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Rising Interest Rates As Well (US Federal Debt At $39+ Trillion, $357K Per Taxpayer)", "url": "https://confoundedinterest.net/2026/05/04/fed-dots-plot-points-to-rising-interest-rates-sofr-options-point-to-rising-interest-rates-as-well-us-federal-debt-at-39-trillion-357k-per-taxpayer/", "published_at": "2026-05-04T18:13:22+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c503-ede5-7084-ad63-932f72bab916", "title": "Housing Permits Fall To 7 Month Low, Fed Keeps Rates Unchanged, 2Y Treasury Yield Jumps 10 BPS (Ill Gov JB Pritzker Approves Psychedelic Gerrymandered Map)", "url": "https://confoundedinterest.net/2026/04/30/housing-permits-fall-to-7-month-low-fed-keeps-rates-unchanged-2y-treasury-yield-jumps-10-bps-ill-gov-jb-pritzker-approves-psychedelic-gerrymandered-map/", "published_at": "2026-04-30T16:50:44+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c503-ede5-7084-ad63-932f737b2961", "title": "Mortgage Employment Headcount Lowest Since Housing Bubble Of 2005 As Case-Shiller National Home Price Index UP 0.29% In February (Denver Leads In Price Declines Beating Tampa)", "url": "https://confoundedinterest.net/2026/04/29/mortgage-employment-headcount-lowest-since-housing-bubble-of-2005-as-case-shiller-national-home-price-index-up-0-29-in-february-denver-leads-in-price-declines-beating-tampa/", "published_at": "2026-04-29T17:51:10+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c503-ede5-7084-ad63-932f7413a4b6", "title": "40% More Home Sellers Than Buyers (Credit Quality Of Mortgages Deteriorating)", "url": "https://confoundedinterest.net/2026/04/23/40-more-home-sellers-than-buyers-credit-quality-tiof-mortgages-deteriorating/", "published_at": "2026-04-23T18:24:36+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c503-ede5-7084-ad63-932f74dc2ae5", "title": "What Happened To The “Shut Down Fannie And Freddie” Movement? (Both Fannie And Freddie Are GROWING Their Retained Portfolios)", "url": "https://confoundedinterest.net/2026/04/20/what-happened-to-the-shut-down-fannie-and-freddie-movement-both-fannie-and-freddie-are-growing-their-retained-portfolios/", "published_at": "2026-04-20T14:47:04+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c503-ede5-7084-ad63-932f7514abad", "title": "US Treasury Yield Curve Upward Sloping As Iran Conflict Continues (Strait Of Hormuz Effectively Closed)", "url": "https://confoundedinterest.net/2026/04/06/us-treasury-yield-curve-upward-sloping-as-iran-conflict-continues-strait-of-hormuz-effectively-closed/", "published_at": "2026-04-06T13:22:13+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c503-ede5-7084-ad63-932f75afd1ec", "title": "Trump Threatens To Bomb Iran Back To The Stone Age, Crude Oil And US Gasoline Prices Return To Obama/Biden Era Levels For The Moment", "url": "https://confoundedinterest.net/2026/04/02/trump-threatens-to-bomb-iran-back-to-the-stone-age-crude-oil-and-us-gasoline-prices-return-to-obama-biden-era-levels-for-the-moment/", "published_at": "2026-04-02T12:22:54+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c503-ede5-7084-ad63-932f75e0197b", "title": "Home Prices Rise 0.9% YoY Despite Lower Mortgage Rates (Blue City Mean Reversion, New York 4.9% YoY Gain, Chicago 4.6% YoY, Cleveland 3.6% YoY While Tampa -2.5%)", "url": "https://confoundedinterest.net/2026/03/31/home-prices-rise-0-9-yoy-despite-lower-mortgage-rates-blue-city-mean-reversion-new-york-4-9-yoy-gain-chicago-4-6-yoy-cleveland-3-6-yoy-while-tampa-2-5/", "published_at": "2026-03-31T16:59:30+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c503-ede5-7084-ad63-932f762ffd99", "title": "Seller’s Market In Housing! There Are 630,000 More Home Sellers Than Buyers—the Biggest Gap on Record (50% More Sellers Than Buyers)", "url": "https://confoundedinterest.net/2026/03/27/sellers-market-in-housing-there-are-630000-more-home-sellers-than-buyers-the-biggest-gap-on-record-50-more-sellers-than-buyers/", "published_at": "2026-03-27T14:31:23+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c503-ede5-7084-ad63-932f76c5475d", "title": "Mortgage Applications Decreased 10.5 