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Is the Dallas Fed right to label this a housing bubble?

Housing Wire

Are we headed to a housing bubble? The Dallas Fed on Thursday published an article titled: Real-Time Market Monitoring Finds Signs Of a Brewing U.S. Housing Bubble. The online reaction was immediate — housing must be about to crash. For the housing bubble 2.0 I disagree with this conclusion. Let me explain.

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Housing Market Tracker: Mortgage rates and inventory fall together

Housing Wire

The financial and housing markets are still trying to sort out the banking crisis and whether we have seen the last Fed rate hike in this cycle. These events led to lower mortgage rates and increased purchase application data last week, but decreased housing inventory. In a regular market, they would be closer to 5.25%.

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Think US home prices are high? At least we aren’t Canada

Housing Wire

When it comes to home prices — and especially home prices compared to income — our neighbors up north are like Godzilla to our gecko. wasn’t in a second housing bubble. wasn’t in a second housing bubble. It’s now evident that housing did not collapse and in fact home prices are savagely unhealthy. look very cheap.

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What’s The Leaven Causing Home Prices to Rise Today?

Cleveland Appraisal Blog

Recently, some of my well-intentioned clients have asked if it is possible to appraise a home, based upon a “normal market”. Others have expressed concerns that we are headed for a housing crash, like in 2008. Others have expressed concerns that we are headed for a housing crash, like in 2008. How does yeast work?

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Mike Fratantoni on MBA’s 2022 mortgage market forecast

Housing Wire

We’ve had the sharpest and yet also the shortest recession in history, record-low mortgage rates leading to record origination volumes, and record home prices as housing demand far outstripped supply. Odds are that this turn in the pandemic will likely be just a temporary setback.

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When borrowers ‘ghost’ their servicers

Housing Wire

Over the course of three months, HousingWire interviewed about a dozen servicers, housing counselors, academics and lawyers to drill down on how big the ghosting problem is, why it happens, and what the consequences could be for both borrower and servicer. Larry Goldstone is tired of being ghosted. We know who the borrowers are. of the U.S.

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Reasons Why a Real Estate Recession Isn't Likely

Eppraisal

Inflation rates have been high and there is talk of a recession. This was a similar story back in 2008. Back then the economy dove down into a deep recession and home values plummeted. However, this time a real estate recession is not likely as prices and demand remain stable. Sound familiar?