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17.03.26 - 22:48
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′Property Brothers′ on Housing Affordability, New Show (Bloomberg)
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Scott Brothers Global Co-founders and CEOs Jonathan & Drew Scott, HGTV's “Property Brothers,” discuss their new show, moving 'in the wrong direction' on affordability, and how AI can help developers. They sit down with Romaine Bostick for “The Close.”...
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17.03.26 - 15:15
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US Pending Home Sales Barely Bounce Off Record Lows Despite Tumbling Rates In Feb (ZeroHedge)
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US Pending Home Sales Barely Bounce Off Record Lows Despite Tumbling Rates In Feb
After reaching a record low last month - with the decline blamed on weather - pending home sales bounced modestly in February (up 1.8% MoM vs -0.6% MoM exp and -10.% MoM prior).
Year-over-year home sales continue to decline (down 0.6% YoY)...
Source: Bloomberg
...just barely off of all-time-record lows...
Source: Bloomberg
Pending home sales in the South, the biggest home-selling region in the country, increased 2.7%.
They rose 4.6% in the Midwest and edged up in the West.
Contract signings dropped in the Northeast.
Mortgage-rates have tumbled (to their lowest since 2022) - helping affordability - so what is holding pending home sales back?
Source: Bloomberg
“The slight gain in pending contracts appears to be driven by improved affordability conditions. However, those conditions could reverse if higher oil prices lead to an uptick in mortgage rates,” NAR Chief Economist Lawrence Yun said in a statement.
Indee...
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17.03.26 - 14:24
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New mortgages up by £800 a year amid ′Trumpflation′ from Iran war (The Guardian)
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Nearly 700 deals pulled in two weeks and only a few fixed-rate products below 4% are available, says MoneyfactsBusiness live – latest updatesBritons taking out a new home loan face paying nearly £800 a year more on average than before the Iran war as “Trumpflation” pushes up UK mortgage rates, according to Moneyfacts.Nearly 700 mortgage deals have been pulled by lenders as the economic fallout from the war results in the biggest upheaval since the aftermath of Liz Truss's disastrous mini-budget in 2022. Continue reading......
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17.03.26 - 14:01
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Im Fokus Immobilienmarkt Frankreich: Französische Immobilienmärkte erholen sich (Helaba)
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Die französische Wirtschaft wächst leicht und hilft der Erholung des Immobilienmarktes. Während Einzelhandels- und Logistikimmobilien zusätzlich durch den robusten Konsum profitieren,
bleiben Büros unter Druck. Angesichts des erhöhten Leerstands dürften sich Verbesserungen vor allem auf das Spitzensegment konzentrieren, wo das knappe Flächenangebot weitere Mietsteigerungen erlaubt. Der Wohnungsbau nimmt deutlich an Fahrt auf..
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