Percent From One Week Earlier (Purchase Index Decreased 5 Percent WoW)", "url": "https://confoundedinterest.net/2026/03/26/mortgage-applications-decreased-10-5-percent-from-one-week-earlier-purchase-index-decreased-5-percent-wow/", "published_at": "2026-03-26T14:01:49+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c516-2359-7116-b1d8-594eefa447b5", "title": "US New Home Sales Decline By Most In 13 Years In January (Home Prices Remain Too High After Covid Spending Spree)", "url": "https://confoundedinterest.net/2026/03/20/us-new-home-sales-decline-by-most-in-13-years-in-january-home-prices-remain-too-high-after-covid-spending-spree/", "published_at": "2026-03-20T16:06:08+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c516-2359-7116-b1d8-594ef0112171", "title": "Hot, Hot, Hot! Producer Prices Print At 0.7% MoM, 3.4% YoY In February (Hottest Since Jan 2025) What Will Powell And Fed Do?", "url": "https://confoundedinterest.net/2026/03/18/hot-hot-hot-producer-prices-print-at-0-7-mom-3-4-yoy-in-february-hottest-since-jan-2025-what-will-powell-and-fed-do/", "published_at": "2026-03-18T15:13:05+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c516-2359-7116-b1d8-594ef0bc6be6", "title": "US Pending Home Sales Rise 1.8% MoM In February, But The South Saw 2.7% MoM Increase (What I Like About The South)", "url": "https://confoundedinterest.net/2026/03/17/us-pending-home-sales-rise-1-8-mom-in-february-but-the-south-saw-2-7-mom-increase-what-i-like-about-the-south/", "published_at": "2026-03-17T15:45:19+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c516-2359-7116-b1d8-594ef1a5d8d8", "title": "US Industrial Production Rises For 4th Straight Month In February (0.2% MoM, 1.4% YoY)", "url": "https://confoundedinterest.net/2026/03/16/us-industrial-production-rises-for-4th-straight-month-in-february-0-2-mom-1-4-yoy/", "published_at": "2026-03-16T14:51:39+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c516-2359-7116-b1d8-594ef1cb0bc1", "title": "US Existing Home Sales Bounced In February +1.7 MoM, But Down -1.45% YoY (Inventory Still Low)", "url": "https://confoundedinterest.net/2026/03/10/us-existing-home-sales-bounced-in-february-1-7-mom-but-down-1-45-yoy-inventory-still-low/", "published_at": "2026-03-10T16:15:20+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c516-2359-7116-b1d8-594ef25af681", "title": "US Home Relistings Hit Record High (Delistings Soared In 2025 After Sellers Outnumbered Buyers)", "url": "https://confoundedinterest.net/2026/03/09/us-home-relistings-hit-record-high-delistings-soared-in-2025-after-sellers-outnumbered-buyers/", "published_at": "2026-03-09T15:38:44+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c516-2359-7116-b1d8-594ef2b1bd6b", "title": "Global Uncertainty Hits An ALL-TIME HIGH! Higher Than Covid, 2008 Financial Crisis, Dot-com Crash COMBINED", "url": "https://confoundedinterest.net/2026/03/07/global-uncertainty-hits-an-all-time-high-higher-than-covid-2008-financial-crisis-dot-com-crash-combined/", "published_at": "2026-03-07T22:26:52+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c516-2359-7116-b1d8-594ef30e777a", "title": "February Jobs Report -92k Jobs Lost As US Tries To Recover From 4 Years Of Bidenomics (Oil Prices Soar As Attacks Against Iran Continue)", "url": "https://confoundedinterest.net/2026/03/06/february-jobs-report-92k-jobs-lost-as-us-tries-to-recover-from-4-years-of-bidenomics-oil-prices-soar-as-attacks-against-iran-continue/", "published_at": "2026-03-06T19:24:12+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c516-2359-7116-b1d8-594ef3ee032a", "title": "Typical Homeowner Stays In Home For 12 Years, Up From 6.5 Years In 2006 (Average Effective Mortgage Life Is Only 5-7 Years)", "url": "https://confoundedinterest.net/2026/03/05/typical-homeowner-stays-in-home-for-12-years-up-from-6-5-years-in-2006-average-effective-mortgage-life-is-only-5-7-years/", "published_at": "2026-03-05T17:52:36+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c516-2359-7116-b1d8-594ef4b18321", "title": "Simply Unaffordable! FHA Lower Credit Score Borrowers (0-619) Suffer Escalating Mortgage Delinquency