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Authored by Charles Hugh-Smith via oftwominds, Corporate / private equity / STVR investors are all fair-weather owners of housing. Let’s indulge in some basic logic: 1. All credit-asset bubbles burst. 2. U.S. housing is a credit-asset bubble. 3. The U.S. housing bubble will burst. The only variables are how and …
Woman refused to work for 18 years so she could get her Section 8 Housing Voucher to pay for her home It was a new build home and now she owns it, paid for by taxpayers “I work with Section 8 — This girl who is a nurse who has …
lmfao pic.twitter.com/6anSLWhWlF — Darth Powell (@VladTheInflator) June 19, 2025 According to the national Association of home builders NAHB home builders are slashing prices on new homes at the highest rate since they have been keeping track. At the same time, the home builder confidence index levels continue to sink to …
Slow moving housing cycle – but direction is clear and cyclical – RE cycles are long & slow esp when Fed refused to tighten further. — Don Johnson (@DonMiami3) June 18, 2025 Fascinating read about the growing housing bust in the Sunbelt cities. Inventory is flooding the market and there …
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The typical U.S. homebuyer puts 15% down, essentially unchanged from 15.1% last year. FHA and VA loans are becoming more common as the housing market tilts toward buyers. Just over 15% of mortgaged homebuyers use an FHA loan, and just over 7% use a VA loan, up from last year. …
The numbers are no longer whispering. They’re screaming. The gap between what homes cost and what Americans earn has never been wider. Not in 2008. Not in 1980. Not even during the COVID frenzy. This is new territory. And it’s cracking. The median home price in the U.S. now sits …
The tide has turned. After years of sellers calling the shots, the housing market has finally shifted. Berkshire Hathaway Home Services isn’t whispering it. They’re spelling it out. The market now belongs to the buyers. This isn’t a theory or a forecast. It’s already happening. Inventory has ballooned past 500,000 …
Picture 2008 again. The fear on screens. The system breaking. Now pause. The difference today is quieter and darker. The collapse arrives in data points, not alarms. Start with labor. The working‑age population between 25 and 54 is now shrinking in absolute terms. That means fewer workers, fewer new households, …
Mortgage rates haven’t just drifted higher, they’ve exploded. The average 30-year mortgage rate more than doubled since 2020, hovering near 7.25% today. But this didn’t happen in a vacuum. It’s the domino effect of one number: the 10-year U.S. Treasury yield. Here’s why 👇 — StockMarket.News (@_Investinq) June 9, 2025 …
The U.S. housing market is shifting, and investors are pulling out fast. A new report reveals that real estate investor purchases have plummeted 50% from their pandemic peak, with some metro areas seeing even sharper declines. In Atlanta, investor buying has dropped 65%, signaling a major retreat from the market. …
New home prices are fairing much worse when measured by Fed rate cycles than they were during the 2004-2009 Fed rate timeline. New Memo in comments. pic.twitter.com/Za3K6Q7dys — Mr.Awsumb (@MrAwsumb) June 7, 2025 “Housing IS the business cycle” – Edward E. Leamer pic.twitter.com/ADAw5zYC5S — Kalani o Māui (@MauiBoyMacro) June 7, …
1) This was the highest active listing count for May since 2019, according to https://t.co/T5AunQYjfL data. This is important because it signals that sellers are now facing stiff competition to sell their homes. A marked reversal from the pandemic boom, and a signal that gains… — Nick Gerli (@nickgerli1) June …
0:00 Gen Z and Millenials Going Back to Renting 9:08 Shocking new Redfin Data 16:19 First time homebuyers feeling more optimistic 19:50 People are borrowing more than ever against their homes Sometimes the only way people learn things is the hard way. In this case when it comes to homeownership, …
Wait…..do some people not know this is a bigger worse bubble than 2008? Really? https://t.co/n0BoMr4VK8 — Darth Powell (@VladTheInflator) June 2, 2025 BREAKING 🚨: U.S. Housing Market Home Sellers are now sitting on $700 Billion worth of inventory, the largest amount ever recorded 👀 pic.twitter.com/CSW9jrLjK0 — Barchart (@Barchart) June 2, …
LMFAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!! NAR: What’s Next for the 2025 Housing Market? November 11, 2024 https://t.co/3yI4Z3dBvl pic.twitter.com/Qnvqy0VFeT — Darth Powell (@VladTheInflator) June 2, 2025 30-Year Real Rate jumps to 2.8%, the highest level since the Global Financial Crisis 🚨🚨 pic.twitter.com/HJI1TCHrsN — Barchart (@Barchart) June 2, 2025
Housing Vacancy has increased 28% since the second quarter of 2022. Despite the claims regarding shortages. Now at 8.2% combined vacancy rate and no sign of slowing. pic.twitter.com/G7vaInermG — Mr.Awsumb (@MrAwsumb) May 29, 2025 https://t.co/Fc03RBIPF7 pic.twitter.com/gQGpYEv08k — Michael Burry Stock Tracker ♟ (@burrytracker) May 29, 2025 The U.S. housing market …
Trump just admitted the housing market can't survive without taxpayer welfare and socialism – with all losses borne by taxpayers. When did it become FedGov's job to make housing even more unaffordable for legitimate homebuyers? byu/Boo_Randy_II inWallstreetsilver 🚨 *TRUMP SAYS HE'S 'WORKING' ON TAKING FANNIE, FREDDIE PUBLIC This is going …
"We see a housing crisis coming next." "Home prices need to come down." pic.twitter.com/zHXHKIF8lm — Darth Powell (@VladTheInflator) May 27, 2025 We have the biggest gap ever between Home Prices and Mortgage Rates in 2025. Prices are 90% above the 130-year average. Meanwhile, Mortgage Rates are right around the long-term …
Right now, America is facing what might be its most severe housing crisis since the Great Depression. Home sales have plummeted to their lowest levels in over a decade. Young people are being priced out entirely. Construction sites sit stalled across the nation. The housing market, which has been the …
The housing market is showing clear signs of financial strain, particularly among first-time buyers who are facing mounting difficulties keeping up with mortgage and debt payments. The numbers point to deeper issues in affordability and financial sustainability, raising concerns about whether the current trajectory is setting up for broader instability. …
by Michael America’s housing market has been in a “deep freeze” for more than a year. The combination of very high interest rates and very high home prices has frozen millions of potential buyers out of the market. As a result, home sales have fallen to extremely depressed levels. When I …
-Building Permits Dropped 4.7% (April to May)Building permits are a leading indicator of future construction. A 4.7% decline suggests homebuilders are pulling back due to weak demand, rising financing costs, or economic uncertainty. This is the sharpest drop in months and hints that builders are less confident about near-term sales. …
The manipulation of the housing market has caused gigantic irreparable harm on an entire generation. The smart were made to look d*mb, the lazy made to look successful, the gamblers bailed out of their addiction. People idolized what should have been failure. During COVID a relative bought a condo from …
Inventories of unsold new homes are surging. 👇🏼 pic.twitter.com/AwjX2ZL4RU — Kalani o Māui (@MauiBoyMacro) May 16, 2025 Student loan repayment fully resuming is a headwind for the housing market. Rental, more than sales. The scale of the impact is staggering. Student loan forbearance gave 40 million Americans ~$500/month for 5 …
ICE just raided the largest mass planned housing development in America and questioned over 300 people, making 33 arrests while dozens apparently fled the scene in panic. Activists say illegal immigrants represent a major backbone of the US labor market, but proponents of these raids say unemployed Americans might now …
1) What's extremely interesting is that home prices, for a very long time, simply tracked the rate of inflation. More specifically, from 1890 to 1990, over 100 years, inflation-adjusted prices never went more than 15% above their long-term trend line. — Nick Gerli (@nickgerli1) May 15, 2025 3) And it …
https://twitter.com/rev_cap/status/1922734542676185216 Everyone lowers their expectations to just get into the ponzi scheme then the rug gets pulled. Then you're left with a house you don't want that's underwater pic.twitter.com/ZE4rH7vEYU — Darth Powell (@VladTheInflator) May 14, 2025
The trends in housing are not good in 2025. Rates are high, inventories are rising, and people are getting foreclosed on. California inventories are up 40%. pic.twitter.com/qxbnXntKDT — QE Infinity (@StealthQE4) May 13, 2025 Great fucking news, US rents are falling pic.twitter.com/xPS5xZydcE — Darth Powell (@VladTheInflator) May 12, 2025 30-Year …
