
Existing Home Sales Skid to Pre-Pandemic Level, a Housing Bust is Underway
• https://mishtalk.com, By MishExisting home sale declined for the third month. It's just a start of what's coming.
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Existing home sale declined for the third month. It's just a start of what's coming.
...it will be a very painful few months ahead...
"Higher home prices and sharply higher mortgage rates have reduced buyer activity,"
All these curveballs will further fragment the housing market.
It is happening again. More than a decade ago, we witnessed an absolutely unprecedented "housing bubble" in the United States followed by a horrific crash that resulted in millions of Americans losing their homes and a financial catastrophe on W
"Our market has slowed and prices are starting to drop."
Since the Fed is rushing to hike the US into a deep recession just so inflation will (supposedly) slide ahead of the November midterms, in line with Biden's demands, the housing market is eager to comply with Powell's and Biden's handlers' wishes...
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A month and a half ago, when mortgage rates were exploding higher with the 30Yr fixed mortgage rate averaging 4.5%, the highest since 2018 and up more than nearly 100bp from the December average...
Mortgage rates tend to follow 10-year treasury yields plus a spread. Let's look at historical trends.
"Price hikes have seemed unstoppable--until now."
This is what's going on all around this country while they're trying to get everyone to focus on everything else that isn't this.
This Is a Housing Crisis
Bond manager Mark Kiesel sold his California home in 2006, when he presciently predicted the housing bubble would pop. He bought again in 2012, after U.S. prices fell more than 30% and found a floor.
Lowest level of pending home sales since May 2020...likely far more pain to come...
Available private property for purchase is vanishing from the American landscape because it is being purchased and turned into permanent rentals.
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...down 12.6% YoY
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Existing home sales were worse than expected for the second month in March. Mortgage rates will take a big bite looking ahead.
"The housing market is starting to feel the impact of sharply rising mortgage rates and higher inflation taking a hit on purchasing power,"
Cracks in one of the nation's hottest housing markets could be an early indication that the virus pandemic work-from-anywhere housing boom could cool as mortgage rates soar and affordability become an issue.
Homebuyers have faced a dilemma during the pandemic: Swallow rapid price increases and forgo typical steps like house inspections, or risk getting left out of the real estate market.
Flight from big cities INCREASES despite end of pandemic with record numbers of homebuyers relocating from coastal cities like San Francisco, Los Angeles, New York and Seattle to more affordable areas to beat inflation and work from home
After last year's frenzy for vacation homes, buyers are now backing off amid rising mortgage rates and an increase in loan fees for second homes.
What goes up must come down.
What goes up must come down.