Rates", "url": "https://confoundedinterest.net/2026/03/02/simply-unaffordable-fha-lower-credit-score-borrowers-0-619-suffer-escalating-mortgage-delinquency-rates/", "published_at": "2026-03-02T19:29:46+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c521-0bcf-72da-8441-3f91c7943ebb", "title": "Home Price Adjustment! Average Hourly Earnings YoY ABOVE Home Price Growth YoY (Home Price Growth Exploded Following Federal Governments’ Covid-related Spending Splurge)", "url": "https://confoundedinterest.net/2026/02/26/home-price-adjustment-average-hourly-earnings-yoy-above-home-price-growth-yoy-home-price-growth-exploded-following-federal-governments-covid-related-spending-splurge/", "published_at": "2026-02-26T19:47:38+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c521-0bcf-72da-8441-3f91c7d0bb8c", "title": "Inflation Power! US Core PCE Jumps On Durable Goods Jumps 2.051% (PCE Up 0.4% In December, M2 Up 4.6% YoY)", "url": "https://confoundedinterest.net/2026/02/20/inflation-power-us-core-pce-jumps-on-durable-goods-jumps-2-051-pce-up-0-4-in-december-m2-up-4-6-yoy/", "published_at": "2026-02-20T19:13:59+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c521-0bcf-72da-8441-3f91c8aae5b1", "title": "2025 New Home Sales Highest Since 2021 (Down -1.7% MoM In December)", "url": "https://confoundedinterest.net/2026/02/20/2025-new-home-sales-highest-since-2021-down-1-7-mom-in-december/", "published_at": "2026-02-20T18:16:42+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c521-0bcf-72da-8441-3f91c8bc49e7", "title": "US Pending Home Sales Collapse To Lowest Level Since 2001", "url": "https://confoundedinterest.net/2026/02/19/us-pending-home-sales-collapse-to-lowest-level-since-2001/", "published_at": "2026-02-19T19:55:41+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c521-0bcf-72da-8441-3f91c93b8c27", "title": "January US Industrial Production Rises 0.7% MoM, Capacity Utilization At 76.22% (So Much For Trump Tariffs Killing US Manufacturing!)", "url": "https://confoundedinterest.net/2026/02/18/january-us-industrial-production-rises-0-7-mom-capacity-utilization-at-76-22-so-much-for-trump-tariffs-killing-us-manufacturing/", "published_at": "2026-02-18T18:16:13+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c521-0bcf-72da-8441-3f91c94d17f4", "title": "Gimme (Cheaper) Shelter! US Core CPI Falls To Slowest In 4 Years (Real Wage Growth Rises As Rent CPI Rose Only 0.2% In January)", "url": "https://confoundedinterest.net/2026/02/13/gimme-cheaper-shelter-us-core-cpi-falls-to-slowest-in-4-years-real-wage-growth-rises-as-rent-cpi-rose-only-0-2-in-january/", "published_at": "2026-02-13T14:39:36+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c521-0bcf-72da-8441-3f91c9a9bf02", "title": "Gap Between 2s And 10s Treasuries Now Widest Since Early 2022 (Recession Coming Despite 3.7% Real GDP Growth?)", "url": "https://confoundedinterest.net/2026/02/12/gap-between-2s-and-10s-treasuries-now-widest-since-early-2022-recession-coming-despite-3-7-real-gdp-growth/", "published_at": "2026-02-12T16:59:30+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c521-0bcf-72da-8441-3f91ca9e4b63", "title": "US Existing Home Sales Collapse In January (Down 4.6% MoM In January, Largest Drop Since February 2022)", "url": "https://confoundedinterest.net/2026/02/12/us-existing-home-sales-collapse-in-january-down-4-6-mom-in-january-largest-drop-since-february-2022/", "published_at": "2026-02-12T15:21:21+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c521-0bcf-72da-8441-3f91cb8c5fc4", "title": "US Unexpectedly Adds 130K Jobs In January, Most Since Dec 2024 (Growing Private Sector Jobs, Declining Government Jobs)", "url": "https://confoundedinterest.net/2026/02/11/us-unexpectedly-adds-130k-jobs-in-january-most-since-dec-2024-growing-private-sector-jobs-declining-government-jobs/", "published_at": "2026-02-11T15:43:29+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c521-0bcf-72da-8441-3f91cbd0ea3d", "title": "US Manufacturing Sector Shed -8k Jobs on January (Difficult To Undo Damage Done By Biden and Schumer Including Negative Home