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The New American Housing Divide: Those With Family Assets and Those Without

The American dream of homeownership is becoming increasingly dependent upon whether your parents have assets. A new analysis from Rocket Mortgage found that the...

US Home Builder Pessimism Peaks

The American housing market is deteriorating, and the latest figures from the National Association of Home Builders should concern anyone who believes the economy...

The Housing Market Is Not Returning to 2020

  Fannie Mae has sharply raised its mortgage rate forecast for 2027, and the revision should put an end to the fantasy that Americans can simply wait another...

The Fed Does Not Control Your Mortgage

The average 30-year mortgage has jumped to 7.49%, the highest since November 2023. This is happening while everyone continues to obsess over what the Federal...

The Fed Cannot Bring Back the Pandemic Housing Market

QUESTION: My realtor says the Fed is keeping rates high until the November midterms to punish Trump. He insists inflation has subsided and expects another rate cut...

The Housing Market Is Being Crushed by the Bond Market

The housing market is being squeezed from a direction most people still do not understand. The 30-year mortgage rate jumped from 7.03% to 7.28% in a single week,...

Taxpayers Are Paying for Federal Buildings Nobody Uses

Imagine running a private company where most of your office buildings failed to meet even a 60% utilization target, yet you continued paying the rent, utilities,...

Spain’s Housing Crisis Is Exploding Into the Streets

Spain’s housing crisis has finally exploded into the streets. Tens of thousands marched through Madrid after an 87-year-old disabled woman, Maricarmen...

Your House Is Private Property Until the Government Decides It Needs It

Britain has decided that leaving your own property empty for six months may now be sufficient reason for the government to begin taking control of it. Housing...

US Home Builder Sentiment Contracts for 15th Month

Washington keeps insisting the economy is healthy because unemployment has not collapsed and inflation has moderated. Then you look at housing, and the entire...