Buyers Strike: Pending Home Sales Drop Further, Plunge in Midwest, Near Record Lows in All Regions, as Supply Balloons by Wolf Richter • Aug 28, 2025 • 90 Comments And to top it off: cancellations of pending sales rose to a record rate in July.
Manufacturing of Durable Goods on Rebound in the US by Wolf Richter • Aug 26, 2025 • 48 Comments Boeing & jet engine makers are part of it. And the other part is the rest of manufacturing.
New Single-Family Home Prices Drop Further as Inventory Glut Grows. In the South, Inventory for Sale Hits New Record by Wolf Richter • Aug 25, 2025 • 94 Comments Homebuilder Lennar’s average selling price has dropped by 19.5% from the peak three years ago.
The 12 Bigger Cities with the Biggest Price Declines of Single-Family Homes (-10% to -23%) through July by Wolf Richter • Aug 23, 2025 • 47 Comments Oakland, Austin, New Orleans, Cape Coral, San Francisco, Birmingham, Washington DC, Fort Myers, Denver, Portland, Phoenix, and Sarasota.
Condo Prices Already Dropped by 12%-26% in 21 Bigger Cities through July. Condo Bust Takes Shape by Wolf Richter • Aug 20, 2025 • 94 Comments Oakland, Austin, San Francisco, Denver, Tampa, Seattle, New York City, Saint Petersburg, Fort Myers, Sarasota, Boise, Jacksonville, Detroit, New Orleans, Portland, Arlington, Naples, Mesa, Aurora, Reno, Scottsdale.
Credit Card Delinquencies, Balances, Burden, Credit Limits, and Collections in Q2 2025 by Wolf Richter • Aug 19, 2025 • 30 Comments Our Drunken Sailors and their Credit Cards.
Core Services PPI Explodes, Worst since March 2020, Causes Overall PPI and Core PPI to Explode by Wolf Richter • Aug 14, 2025 • 223 Comments Food prices also spiked. Energy prices surged due to diesel, jet fuel, and industrial electric power. Ugly all around.
Serious Delinquency Rates for Subprime & Prime Auto Loans, their Balances, and their Burden: Our Drunken Sailors in Q2 by Wolf Richter • Aug 11, 2025 • 34 Comments Subprime is, as always, in trouble, which is why it’s subprime – high-risk-high-profit auto sales & lending that can entail steep losses.
Here Come the HELOCs: Mortgages, Housing-Debt-to-Income-Ratio, Serious Delinquencies, and Foreclosures in Q2 2025 by Wolf Richter • Aug 6, 2025 • 50 Comments Taxpayers and investors are mostly on the hook this time, not banks.
Construction Spending on Data Centers, Office Buildings, and Electric Power Installations by Wolf Richter • Aug 4, 2025 • 87 Comments Boom, bust, and the adults in the room.
