Housing in a time of rising mortgage rates: A big jump in mortgage rates is here to stay for these reasons.
In the midst of everything that is going on, the bond market took a big hit to the tune of $1 trillion. What this means is that mortgage rates tied to Treasury bonds had a massive move, the largest in many years. The 30-year fixed rate mortgage rate jumped to nearly 4 percent, the highest […]
The housing bubble is getting ready to implode: The scariest chart in real estate shows an impending correction because you can’t afford to buy a home today.
“Definition of economic bubble: A market phenomenon characterized by surges in asset prices to levels significantly above the fundamental value of that asset.â€Â We are definitely in another housing bubble. First, most Americans can’t afford to buy a home without utilizing artificially low interest rates and even then they are stretching their budgets like spandex. […]
Get used to an America where owning a home is not part of the dream: You cannot afford a home on that income!
Well congratulations America. Signs of another housing bubble are as clear as day. Loans with nothing down are back in the market. Incomes are stagnant so creative financing is necessary to buy more expensive homes. And homes are more expensive. The current home price data shows that across the country we have now surpassed the […]
You are too broke to own a home in America! The typical American household making $50,000 a year cannot afford to purchase the typical $200,000 median priced home without straining their budget.
People continue to scratch their heads as to why regular home buyers in America are unable to enter the housing market. Prices are up but this is mostly because of investor money that is obsessed with chasing yield in a low yield environment orchestrated by the Federal Reserve. The reason home sales figures continue to […]