U.S. Housing Market To Get Uglier In Near Future
Sales decline to steepen; no respite in sight. The reasons for the housing market downturn are in the eye of the beholder, as we will […]
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NAHB Housing Market Index: ‘Builder Confidence Drops 4 Points Amid Concerns Over Housing Affordability’
By Jill Mislinski The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) Housing Market Index (HMI) is a gauge of builder opinion on the relative level of […]
Housing Keeps Getting Worse | Seeking Alpha
Just when you think that housing-related data can’t get any worse, the December report on homebuilder sentiment came in with a big stinker. After last […]
Falling Prices, Rising Incomes Boost New Home Affordability
The relative affordability of new homes being sold in the United States has improved in recent months, where rising mortgage rates, falling new home sale […]
Housing: Part 334 – Credit Supply And The Housing Bubble
Tyler Cowen links to a new paper Thursday, with this note: “Credit conditions really did matter for the housing bubble.” (HT: Tyler) I haven’t looked […]
Pending Home Sales Slip In October
By Jill Mislinski Thursday morning the National Association of Realtors released the October data for their Pending Home Sales Index. Here is an excerpt from […]
New Home Sales Tumble In October; Corporate Profits Hit A New Record
By Robert Hughes Sales of new single-family homes came in at 544,000, a drop of 8.9 percent, in October versus the 597,000 pace in September. […]
Ben Jones: The Housing Bubble Is Popping Right Now
As we’ve been tracking here at PeakProsperity.com, the housing market is starting to look quite ill. After the central bank-driven Grand Reflation following the Great […]
Mall Retailers Meltdown In 4 Charts
But e-commerce is piping hot Total retail sales growth – not adjusted for inflation – has been fairly strong, rising 4.6% in the third quarter […]