Equity)", "url": "https://confoundedinterest.net/2026/02/10/us-manufacturing-sector-shed-8k-jobs-on-january-difficult-to-undo-damage-done-by-biden-and-schumer-including-negative-home-equity/", "published_at": "2026-02-10T15:45:16+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c52c-02c2-72ce-b16e-2bf7b4a972f4", "title": "Average Homeowner Tenure Rises To 8.6 Years (Americans Aren’t Moving Much)", "url": "https://confoundedinterest.net/2026/02/09/average-homeowner-tenure-rises-to-8-6-years-americans-arent-moving-much/", "published_at": "2026-02-09T17:29:35+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c52c-02c2-72ce-b16e-2bf7b5889064", "title": "Housing Bubble Part Deux! Home Price To Median Household Income Now Higher Than During Catestrophic Home Price Bubble Of 2005-2009 (Job Losses Primarily Women)", "url": "https://confoundedinterest.net/2026/02/08/housing-bubble-part-deux-home-price-to-median-household-income-now-higher-than-during-catestrophic-home-price-bubble-of-2005-2009-job-losses-primarily-women/", "published_at": "2026-02-08T16:53:22+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c52c-02c2-72ce-b16e-2bf7b65e3254", "title": "I Ain’t Drunk! Home Buyering Collapses As Home Prices 55% More Costly Than When Biden Became President (Mortgage Rates 64% More Expensive)", "url": "https://confoundedinterest.net/2026/02/07/i-aint-drunk-home-buyering-collapses-as-home-prices-55-more-costly-than-when-biden-became-president-mortgage-rates-64-more-expensive/", "published_at": "2026-02-07T21:30:24+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c52c-02c2-72ce-b16e-2bf7b67f0276", "title": "The US-Weimar Republic! Gold Soaring With M1 Money Printing (Good Governments Don’t)", "url": "https://confoundedinterest.net/2026/02/06/the-us-weimar-republic-gold-soaring-with-m1-money-printing-good-governments-dont/", "published_at": "2026-02-06T18:40:57+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c52c-02c2-72ce-b16e-2bf7b734578e", "title": "Fear! Extreme Fear In Markets At -13 (Greed Is 50 And Above)", "url": "https://confoundedinterest.net/2026/02/05/fear-extreme-fear-in-markets-at-13-greed-is-50-and-above/", "published_at": "2026-02-05T19:28:28+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c52c-02c2-72ce-b16e-2bf7b7c7c423", "title": "Pending Home Sales Fall To Lowest Since 2020 (Covid) As People Flee New York And California", "url": "https://confoundedinterest.net/2026/02/04/pending-home-sales-fall-to-lowest-since-2020-covid-as-people-flee-new-york-and-california/", "published_at": "2026-02-04T15:53:24+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c52c-02c2-72ce-b16e-2bf7b851b405", "title": "State Of The Housing Market! Lowest Turnover In Decades, New Construction Premium Vanishes, Median Age Of First-Time Homebuyers Is 40", "url": "https://confoundedinterest.net/2026/02/03/state-of-the-housing-market-lowest-turnover-in-decades-new-construction-premium-vanishes-median-age-of-first-time-homebuyers-is-40/", "published_at": "2026-02-03T15:18:50+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c52c-02c2-72ce-b16e-2bf7b8acf95b", "title": "Bitcoin Is Crashing! Breaks 80K Support Level", "url": "https://confoundedinterest.net/2026/01/31/bitcoin-is-crashing/", "published_at": "2026-01-31T18:56:54+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c52c-02c2-72ce-b16e-2bf7b991438b", "title": "Household Formation Slowing As Is Home Price Growth (Particularly In Bubble-prone Metro Areas Like Fort Myers FLA, Austin TX And San Franciso CA)", "url": "https://confoundedinterest.net/2026/01/31/household-formation-slowing-as-is-home-price-growth-particularly-in-bubble-prone-metro-areas-like-fort-myers-fla-austin-tx-and-san-franciso-ca/", "published_at": "2026-01-31T18:11:01+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c52c-02c2-72ce-b16e-2bf7ba79e32b", "title": "Post Powell Panic! Gold And Silver Crash Following Fed’s Decision To Do Nothing", "url": "https://confoundedinterest.net/2026/01/30/post-powell-panic-gold-and-silver-crash-following-feds-decision-to-do-nothing/", "published_at": "2026-01-30T14:54:28+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c537-26a5-728b-add3-6a567ad757b3", "title": "Wipeout! $6 