family Starts Jump, Highest since Spring 2022, Multi-Family Rises from Ashes

by Wolf Richter • Dec 19, 2023 • 88 Comments

Homebuilders and developers adjusted to new reality of higher rates, growth back on track, for single-family since February, for multifamily since August.

Most Splendid Housing Bubbles in America, Nov. Update: From 2022 Highs, San Francisco -11%, Seattle -10%, Las Vegas -6%, Phoenix -6%, Portland -5%, Denver -5%, Dallas -5%, San Diego…

by Wolf Richter • Nov 28, 2023 • 224 Comments

20-City index below 2022 high, 9 metros below 2022 highs, 10 metros set new highs. The unsavory “National” index cocktail in the headlines gets shredded.

Prices of New Houses Drop Further, -18% Year-over-Year, Sales Drop, High Inventories Rise Further, Supply Jumps

by Wolf Richter • Nov 27, 2023 • 225 Comments

Mortgage-rate buydowns, “smaller product footprints,” and “de-amenitizing” to bring down payments: D.R. Horton.

Home Sales Collapse, Prices Drop Further, Supply Jumps. People Are Finally on Buyers’ Strike

by Wolf Richter • Nov 21, 2023 • 156 Comments

Supply is coming back, demand is not. Prices are still way too high.

Surging “Mortgage Demand” and “Declining Spending,” Really? Let’s Have a Look at Reality

by Wolf Richter • Nov 15, 2023 • 88 Comments

Home buyers “seize a dip in rates” and rush into the housing market, LOL?

Mortgage & HELOC Balances, Delinquencies, Foreclosures: How Are our Drunken Sailors Holding Up?

by Wolf Richter • Nov 7, 2023 • 101 Comments

Where’s the hangover from the party?

The Most Splendid Housing Bubbles in America, October Update: 10 of the 20 Metros Down from their Peaks Last Year, 6 Metros Set New Highs

by Wolf Richter • Oct 31, 2023 • 207 Comments

From 2022 peaks: San Francisco -11%, Seattle -10%, Las Vegas -6%, Phoenix -6%, Portland -5%, then Denver, Dallas, San Diego, Los Angeles, Tampa.

Prices of New Houses -15% from Peak on High Inventories. Sales Held Up with Lower Prices & Massive Mortgage-Rate Buydowns

by Wolf Richter • Oct 25, 2023 • 153 Comments

What homebuilder PulteGroup said about mortgage-rate buydowns. Homebuilders have figured out this market, homeowners have not.

Home Prices Fall Further. Peak was June 2022. Demand Crashes, Price Cuts Jump, Supply & Days on Market Rise

by Wolf Richter • Oct 19, 2023 • 228 Comments

NAR, the Realtor lobbying group, demands its easy-money heroin back that the Fed has confiscated.

30-Year Treasury Yield Spikes past 5%, 30-year mortgage rates hit 8%, Mortgage Applications Plunge

by Wolf Richter • Oct 18, 2023 • 231 Comments

Bond Bloodbath, Housing Market in Deep-Freeze, as delusions fade.

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