Altos Blog | National Data (9)

National Data

We've all been assuming that as the US economy is exploding and everyone is employed and incomes are rising, the federal reserve has indicated they're going to start selling some of the...

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Sometimes in the face of tragic world events, the work we do here seems trivial. We started doing these videos two years ago as the world first ground to a halt at the onset of the...

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For weeks I’ve been talking about rising mortgage rates and the possible impact on the housing market, but suddenly they’re not rising anymore. Perhaps until the fed actually starts selling...

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Mortgage rates keep spiking, but there have been so many Americans lined up to buy homes, that increased costs haven’t deterred any demand. Do we have any signs that they might slow? Our...

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If it were possible for the US housing market to get weirder, it is happening. Some unique measurements happening this week in the data that we’ve never seen before.

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Is it a bad time to buy a home? Lots of headlines and housing bears this week citing a Fannie Mae survey that said 65% of respondents now say it's a bad time to buy a house. Only 25% say...

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Sellers across the country are remaining confident. Mortgage rates are up, but do buyers care? Homes keep selling fast and the available inventory keeps falling.

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As the spring home buying market is almost upon us, the real question that we’re looking for in the data is not whether this boom is somehow ending, but rather how much more is it...

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Financial markets are correcting very dramatically since the start of the year. Mortgage rates are at their highest in 2 years, since before the pandemic. The stock market is off 10% just...

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As expected prices rose and available inventory dropped this week for single family homes around the country. It’s the middle of January and the first of the spring buying season homes are...