Housing Bubble Getting Ready to Pop: Mortgage Applications to Purchase a Home Drop to Lockdown Lows, “Bad Time to Buy” Hits Record amid Sky-High Prices, Spiking Mortgage Rates by Wolf Richter • Jun 8, 2022 • 305 Comments Refinance mortgage applications collapsed to lowest since year 2000.
THE WOLF STREET REPORT: Dotcom Bust 2, New & Improved by Wolf Richter • Jun 5, 2022 • 174 Comments But we’ve had it so good for so long. And it was so easy, and it made everyone look like a genius.
These Jobs Reports Are Not Good for Stocks by Wolf Richter • Jun 3, 2022 • 160 Comments And the Fed can see the budding Wage-Price Spiral too.
Suddenly Here Comes the Inventory: Homes Listed for Sale Jump amid Price Reductions and Sagging Sales by Wolf Richter • Jun 2, 2022 • 227 Comments The shadow inventory emerges with perfect timing, just as holy-moly mortgage rates and sky-high prices keep buyers away.
Tech Bust Takes Next Step: Layoffs & Hiring Freezes by Wolf Richter • Jun 2, 2022 • 127 Comments Dotcom Bust 2 has begun. Only bigger. (Transcript from the podcast).
THE WOLF STREET REPORT: Tech Bust Takes Next Step: Layoffs & Hiring Freezes by Wolf Richter • May 29, 2022 • 179 Comments Dotcom Bust 2 has begun. Only bigger.
US Natural Gas Futures Spiked to Highest since 2008, Tripled in a Year: Why We Kissed that Dirt-Cheap Natural Gas Goodbye by Wolf Richter • May 25, 2022 • 151 Comments The boom in natural gas exports creates massive demand on US production and connects US prices to the rest of the world.
Average Age of Cars & Trucks in Operation Rises to Record, as New Vehicle Sales & Miles Driven Plunged by Wolf Richter • May 23, 2022 • 79 Comments Scrappage rate dropped to lowest in two decades, as used vehicle prices spiked the most ever.
Americans Are in a Sour Mood, But it Didn’t Dampen their Spending: Splurging at Retailers, Especially Some Retailers by Wolf Richter • May 17, 2022 • 191 Comments Retail Therapy at Bars & Restaurants, Cannabis Stores, and Ecommerce? Other retailers not so lucky.
My List of 23 Major US Office Markets, by Vacancy Rates Ranging from Abysmal to Just Terrible by Wolf Richter • May 16, 2022 • 111 Comments Commercial Real Estate hit by construction boom, oil bust, pandemic, working from home, now hiring freezes and layoffs. Older office towers dish out huge losses.
