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by confoundedinterest17 So much for The Federal Reserve raising rates until it gets inflation to 2%. Yesterday, the left their target rate unchanged. But yesterday, The Fed released their dot project showing their target rate is expected to decline in 2024 and beyond. On the housing front, existing-home sales moved …
The monthly mortgage payment based on a median existing home is now at a record $2,322/month. This is double the $1,200 peak seen in 2008. Keep in mind, $2,322/month does not include taxes, insurance or any other costs associated with buying a home. If you add in taxes and insurance, …
Meanwhile, PPI for construction materials is up 11% YoY over the last three years, potentially putting more pressure on homebuyers as the demand for new homes continues to increase. https://t.co/rfFs5LNsry — David Sommers (@dgsommersmkts) August 23, 2023 Mortgage rates reached +14.75% in 1979. And then this happened đź‘€ pic.twitter.com/0ykTQHvNrE — …
by confoundedinterest17 Bidenomics should be called Sovietnomics. Meaning the same type of command-driven economy that helped demolish the old Soviet Union instead of a western-style demand-driven economy. Biden’s reliance on “goin’ green” has been bad for the middle class (but a boon for the wealthy donor class like Tom Steyer, …
Sales of previously owned homes dropped 2.2% in July from June to a seasonally adjusted, annualized rate of 4.07 million units, according to the National Association of Realtors. Sales were 16.6% lower compared with July of last year. Homes sold at the slowest July pace since 2010. This count is …
by confoundedinterest17 Wasting away again with Bidenomics. US existing home sales crashed by -19% in June, the 23rd consecutive month of declines. At least the median price of existing home sales is decreasing as Fed stimultypto vanishes. Just like inventory for sale has vanished. The face of Bidenomics, code for …
by confoundedinterest17 Like a bad good news, bad news joke, the good news is that US existing home sales ROSE 0.2% in May. The bad news? Existing home sales are DOWN -23.16% on a year-over-year basis. And the median price of existing home sales fell -3.44% YoY as inventory for …