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Will the housing inventory crisis end this year?

Housing Wire

We don’t want to see the fall and winter fade to fresh new all-time lows in 2023. Do you foresee a flight to safety in short-term yields? Thus nullifying any mortgage yield declines? Logan Mohtashami: The 10-year yield is at 1.92% right now, it’s staying very firm, even with all the drama in the markets.

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Higher Rates Lead to Healthier Housing Market? How?

Notorious ROB

I spent the last month or so trying to understand the view that higher interest rates, leading to higher mortgage rates, will tame the crazy housing market. And this article from yesterday titled “ With home sales down, why are home prices still up? This is a public call for help. I’m not ashamed to admit it.

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Four Horsemen of the Housing Apocalypse, Part 3: On a Black Horse – Recession

Notorious ROB

But, thanks to rising inflation that no amount of book-cooking can cover up, the Fed has been forced to “take action” by which we mean raise rates a tiny bit, then jawbone a whole lot about how tough they’re going to be on inflation. In part 1 , we covered legal and regulatory challenges to the real estate industry.