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“Gotcha headline with no supporting data” 🙄 Here’s Redfin’s “record rate” – a total of an entire 10 year study. Super. No doubt prices are coming off, but cmon man …. This is just lazy. pic.twitter.com/1oZkLd8EhG — Matt Carrell (@MatthewCarrell) April 28, 2026 Worst March numbers in 10 years. pic.twitter.com/AP94gn2OK8 — Travis Rothell (@TRothell62855) April …
A member of Iran’s delegation to talks with the US in Pakistan said the team felt seriously threatened while returning to Tehran, claiming their plane diverted to Mashhad before members traveled onward by train, car and bus. In an interview with Al-Mayadeen English, Mohammad Marandi said the talks ended abruptly after what he described as …
There’s malware lurking in shady smartphone apps and cheap off-brand household electronics. It has allowed operators of massive so-called botnet networks to use people’s home and wireless network access for dangerous hacking sprees and other criminal activity. So you probably want to know: Are you affected? I describe these “residential proxy networks” in the story …
More than 10,000 veterans lost their homes to foreclosure since May of last year, when the Trump administration shut down a key safety net in the VA home loan program, according to the latest industry data. That is the highest pace of foreclosures for VA loans in a decade. Another 90,000 vets are heading toward …
U.S. Alerts Goldman Sachs Paris After Iranian Group Threatens Terror Bombing https://t.co/IWPC2mksEg — zerohedge (@zerohedge) April 2, 2026 Five days after French authorities foiled a terror plot targeting Bank of America’s Paris headquarters, the threat environment facing U.S. financial institutions in the French capital appears to be worsening. New reporting from Le Parisien says Goldman Sachs’ Paris headquarters …
Access exclusive 12-month forecasts fory our ZIP code at https://www.reventure.app/mobile Zillow just downgraded their 2026 housing market forecast, cutting from 1.9% to 0.5% growth. And they are now forecasting values to drop in roughly 50% of major U.S. metros. Many sellers were not expecting this, as home values are still near record highs. However, the …
by confoundedinterest17 Nothing has been the same in the US housing market since the Covid outbreak of 2020. According to Redfin, there are nearly 50% more home sellers than buyers. And the number of homebuyers has fallen to historic lows. A good reason there are so few buyers is that home prices has soared after the …
by confoundedinterest17 Despite falling mortgage rates, analysts expected December’s drop in new home sales to accelerate in January… and accelerate they did… crashing a stunning 17.6% MoM (-2.7% MoM exp) – the biggest MoM drop since July 2013. This huge MoM drop dragged sales down 11.3% YoY – the worst slide in three years. Source: Bloomberg …
Something is breaking, and it is not isolated. It is spreading, layer by layer, system by system, market by market, and now governments are quietly telling people to change how they live. Start with the center of it all, the energy system. Iran just launched drone strikes on Kuwait’s largest refinery while Israel hit the …
by confoundedinterest17 What I like about the South. US pending home sales bounced modestly in February (up 1.8% MoM vs -0.6% MoM exp and -10.% MoM prior). Year-over-year home sales continue to decline (down 0.6% YoY). Source: Bloomberg Pending home sales in the South, the biggest home-selling region in the country, increased 2.7%. They rose …
Median family income in the US increased from $10,000 in 1971 to $106,000 today, a 10x increase. However, the median cost of homes increased from $25,000 to $445,000, a 17x increase. And the median cost of cars increased from $3,600 to $50,000, a 14x increase. The median cost of college increased from $2,900 a year …
Authored by Mike Shedlock via mishtalk, Home prices are still too unaffordable. Existing home sales have had no traction since declining to this level in October of 2022. Mortgage rates peaked at 7.62 percent in October 2023 over two years ago. The National Association or Realtors reports Existing-Home Sales Rise 1.7 Percent in February following a 5.9 …
by confoundedinterest17 People are staying in their homes longer now than in 2006. 12 years now versus 6.5 years in 2006. The average effective mortgage life is 5-7 years, 12 years in the same home makes housing policy more difficult to implement.
We’re just going to pretend this part was normal and “because covid” pic.twitter.com/jn6qHOrh10 — Jeff Rey (@Est1986) March 5, 2026 The all-important spring housing market is off and running, and while the pace isn’t expected to be strong, there are signs of optimism, at least among sellers. Some who gave up last year are jumping …
Home sellers are starting to panic now that real estate deals are collapsing at record levels. Buyers are cancelling contracts, mortgage rates and prices are coming down but its still not enough to get anyone motivated to buy.
