Author : Calculated Risk

From housing economist Tom Lawler: According to CME FedWatch, the “market-based” probability that the FOMC will cut its federal funds rate target by 25 bp...

I’ll have more on port traffic once Los Angeles releases their data for October. From the Port of Long Beach: Port of Long Beach Reaches...

Today, in the Calculated Risk Real Estate Newsletter: Housing Starts Decreased to 1.311 million Annual Rate in October A brief excerpt: Total housing starts in...

From the Census Bureau: Permits, Starts and Completions Housing Starts: Privately-owned housing starts in October were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1,311,000. This...

From Matthew Graham at Mortgage News Daily: Mortgage Rates Didn’t Move Much Over The Weekend The average top tier conventional 30yr fixed rate was just...

From the MBA: Share of Mortgage Loans in Forbearance Increases to 0.47% in October The Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) monthly Loan Monitoring Survey revealed that...

Today, in the Calculated Risk Real Estate Newsletter: 3rd Look at Local Housing Markets in October A brief excerpt: NOTE: The tables for active listings,...

The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) reported the housing market index (HMI) was at 46, up from 43 last month. Any number below 50...

Altos reports that active single-family inventory was up 0.1% week-over-week.  Inventory is now 2.4% below the peak for the year (4 weeks ago). Inventory will...

Weekend: • Schedule for Week of November 17, 2024 Monday: • At 10:00 AM ET, The November NAHB homebuilder survey. The consensus is for a...