A report from USA Today. "'Prices would not have fallen if the Federal Reserve did not raise interest rates so aggressively,' says National Association of Realtors’ Chief Economist Lawrence Yun. 'One casualty of the Fed’s policy, aside from the regional…
A weekend topic starting with Real Clear Markets. "Arthur Burns, Chair of the Federal Reserve from 1970 to 1978, publicly regretted afterward that he had lacked the spine to do what was necessary to get the Great Inflation of the…
A report from Market Watch. "'A few markets may see double-digit price drops, especially some of the more expensive parts of the country which have also seen weaker employment and higher instances of residents moving to other areas,' said Lawrence…
It's Friday desk clearing time for this blogger. "Markets like Phoenix and Las Vegas, which saw a boom in sales during the pandemic, are now experiencing a glut of homes for sale, said Jeff Tucker, senior economist at Zillow. 'There…
A weekend topic starting with Business Insider. "Prepare for house prices to slump, unemployment to spike, and the US economy to slip into recession, Kenneth Rogoff has said. The Harvard University economist issued his dire outlook during a Fox Business…
A report from the New Hampshire Business Review. "Sales have been down all year to some extent, but mainly due to shrinking inventory. In the last few months, something else is going on. 'Certainly, interest rates slowed things down,' said…
A weekend topic starting with Fortune. "In 2005, Fed Chair Alan Greenspan told Congress that a 'bubble in home prices for the nation as a whole does not appear likely.' Of course, not only had a housing bubble formed, it…
A report from the Union Tribune in California. "San Diego County's home price has now dropped five months in a row. The median home price was $775,000 in October, said CoreLogic on Tuesday. It reached an all-time high of $850,000…
A weekend topic starting with Fortune. "Homebuilders and economists alike were on edge this spring after the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas published a paper titled "Real-Time Market Monitoring Finds Signs of Brewing U.S. Housing Bubble." Shortly afterwards, Fortune spoke…
A report from ABC News. "Wesley and Kimberly Robinson, both elementary school teachers, started building a new home for themselves and their two daughters in Rogers, Arkansas, last year, when interest rates were close to 3%. But their mortgage rate…