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Too Hot, Too Cold or Just “Tight”

Housing Wire

This article is part of our Housing 2022-23 forecast series. It is of little surprise to housing market prognosticators and participants alike that the biggest housing trend in 2022 was the market’s response to the record-breaking increase in mortgage rates, as the Federal Reserve tightened monetary policy to tame inflation.

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A housing boom doesn’t portend a bust

Housing Wire

This article is part of our housing market economic update series. A housing bubble can generally be defined as an unsustainable period of house price growth generated by artificial demand, as was the case in the mid-2000s when demand surged because of wider access to mortgage financing.

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Will Omicron variant stop first Fed rate hike?

Housing Wire

During this Thanksgiving week, we went from higher yields and the first Fed rate hike storyline to a big drop in bond yields and scary headlines on a new COVID variant, Omicron. In this type of economic environment is it even possible for mortgage rates to get to 4% and can the Federal Reserve really hike rates in an aggressive fashion?

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Pending home sales shock 2021 housing crash bears

Housing Wire

This is a big reason why I always have my two staple sayings. Who is crazy enough to write an American economic recovery model on April 7, 2020, and try to explain to people why housing isn’t going to crash due to demographics, good credit profiles and low mortgage rates? Whatever the future brings for the U.S.

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Is the Dallas Fed right to label this a housing bubble?

Housing Wire

The Dallas Fed on Thursday published an article titled: Real-Time Market Monitoring Finds Signs Of a Brewing U.S. I’m going to take their talking points and explain in detail why this isn’t the housing bubble of 2002-2005. “ This is why I like to show the MBA mortgage purchase application chart. Housing Bubble.

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Winter Will Bring a Flurry of Activity to the Housing Market

Keeping Current Matters

In the second half of this year, the housing market surged with activity. Here’s why. While today’s historically low mortgage rates are expected to remain low, they won’t be this low for much longer. This could be the last chance for homebuyers to secure such low rates, and they’re ready to take action.

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5 High Risk Housing Markets Facing Crash: Skip These Markets

Marco Santarelli

This article dives into the latest data from CoreLogic's Market Risk Indicator (MRI) to explore the top five U.S. Why the Slowdown? Affordability Concerns: Nationally, rising mortgage rates and overall housing costs are putting a strain on affordability. However, a closer look reveals a trend shift. housing market.