Trillion Erased In 60 Minutes At Opening", "url": "https://confoundedinterest.net/2026/01/29/wipeout-6-trillion-erased-in-60-minutes-at-opening/", "published_at": "2026-01-29T21:39:59+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c537-26a5-728b-add3-6a567b745176", "title": "You Got The Silver? Silver ETF Is Exploding! (Highest Turnover Among Any Other Asset and 15 TIMES Its Average Daily Volume", "url": "https://confoundedinterest.net/2026/01/27/you-got-the-silver-silver-etf-is-exploding-highest-turnover-among-any-other-asset-and-15-times-its-average-daily-volume/", "published_at": "2026-01-27T19:08:33+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c537-26a5-728b-add3-6a567c02978c", "title": "Keep On Printing? National House Price Index Up 1.4% year-over-year in November As M2 Money Growth Slows", "url": "https://confoundedinterest.net/2026/01/27/keep-on-printing-national-house-price-index-up-1-4-year-over-year-in-november-as-m2-money-growth-slows/", "published_at": "2026-01-27T16:41:19+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c537-26a5-728b-add3-6a567c3d096a", "title": "Strong Buyers Market In Housing! 47.1% More Sellers Than Buyers", "url": "https://confoundedinterest.net/2026/01/26/strong-buyers-market-in-housing-47-1-more-sellers-than-buyers/", "published_at": "2026-01-26T15:15:53+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c537-26a5-728b-add3-6a567c872a7a", "title": "Mortgage Market After Covid! Soaring Home Prices And Mortgage Rates Led To Collapse Of Mortgage Originations", "url": "https://confoundedinterest.net/2026/01/23/mortgage-market-after-covid-soaring-home-prices-and-mortgage-rates-led-to-collapse-of-mortgage-originations/", "published_at": "2026-01-23T18:41:45+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c537-26a5-728b-add3-6a567cacd382", "title": "Whip It? US Pending Home Sales Fall To All-time Low", "url": "https://confoundedinterest.net/2026/01/22/whip-it-us-pending-home-sales-fall-to-all-time-low/", "published_at": "2026-01-22T14:24:04+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c537-26a5-728b-add3-6a567d8ad647", "title": "West Coast Leads US In Q4 Office Vacancies, National Vacancy Rate Is 20.5% (SF 33.1%, Seattle 32.3%, LA CBD 31.7%)", "url": "https://confoundedinterest.net/2026/01/20/west-coast-leads-us-in-q4-office-vacancies-national-vacancy-rate-is-20-5-sf-33-1-seattle-32-3-la-cbd-31-7/", "published_at": "2026-01-20T18:12:51+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c537-26a5-728b-add3-6a567df3b156", "title": "Florida, Delaware, and South Carolina Record The Worst Foreclosure Rates In 2025 As Florida Home Prices Deflate (Ft Myers FLA Leads FLA In Home Price Correction)", "url": "https://confoundedinterest.net/2026/01/17/florida-delaware-and-south-carolina-record-the-worst-foreclosure-rates-in-2025-as-florida-home-prices-deflate-ft-myers-fla-leads-fla-in-home-price-correction/", "published_at": "2026-01-17T16:46:22+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c537-26a5-728b-add3-6a567eed6a53", "title": "US Existing Home Sales Surged +5.1% MoM In December (Median Home Sales Price Declining Along With Mortgage Rates)", "url": "https://confoundedinterest.net/2026/01/16/us-existing-home-sales-surged-5-1-mom-in-december-median-home-sales-price-declining-along-with-mortgage-rates/", "published_at": "2026-01-16T16:48:42+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c537-26a5-728b-add3-6a567f805399", "title": "Good Feds Don’t! Fed Money Printing Benefits The Top 1%, Not The Bottom 50% (The Fed Acting Like Somalian Daycare Centers)", "url": "https://confoundedinterest.net/2026/01/14/good-feds-dont-fed-money-printing-benefits-the-top-1-not-the-bottom-50-the-fed-acting-like-somalian-daycare-centers/", "published_at": "2026-01-14T15:30:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c540-dd19-71bc-92dc-126a30823a62", "title": "My Atollah! Iran’s Rial Falls To Zero Versus US Dollar As Iran’s Inflation Hits 