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The housing market is running out of buyers: There were an estimated 46.3% more home sellers than buyers in February 2026, the biggest difference since Redfin data began in 2013. This gap has widened sharply from 29.8% a year ago, marking the strongest market for buyers in over a decade. …
Germany is proposing rules that would let cities block property purchases linked to anti constitutional groups using intelligence input, which gives the state more control over who can buy real estate and raises concerns about how the rule could be applied. New law being proposed in Germany Now in addition …
The housing market is on the verge of total collapse. Existing home sales absolutely CRATER to below pace below 4 million homes sold annually. One of the lowest per capita prints in US history. Total housing inventory, up 3.0% from February and 2.3% from March 2025. 4.1-month… pic.twitter.com/kwx00GmQeD — Darth …
The top 20% of Americans now own the majority of US real estate: The top 1% of US earners hold a record $6.1 trillion in real estate, followed by the next 19% who hold $21.0 trillion, an all-time high. This means the top 20% own a combined $27.1 trillion, or …
By Brandon Smith Perhaps the most common economic commentary circulating today is the fear that the average American family has been priced out of the housing market for the rest of their lives. Gen Z and even Gen Alpha teens are already planning for a future in which buying a …
Blue Owl restricting withdrawals in private credit funds tied to AI and software borrowers is not an isolated hiccup, it is liquidity behavior showing up when assets stop feeling liquid, and that is already documented in market reporting. At the same time hyperscalers are projecting roughly $175B in bond issuance …
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 …
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 …
More homes are for sale. Prices are down. But nobody’s buying. Because the Fed trapped 40 million mortgages in cheap Covid rates so selling would double their payment. Jerome Powell should have cut rates years ago. Instead, he’s letting them rise, which will make the housing… https://t.co/dfgJVAxegv — Wall Street …
Wow, the housing market is still completely paralyzed. pic.twitter.com/eeBZoBKp74 — Michael Bento (@MichaelPBento) March 19, 2026 There goes housing: New Home Sales 587K, Exp. 722K, down 17.6% — zerohedge (@zerohedge) March 19, 2026 Those housing numbers are brutal. Buying a house right now is certifiably insane. — Nicholas J. Stelzner …
Nearly four in ten Americans believe we are living in the end times, according to the Pew Research Center. Among historically Black Protestants and evangelicals, the belief climbs to 76 percent and 63 percent respectively. These numbers reflect widespread anxiety grounded in economic and social stress. Mortgage demand is collapsing. …
Authored by Mike Shedlock via mishtalk, The Road to Housing Act by Senators Scott (R) and Warren (D) is seriously bad policy. 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act Please note the Senate Passes Bipartisan Housing Bill Targeting Large Investors The Senate has passed the largest housing bill in decades — bipartisan …
REPORT: Multiple senior Trump administration officials are quietly moving into fortified military housing around Washington, D.C., and the timing is raising serious questions. The shift comes as geopolitical tensions rise and speculation grows that the U.S. government may be… pic.twitter.com/vzKswXEGC5 — The Vigilant Fox 🦊 (@VigilantFox) March 11, 2026 🚨Update: …
by Martin Armstrong Canada’s housing market has become one of the most expensive in the developed world, and the affordability crisis continues to worsen despite rising interest rates. Mortgage payments as a share of household income are now near record levels, leaving many first-time buyers completely priced out of the market …
1) Interestingly, I toured this site last weekend when I was filming for my YouTube Channel. There are dozens of homes recently completed, sitting empty. Some with sold signs, others listed as available. pic.twitter.com/UFouMvST6H — Nick Gerli (@nickgerli1) February 20, 2026 3) Here's what the community looks like visually. pic.twitter.com/glrDPxuXYu …
Blackstone allegedly loses over $600m on a single housing portfolio Here's one property pic.twitter.com/EaJ7DxjE0u — Darth Powell (@VladTheInflator) February 18, 2026 Per Grok: Blackstone bought ~90 senior housing properties (9K units) for $1.8B in 2016-17, planning to upgrade and resell. Pandemic reduced demand, high interest rates hit their $1.2B debt, …
The housing affordability crisis is forcing homebuilders to do something they’ve almost never done: slash prices on new homes more aggressively than homeowners are for their homes on the market. This is a first for the housing market in recent history, according to a Realtor.com report released Thursday. “The current housing market …
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 …
job loss will crack the housing market. https://t.co/b0OtcMuF5Z — Jon Brooks (@jonbrooks) February 5, 2026 January 2026 home sales collapse -7.2% YoY in early reporting markets pic.twitter.com/iksDQ8LWYs — Darth Powell (@VladTheInflator) February 6, 2026
by confoundedinterest17 Home prices exploded under Biden and Covid Federal spending. Making housing unaffordable for millions. Now the turnover rates for homes is at its lowesst rate in decades. Existing homes are now more expensive than new homes. Florida housing is getting gut-punched from Naples to Punta Gorda. Yikes! Median …
Affordability is a hoax again? Donald Trump: “I don’t want to drive housing prices down. I want to drive housing prices up.” pic.twitter.com/0fvKLzvoQq — Spencer Hakimian (@SpencerHakimian) January 29, 2026 The clip is a snippet from President Trump’s remarks on Jan. 27, 2026, discussing housing affordability. Full context: He’s emphasizing …
Florida, Texas and California are now firmly at the center of America’s housing crash – accounting for 12 of the 14 major metro areas where home prices are falling. The sharpest drop was recorded in Dallas, TX, where median sale prices slid 7.6 percent from a year earlier. Florida’s once-red-hot …
"Rent is throwing money away!" Meanwhile she pays $5,155 a month for a mortgage and $3,241 of it VANISHES into interest and taxes.pic.twitter.com/NZq2A4SX1P — Darth Powell (@VladTheInflator) January 23, 2026 There is no such thing as home price appreciation outside of inflation. Its a wealth transfer from young to old …
There’s a correlation to the size of the homes. On avg they’re also getting smaller. h/t RobertBartus
Banks seize 367,000 homes as housing pain spreads across US… and it is about to get much worse https://t.co/YWpfrzWOTz — Daily Mail US (@Daily_MailUS) January 15, 2026 The past year was difficult for homeowners — but experts warn that 2026 could be even more challenging. Foreclosures — when a bank …
via notayesmanseconomics It is time to look East again as there is a lot of economic news from China. We can start with something that has become awfully familiar as we have observed the bursting of the property market bubble. China Vanke Co. is preparing a debt restructuring plan at …
It's plausible deniability through pretend stupidity. There's no way someone that smart about money didn't know that the covid bank bailout was going to cause rampant inflation. pic.twitter.com/ObOqknbTns — Ilgephelfis 🐸🤡👽🎻🎶 (@ilgephelfis) January 12, 2026 That Powell is forced to defend himself and the Fed from Trumpian intervention in this …
The $16 billion company is pushing more into the transaction side of the real estate industry, which Jeremy Wacksman calls ‘a better business to be in.’ On his Zillow account, Jeremy Wacksman has “favorited” every home he’s ever lived in, just to keep tabs. Among them: a two-story, 2,500-square-foot house …
by confoundedinterest17 Politicians love to scream about housing being simply unaffordable. Like mayor-elected Mandami in New York City. But the reality is that housing prices vary by city and there are more affordable cities than New York City to choose from. Federal policies should not be focused on letting people staying a …
Miami leads the nation in home de-listings, that is number of sellers who realize the housing situation is bad and getting worse, therefore simply pull their property off the market. De-listings nationally have soared this year, led by Miami and Florida. It wasn’t supposed to be like this. Sellers came …