"I'm done with this if you guys are doing that, I am done. You can hold me in contempt from now until the cows come home." WATCH: Hillary Clinton storms out of Epstein deposition after House lawmaker leaks photo from inside. byu/benhaswings inAskThe_Donald NEW – Hillary Clinton pounds the table and storms out of her …
by confoundedinterest17 The S&P Cotality Case-Shiller U.S. National Home Price NSA Index posted a 1.3% annual gain (YoY) for December 2025, down from a 1.4% rise in the previous month. Average hourly earnings now at 3.73% YoY, higher than home price growth. Home price growth exploded following The Federal governments’ Covid-related spending splurge. Geographic divergence widened …
he FBI is serving search warrants at the Los Angeles Unified School District’s headquarters and the superintendent’s home. Read the latest at https://abc7.com/post/fbi-serves-search-warrants-lausd-headquarters-superintendent-alberto-carvalhos-home/18649728/
🚨 WARNING: THE SYSTEM IS COLLAPSING IN REAL TIME!! Pending Home Sales just fell to the LOWEST LEVEL ever recorded. That means demand for homes is now weaker than it was in 2008. And if you think housing has no impact on other markets YOU ARE WRONG! Housing is one of the… pic.twitter.com/o8fMhr6m0d — Wimar.X …
🚨 THIS NUMBER SHOULD NOT EXIST The U.S. housing market just reached the most unaffordable point EVER. Worse than 2008. And almost nobody is paying attention. The median U.S. home now costs $415,000. Five years ago? $270,000. That’s a 54% price increase. Wages over the… pic.twitter.com/Y278wSTc61 — Alex Mason 👁△ (@AlexMasonCrypto) February 23, 2026 It’s …
China’s 2008 moment is happening: New home prices in 70 Chinese cities fell -0.4% MoM in January. Year-over-year, prices fell -3.1% byu/RobertBartus inEconomyCharts Factcheck: The claim is accurate based on official data from China’s National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), released in mid-February 2026 covering January 2026 figures for new home prices across 70 major cities. …
This is why… 2005 Median Salary: $44,3262005 Median Home Price: $220,000 2025 Median Salary: $56,2922025: Median Home Price: $420,000 Salaries grew just 27% while home prices grew by over 90%!!! WTF is going on?? https://t.co/o0AmBCMSEA — Just a Dude Who Invests (@DudeWhoInvests) February 16, 2026 U.S HOUSING STARTS (JAN) ACTUAL: 238.0K VS K 282.4K PREVIOUS; …
"Three detained" during a major SWAT raid on a property roughly two miles from missing Nancy Guthrie's home, reports Daily Mail Online.#NancyGuthrieKidnapping #Tucson #SWAT #FBI #BreakingNews #crimeinvestigation pic.twitter.com/RCi5FxyrzT — Aamir Malik (@Marmulakk512) February 14, 2026 Three individuals have been detained during a SWAT operation just 1.9 miles from Nancy Guthrie’s Tucson, Arizona home, according to …
JUST IN: US home sales fell -8.4% in January, the largest monthly decline since Feb 2022. — Hedgeye (@Hedgeye) February 12, 2026 Realtors have sounded the alarm over a potential “new housing crisis” after home sales fell by over 8 percent in January, the biggest monthly drop since 2022. “Improving affordability should have brought more …
A very revealing moment in Parliament today. The Home Secretary told me that the rape gang scandal ‘was’ one of the darkest moments in our history. No, Shabana. It still is. It is happening now. Today. All over Britain. The country needs to understand that. — Rupert Lowe MP (@RupertLowe10) February 9, 2026 Nobody gives …
by confoundedinterest17 Yikes! The ratio of US Home Prices to US Median Household Income is now higher than the ratio during the catestrophic housing bubble during the latter half of the 2000s. Here is a chart of home prices and median household incone, The labor market is truly screwed-up. The December jobs report reveals that …
Return to office hit hard in 2025, and now women are leaving their jobs to stay home with their kids. Labor force participation for women aged 25–44 with children under age five fell by the steepest decline in over four decades!!!! pic.twitter.com/Y7HI1VwOvz — Amy Nixon (@texasrunnerDFW) February 7, 2026 And for those curious, 60% of …
Maryland man facing attempted murder charges after showing up at OMB Director Russell Vought’s home A Maryland man who said he feared that President Trump’s reelection would lead to a “fascist takeover” is facing attempted murder charges, after he showed up at Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought’s Northern Virginia home, wearing a …
LA woman scammed out of $81K and condo by fake celebrity impersonator, daughter says Vivian Ruvalcaba described how her mother was targeted by scammers using artificial intelligence, in an interview on Kurt “CyberGuy” Knutsson’s “Beyond Connected” podcast. A woman named Abigail believed she was in a romantic relationship with a famous actor. The messages felt …
Los Angeles County alone produces about 18% of the entire country’s home health care billing, has nearly 2,000 hospice agencies, and somehow beats more than 36 states combined while Florida and New York barely register by comparison. One doctor billed $120 million in a single year while claiming to oversee 1,900 patients, which is physically …