30%", "url": "https://confoundedinterest.net/2026/01/14/my-atollah-irans-rial-falls-to-zero-versus-us-dollar-as-irans-inflation-hits-30/", "published_at": "2026-01-14T14:35:32+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c540-dd19-71bc-92dc-126a30ed5724", "title": "Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac MBS Buying Raises Rate-Vol Tail-Risks ($200 Billion In Agency MBS Generates 30-Year Rate Of 5.99%)", "url": "https://confoundedinterest.net/2026/01/13/fannie-mae-freddie-mac-mbs-buying-raises-rate-vol-tail-risks-200-billion-in-agency-mbs-generates-30-year-rate-of-5-99/", "published_at": "2026-01-13T18:13:52+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c540-dd19-71bc-92dc-126a3175c465", "title": "Keep Government Out Of Housing! Cea Weaver, Clinton, Biden And Other Horror Stories", "url": "https://confoundedinterest.net/2026/01/12/keep-government-out-of-housing-cea-weaver-clinton-biden-and-other-horror-stories/", "published_at": "2026-01-12T15:19:24+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c540-dd19-71bc-92dc-126a31db25e2", "title": "US Q4 Real GDP Forecast Is 5.4% As Trumps Orders GSEs To Buy $200 BILLION In Mortgage Bonds (Exports Rising At 6.1% And Imports Falling -9.4%)", "url": "https://confoundedinterest.net/2026/01/09/us-q4-real-gdp-forecast-is-5-4-as-trumps-orders-gses-to-buy-200-billion-in-mortgage-bonds-exports-rising-at-6-1-and-imports-falling-9-4/", "published_at": "2026-01-09T14:56:47+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c540-dd19-71bc-92dc-126a327182be", "title": "Mortgage Demand Decreased 9.7 Percent From Two Weeks Earlier (Biden-era Malaise Continues)", "url": "https://confoundedinterest.net/2026/01/08/mortgage-demand-decreased-9-7-percent-from-two-weeks-earlier-biden-era-malaise-continues/", "published_at": "2026-01-08T15:25:02+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c540-dd19-71bc-92dc-126a32d6c4fa", "title": "MBS Returns In 2025 The Highest In A Decade (Excess Returns Highest Since 2011)", "url": "https://confoundedinterest.net/2026/01/05/mbs-returns-in-2025-the-highest-in-a-decade-excess-returns-highest-since-2011/", "published_at": "2026-01-05T17:17:21+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c540-dd19-71bc-92dc-126a3347a5eb", "title": "Housing Prices! Chicago Leads All Major Markets With 5.8% Annual Gain (Followed By New York At 5.0% And Cleveland At 4.1%, Tampa Recorded 4.2% Decline)", "url": "https://confoundedinterest.net/2025/12/31/housing-prices-chicago-leads-all-major-markets-with-5-8-annual-gain-followed-by-new-york-at-5-0-and-cleveland-at-4-1-tampa-recorded-4-2-decline/", "published_at": "2025-12-31T14:49:12+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c540-dd19-71bc-92dc-126a34020cce", "title": "Housing Thunder? Pending Home Sales Surge 3.3% MoM (Highest Since Feb 2023)", "url": "https://confoundedinterest.net/2025/12/29/housing-thunder-pending-home-sales-surge-3-3-mom-highest-since-feb-2023/", "published_at": "2025-12-29T18:02:06+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c540-dd19-71bc-92dc-126a349a016e", "title": "Gold And Silver: Silver Up 10% On Friday, Gold Outperforming Stock Market Over Last 30 Years (Silver Hit $79.2708!)", "url": "https://confoundedinterest.net/2025/12/27/gold-and-silver-silver-up-10-on-friday-gold-outperforming-stock-market-over-last-30-years-silver-hit-79-2708/", "published_at": "2025-12-27T14:19:43+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c540-dd19-71bc-92dc-126a354d9de5", "title": "Mortgage Demand Decreased 5.0 Percent From One Week Earlier (Purchase Index Decreased 6 Percent, Refinance Index Decreased 6 Percent)", "url": "https://confoundedinterest.net/2025/12/26/mortgage-demand-decreased-5-0-percent-from-one-week-earlier-purchase-index-decreased-6-percent-refinance-index-decreased-6-percent/", "published_at": "2025-12-26T15:55:50+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c549-87cb-71c1-aa0c-edae15129cfd", "title": "Fly Like An Eagle! US Q4 Real GDP Forecast At 3% Following Tremendous Q3 Print Of 4.3%", "url": "https://confoundedinterest.net/2025/12/24/fly-like-an-eagle-us-q4-real-gdp-forecast-at-3-following-tremendous-q3-print-of-4-3/", "published_at": "2025-12-24T15:58:48+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c549-87cb-71c1-aa0c-edae15fe5103", "title": "Simply