Source: CBS News — For the first time, the federal government will back mortgages of more than $1 million, a move that reflects the run-up in home prices across much of the nation. The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) on Tuesday said the maximum size of...
Source: The Washington Post — The US housing market is in an uneasy state of equilibrium. Demand has plummeted as mortgage rates hit a two-decade high, but prices haven’t declined much in part because supply remains correspondingly low. If borrowing costs don’t...
Source: Seeking Alpha — Introduction I recently wrote an in-depth article on the housing market and home builders in the United States. While we will also discuss the core message in this article, the main takeaway is that major buyers are waiting until...
Source: The Ascent —Â There’s a reason sellers have had such a huge advantage over buyers over the past few years. The real estate market has lacked inventory in a very big way. Meanwhile, the supply of available homes began to dwindle at a time...
Source: Yahoo! Finance —Â The housing market has been running red hot in recent years as more Americans buy homes while the supply has decreased. But there are some signs that the housing market is finally starting to cool down in some areas. In fact, housing...
Source: The Atlantic — Anyone who’s been in a dumb recurring fight knows that the entire problem could be cleared up if everyone could just agree on exactly what was said or done. But you can’t, so you end up stuck in a cycle of relitigation. Housing-policy...