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Tenant screening industry worth $1.3 billion blocks renters over old 1985 debt-to-income rules and dismissed evictions. Credit floors, non-refundable application fees and seven-year blacklists slam doors on working families. Landlords reject solid tenants while units sit empty in the middle of a supposed housing crisis.
More than 40,000 signed home purchase agreements were canceled in December, representing 16.3% of all homes that went under contract, according to Redfin. There were roughly 47% more home sellers than buyers in the market in December, according to the real estate brokerage. Atlanta saw the most contract cancellations in December. Serious headwinds in the …
pic.twitter.com/NSn8Oqi4rJ — Annie (@ZeroWarningShot) December 11, 2025 BREAKING: US rent prices declined -0.2% MoM in November, to $1,706, recording the largest November drop in at least 15 years. This also marks the 5th consecutive month of flat or negative rent changes. Annual rent growth slowed to +0.7%, down from +1.5% in Q1 2025. This comes… …
Renters across much of the U.S. have enjoyed easing prices and months of free rent this year. Now, this tenant-friendly environment looks poised to extend deep into next year, and perhaps beyond. Apartment rents nationally are advancing at their slowest pace in years, thanks to the glut of new units that has taken longer than …
The FOMO lemmings drove up prices for everyone, pricing out the prudent & financially responsible from decent housing. Let them be a cautionary tale for a generation as far as I’m concerned. h/t Boo_Randy_II
Renting is now significantly more affordable than buying a home — by one of the widest gaps ever recorded 🚨🚨 pic.twitter.com/B1kfQgxHpy — Barchart (@Barchart) September 17, 2025 sorry guys missed the source pic.twitter.com/QCqKJzY8qV — Darth Powell (@VladTheInflator) September 17, 2025 We are so screwed.
"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 average (6.7%). The resulting gap …
🚨 HOLY SMOKES!! I knew prices were going down, I didn't realize it was to THIS DEGREE! Per CNBC:Gasoline? -10%.Tomatoes? -8%.Lettuce? -5%.TVs, car/truck rental? -9%.Dishes/flatware? -11%. And the list goes on. pic.twitter.com/HUlpfYVaJj — Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) May 9, 2025 Inflation by CPI Component (12-Month % Change) byu/MonetaryCommentary inEconomyCharts
LMFAO short term rental trying to get out. Did this piece of shit ever actually rent? pic.twitter.com/cA1p6Jh646 — Darth Powell (@VladTheInflator) May 8, 2025 San Francisco unsold homes pile up, +43% year over year This latest potential red flag for the US economy housing inventory in the hottest real estate market on earth are starting …
Many major metros are hitting 8+ year highs pic.twitter.com/gzaixmT9K2 — Darth Powell (@VladTheInflator) April 25, 2025
1/ National rents are in free fall. Average asking rent fell 4.8% nationally to $2,088 in February – the 5th straight month of declines. — Shazi (@ShaziGoalie) March 20, 2025 3/ Toronto & Vancouver are no longer safe bets. 🔷 Rents for studios dropped 5-6% in both cities. 🔷 Over 20,000 new condos will hit …
December 2024 marks the seventeenth consecutive month of year-over-year rent decline for 0-2 bedroom properties in the 50 largest metropolitan areas of the US. Rents nationally were down by 1.1% from December 2023. The national median asking rent fell to $1,695, dipping below $1,700 for the first time since April 2022. Median rent fell consistently …
Crucially, the estimates are an approximation based on several simplifying assumptions and limited data. The data we have from RealPage and Zillow measure both algorithm usage and rental prices at the level of a metro area, and not at the level of a rental unit. But in reality, the costs to renters of landlords using …
Toronto’s rental crisis is spiraling out of control. Over half of rental applications are now ensnared in fraud traps, as soaring costs and economic pressures take their toll. The city is witnessing an alarming increase in fake IDs, manipulated credit reports, and counterfeit employment letters. This surge in fraud is wreaking havoc on landlords, with …
Brad Sumrok, aka the ‘Apartment King’, is all tan, smiles, and white teeth as he launches into a typical sales pitch. At one of his glitzy networking events in Dallas, he claims to have ‘created over 600 millionaires’ by coaching everyone from doctors to warehouse workers in how to invest in commercial real estate. Never, …
pic.twitter.com/jsEuuIkJvs — Don Johnson (@DonMiami3) July 21, 2024 Budget Car Rental offers a service called Uplift, which allows you to spread the cost of your car rental over fixed monthly payments
Brace for a housing market nightmare as the repercussions of a “trickle-down” effect reverberate across the rental sector, leaving high middle-income families priced out of homeownership and flooding the rental market in droves. With low rental vacancies and a fresh pool of high earners competing for limited units, the stage is set for a perfect …
Interest in selling a rental is rising. https://t.co/WeBG15EzoS pic.twitter.com/IyPj4PYDXc — Darth Powell (@VladTheInflator) April 26, 2024 Congrats housing market, March was the best you'll see for the rest of the year pic.twitter.com/pfpPm5YZJM — Darth Powell (@VladTheInflator) April 26, 2024
A Texan software company is alleged to have been at the center of a ‘rental cartel’ that enabled landlords across the US to artificially drive up prices. Software sold by RealPage is used by many of the largest property management firms in the US and suggests prices landlords should charge based on availability and demand …
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Cities like Phoenix on the brink of recording all-time high eviction numbers, as a growing number of apartments resort to desperate measures, including offering three months of free rent, amidst an unprecedented construction boom. The housing rental market is absolutely FUCKED. We've been reporting cracks in vacancy rates for over 6 months. Its ugly, we're …
I heard one homeowner hired a consultant to deal with a similar situation. The homeowner wrote a new lease to the "consultant". The new renter (the consultant) moved into the house and parked himself there to live with the squatter. He had valid lease paperwork signed by the… — Wall Street Mav (@WallStreetMav) October 4, …
via Mike Shedlock: People not familiar with EVs are increasingly forced to use them for car rentals. Horror stories are numerous. Growing Pains for Travelers The Wall Street Journal reports the shifting mix of cars means Growing Pains for Travelers unaccustomed to operating electric vehicles. The electric-vehicle revolution is coming to rental-car counters, ready or not. Plenty …
https://twitter.com/GRomePow/status/1688978516279513088 How do you have 11 Owner-Occupied rentals?!? pic.twitter.com/CqL80zEkhI — Darth Powell (@VladTheInflator) August 7, 2023 They'll never tell you the truth. It's always going to be a "soft landing." pic.twitter.com/6qLSPMAbb4 — Minsky Moment (@BP_Rising) August 8, 2023 Mortgage rates just topped 7% — The Long View (@HayekAndKeynes) August 8, 2023 MOODY'S: US BANK DOWNGRADES …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qiJhi3vAv4Y The majority of U.S. renters are in danger of losing their homes this year without even knowing about the risks they’re facing. At this point, protection programs have expired, prices have ballooned and the number of evictions is rising at an alarming pace all over the country. In many cities, eviction filing rates have …
Blackstone chief operating officer Jon Gray said that in the short term, certain companies would be retreating from the real estate market due to the growing correction concerns. Read more: https://t.co/nDI4FW29Vl — unusual_whales (@unusual_whales) July 12, 2023 Can you show me on the chart? pic.twitter.com/xKxTqCZob7 — Darth Powell (@VladTheInflator) July 12, 2023
via news.com.au: Some Sydney renters are facing the prospect of having to share a bedroom with one or two other roommates as the housing crisis shows no signs of abating. The shocking conditions being advertised in Sydney rental homes has sparked outrage online. It also means the worrisome prediction of Australia’s central bank governor Phillip …
