by Calculated Risk on 5/30/2024 11:25:00 AM Today, in the Calculated Risk Real Estate Newsletter: Final Look at Local Housing Markets in April and a Look Ahead to May Sales A brief excerpt: In April, sales in these markets were up 7.6% YoY. In March, these same markets were down 10.0% year-over-year Not Seasonally Adjusted…
by Calculated Risk on 5/29/2024 08:02:00 PM Note: Mortgage rates are from MortgageNewsDaily.com and are for top tier scenarios. Thursday:• At 8:30 AM ET, The initial weekly unemployment claims report will be released. The consensus is for 218 thousand initial claims, up from 215 thousand last week. • Also at 8:30 AM, Gross Domestic Product,…
by Calculated Risk on 5/29/2024 05:00:00 PM From the Las Vegas Visitor Authority: April 2024 Las Vegas Visitor Statistics With strength in both leisure and conventions segments, Las Vegas visitation in April exceeded 3.5M, up +3.8% YoY. Convention attendance saw a YoY increase of 36% related in part to scheduling differences of some shows such…
by Calculated Risk on 5/29/2024 10:34:00 AM Today, in the Calculated Risk Real Estate Newsletter: Inflation Adjusted House Prices 2.2% Below Peak Excerpt: It has been 18 years since the bubble peak. In the March Case-Shiller house price index released on Tuesday, the seasonally adjusted National Index (SA), was reported as being 72% above the…
by Calculated Risk on 5/28/2024 07:12:00 PM Note: Mortgage rates are from MortgageNewsDaily.com and are for top tier scenarios. Wednesday:• At 7:00 AM ET, The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) will release the results for the mortgage purchase applications index. • At 10:00 AM, Richmond Fed Survey of Manufacturing Activity for May. • At 2:00 PM,…
by Calculated Risk on 5/28/2024 01:35:00 PM Two key points:1) There is a clear seasonal pattern for house prices.2) The surge in distressed sales during the housing bust distorted the seasonal pattern. This was because distressed sales (at lower price points) happened at a steady rate all year, while regular sales followed the normal seasonal…
by Calculated Risk on 5/27/2024 06:10:00 PM Weekend:• Schedule for Week of May 26, 2024 Tuesday:• At 9:00 AM ET, S&P/Case-Shiller House Price Index for March. The consensus is for the Case-Shiller National Index to increase 6.8% YoY, up from 6.4% YoY in February. • Also at 9:00 AM, FHFA House Price Index for March….
by Calculated Risk on 5/27/2024 09:21:00 AM Altos reports that active single-family inventory was up 2.9% week-over-week. Inventory is now up 20.3% from the February bottom, and at the highest level since August 2020. Click on graph for larger image. This inventory graph is courtesy of Altos Research. As of May 24th, inventory was at 595…
by Calculated Risk on 5/26/2024 08:21:00 AM The TSA is providing daily travel numbers. This data is as of May 24th. Click on graph for larger image. This data shows the 7-day average of daily total traveler throughput from the TSA (Blue). The red line is the percent of 2019 for the seven-day average. Air…
At the Calculated Risk Real Estate Newsletter this week: Click on graph for larger image. • New Home Sales Decrease to 634,000 Annual Rate in April • NAR: Existing-Home Sales Decreased to 4.14 million SAAR in April • Watch Months-of-Supply! • Single Family Built-for-Rent Up 20% Year-over-year in Q1 • 4th Look at Local Housing…