China’s investment drop highlights property-driven pressures
China’s fixed asset investment (FAI) suffered a sharp setback in October, signalling renewed stress across the real economy…
Housing market: A gauge of future home sales just turned negative despite 9 weeks of falling mortgage rates
Mortgage rates have been coming down, but there has yet to be a spike in homebuying activity—and one…
The housing market is no longer a wealth-building engine as home prices continue to slump
Home prices aren’t keeping up with inflation, representing a drag on wealth in real terms, according to S&P…
The housing market is no longer a wealth-building engine as home price slump
High home prices and mortgage rates have created unaffordable conditions for many Americans, but the housing market’s ability…
New home inventory is at its highest level since just before the housing market collapse that led to the Great Recession, but that doesn’t mean it’s the same market
The U.S. housing market’s inventory is growing, putting pressure on prices and slowing new construction, according to fresh…
The Fed is starting to worry about the housing market now
Wall Street was laser-focused on the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy this past week, but minutes from the central…