Altos Blog (8)

National Data

Everyone knows it’s been a very dry 18 months for home sales. As mortgage rates rose, starting over two years ago now, payment affordability got dramatically worse and home buyer demand...

National Data

It was a pretty strong week for all the housing numbers. New supply and sales numbers keep climbing weekly and compared to last year. Price numbers had a slight increase this week across...

National Data

There’s a big Federal reserve meeting this week, and we’ll learn more about the future of interest rates then. I don’t have any capacity to predict interest rates - I’m not convinced anyone...

Altos Research Mike Simonsen Top of Mind Podcast Ed Pinto American Enterprise Institute

In this episode of the Top of Mind podcast, Mike Simonsen sits down with Ed Pinto, senior fellow and co-director of the AEI Housing Center at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), for a...

National Data

Available inventory of homes on the market is climbing and will continue to climb until we’re finally in an environment of declining interest rates. Inventory has been rising for two years...

National Data

In the face of growing supply of unsold homes on the market, we have to ask how much more inventory this market can handle before home prices start to decline. We’re at 19% year over year...

Altos Research Mike Simonsen Top of Mind Podcast Conor Sen Bloomberg

In this episode of the Top of Mind podcast, Mike Simonsen sits down with Bloomberg’s Conor Sen to talk about the big economic trends shaping the housing market. Conor shares his views on...

National Data

Price reductions ticked up this week for the first time since November in the face of rising mortgage rates. Inventory is rising across the country as home buying affordability takes...

National Data

Are last year’s surprising home price gains evaporating now? As interest rates climb again, some of the price signals are softening. Inventory is climbing vs. last year, and home prices...

Altos Research Mike Simonsen Top of Mind Podcast Jamie Lane STR AirDNA

In this episode of the Top of Mind podcast, Mike Simonsen sits down with Jamie Lane, Chief Economist at AirDNA, for a deep dive into the fascinating dynamics of the short-term rental (STR)...