Unaffordable? A Different View Of US Housing Prices (Gov’t Needs To Stop Manipulating The Housing Market)", "url": "https://confoundedinterest.net/2025/12/22/simply-unaffordable-a-different-view-of-us-housing-prices-govt-needs-to-stop-manipulating-the-housing-market/", "published_at": "2025-12-22T17:19:49+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c549-87cb-71c1-aa0c-edae162c63f6", "title": "US Treasury Yield Curve Steepens As 30Y Mortgage Rate Hovers Around 6.30% (Existing Home Sales Rise 0.5% In November)", "url": "https://confoundedinterest.net/2025/12/19/us-treasury-yield-curve-steepens-as-30y-mortgage-rate-hovers-around-6-30-existing-home-sales-rise-0-5-in-november/", "published_at": "2025-12-19T17:46:33+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c549-87cb-71c1-aa0c-edae17157129", "title": "Keep On Printing? US GDP Still Growing At 3.5% Despite Malaise In Construction And Imports (So Much For Tariff Hysteria)", "url": "https://confoundedinterest.net/2025/12/19/keep-on-printing-us-gdp-still-growing-at-3-5-despite-malaise-in-construction-and-imports-so-much-for-tariff-hysteria/", "published_at": "2025-12-19T15:50:50+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c549-87cb-71c1-aa0c-edae1788e9e7", "title": "Government Spending Helped Kill Mortgage Demand! Mortgage Demand Decreased 3.8 Percent From One Week Earlier", "url": "https://confoundedinterest.net/2025/12/17/government-spending-helped-kill-mortgage-demand-mortgage-demand-decreased-3-8-percent-from-one-week-earlier/", "published_at": "2025-12-17T15:43:24+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c549-87cb-71c1-aa0c-edae17b83cdf", "title": "Hallelujah! Mortgage Demand Increased 4.8% From Previous Week (Purchase Demand Increased 32%, Refi Demand Increased 14%)", "url": "https://confoundedinterest.net/2025/12/10/hallelujah-mortgage-demand-increased-4-8-from-previous-week-purchase-demand-increased-32-refi-demand-increased-14/", "published_at": "2025-12-10T19:05:05+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c549-87cb-71c1-aa0c-edae17c769c8", "title": "Little Tariff Effects! US Q3 Real GDP Growth At 3.5%, Real Estate Construction Growth Remains Negative", "url": "https://confoundedinterest.net/2025/12/09/little-tariff-effects-us-q3-real-gdp-growth-at-3-5-real-estate-construction-growth-remains-negative/", "published_at": "2025-12-09T13:38:46+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c549-87cb-71c1-aa0c-edae189d4928", "title": "Winter Effect! Mortgage Purchase Demand Fell 32% From Previous Week (Expected To Rise In January)", "url": "https://confoundedinterest.net/2025/12/03/winter-effect-mortgage-purchase-demand-fell-32-from-previous-week-expected-to-rise-in-january/", "published_at": "2025-12-03T16:04:54+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c549-87cb-71c1-aa0c-edae194ef337", "title": "Miami FL And Columbus OH Lead Nation In Closed Sales In October ’25 (Will Ohio State Beat Indiana For The Big 10 Championship?)", "url": "https://confoundedinterest.net/2025/12/02/miami-fl-and-columbus-oh-lead-nation-in-closed-sales-in-october-25-will-ohio-state-beat-indiana-for-the-big-10-championship/", "published_at": "2025-12-02T16:35:14+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c549-87cb-71c1-aa0c-edae1a25f077", "title": "Since The Federal Government Spending Spree Associated With Covid Ended, Median Household Income Has Declined, But So Have Home Prices", "url": "https://confoundedinterest.net/2025/11/28/since-the-federal-government-spending-spree-associated-with-covid-ended-median-household-income-has-declined-but-so-have-home-prices/", "published_at": "2025-11-28T16:09:19+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c552-1d82-73eb-b4b7-79f0ac6744a3", "title": "Punta Gorda (Ft Myers) Fla Leads Nation In Home Price Declines At -20.4% From Peak (Followed By Austin TX At -17.3% From Peak)", "url": "https://confoundedinterest.net/2025/11/26/punta-gorda-ft-myers-fla-leads-nation-in-home-price-declines-at-20-4-from-peak-followed-by-austin-tx-at-17-3-from-peak/", "published_at": "2025-11-26T16:31:20+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c552-1d83-7324-af19-e29555f557a6", "title": "US