What this means: On a weekly basis, Realtor.com reports the year-over-year change in active inventory and new listings. On a…
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Census: The U.S. population grew by nearly 1.0% between 2023 and 2024
From the Census Bureau: Net International Migration Drives Highest U.S. Population Growth in Decades The U.S. population grew by nearly…
Continue ReadingNewsletter: Existing-Home Sales Increased to 4.15 million SAAR in November
Today, in the CalculatedRisk Real Estate Newsletter: NAR: Existing-Home Sales Increased to 4.15 million SAAR in November Excerpt: The sales…
Continue ReadingNAR: Existing-Home Sales Increased to 4.15 million SAAR in November
From the NAR: Existing-Home Sales Elevated 4.8% in November; Post Strongest Year-Over-Year Increase Since June 2021 Existing-home sales grew in…
Continue ReadingStock Market Sell Off: Is the Bull Market Over?
Uncertainty in the stock market makes it difficult to make investment decisions. When investors sell off stocks, everyone follows without…
Continue ReadingWeekly Initial Unemployment Claims Decrease to 220,000
The DOL reported: In the week ending December 14, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 220,000, a…
Continue ReadingQ3 GDP Growth Revised up to 3.1% Annual Rate
From the BEA: Gross Domestic Product (Third Estimate), Corporate Profits (Revised Estimate), and GDP by Industry, Third Quarter 2024 Real…
Continue ReadingThursday: Unemployment Claims, GDP, Existing Home Sales
Note: Mortgage rates are from MortgageNewsDaily.com and are for top tier scenarios. Thursday: • At 8:30 AM ET, The initial…
Continue ReadingStocks Went Down
I haven’t written about the stock market a lot this year. I spoke about it four times a week, but…
Continue ReadingThe Big Divergence in Bullish Percents
While the S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 have been holding steady into this week’s Fed meeting, warning signs under the…
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