Mortgage Demand Increased Slightly In Recent Survey (Hasn’t Been The Same Since 2021)", "url": "https://confoundedinterest.net/2025/11/26/us-mortgage-demand-increased-slightly-in-recent-survey-hasnt-been-the-same-since-2021/", "published_at": "2025-11-26T14:23:06+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c552-1d83-7324-af19-e295566c996b", "title": "October Saw Estimated 36.8% More Home Sellers Than Buyers (Biggest Gap Dating Back To 2013)", "url": "https://confoundedinterest.net/2025/11/25/october-saw-estimated-36-8-more-home-sellers-than-buyers-biggest-gap-dating-back-to-2013/", "published_at": "2025-11-25T16:23:26+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c552-1d83-7324-af19-e295567ab4c5", "title": "US Home Prices Are Falling In A Majority Of US Cities (Immigration?)", "url": "https://confoundedinterest.net/2025/11/25/us-home-prices-are-falling-in-a-majority-of-us-cities-immigration/", "published_at": "2025-11-25T15:43:07+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c552-1d83-7324-af19-e29556b0bea0", "title": "Post Covid Blues! Mortgage Demand Decreased 5.2 Percent From One Week Earlier (Purchase Demand Decreased 7 Percent, Refinance Demand Decreased 7 Percent As Mortgage Rates Increase)", "url": "https://confoundedinterest.net/2025/11/19/post-covid-blues-mortgage-demand-decreased-5-2-percent-from-one-week-earlier-purchase-demand-decreased-7-percent-refinance-demand-decreased-7-percent-as-mortgage-rates-increase/", "published_at": "2025-11-19T14:34:15+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c552-1d83-7324-af19-e29556b6cc76", "title": "Oyster Stew? Another Bad Government Idea To Fix Housing Affordability: The 50-year Mortgage (Interest Paid By Borrower Increases By 105%!)", "url": "https://confoundedinterest.net/2025/11/17/oyster-stew-another-bad-government-idea-to-fix-housing-affordability-the-50-year-mortgage-interest-paid-by-borrower-increases-by-105/", "published_at": "2025-11-17T15:40:38+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c552-1d83-7324-af19-e29557ab0a57", "title": "Housing After Covid! Declining Mortgage Originations And Rising Home Prices Making Affordability Difficult", "url": "https://confoundedinterest.net/2025/11/14/housing-after-covid-declining-mortgage-originations-and-rising-home-prices-making-affordability-difficult/", "published_at": "2025-11-14T17:11:52+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c552-1d83-7324-af19-e295580a7f14", "title": "US Purchase Mortgage Demand Increased 3% From Previous Week (Pulte’s 50Y And Layaway Mortgages??)", "url": "https://confoundedinterest.net/2025/11/12/us-purchase-mortgage-demand-increased-3-from-previous-week-pultes-50y-and-layaway-mortgages/", "published_at": "2025-11-12T13:17:04+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c552-1d83-7324-af19-e29558cdc65c", "title": "ADP Report Shows Big Job Losses In October, 45,000 Job Losses (Rate Cuts Around The Corner?)", "url": "https://confoundedinterest.net/2025/11/11/adp-report-shows-big-job-losses-in-october-45000-job-losses-rate-cuts-around-the-corner/", "published_at": "2025-11-11T16:14:36+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c552-1d83-7324-af19-e2955926fe9c", "title": "Stagnation Nation! U.S. Housing Market Hits 30-Year Low in Activity (High Home Prices And High Mortgage Rates*)", "url": "https://confoundedinterest.net/2025/11/07/stagnation-nation-u-s-housing-market-hits-30-year-low-in-activity-high-home-prices-and-high-mortgage-rates/", "published_at": "2025-11-07T14:29:20+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c55a-51a2-700c-b6c2-427babbe2c35", "title": "Mortgage Demand Decreased 1.9 Percent From One Week Earlier (Purchase Index Decreased 2 Percent, Refinance Index Decreased 3 Percent)", "url": "https://confoundedinterest.net/2025/11/05/mortgage-demand-decreased-1-9-percent-from-one-week-earlier-purchase-index-decreased-2-percent-refinance-index-decreased-3-percent/", "published_at": "2025-11-05T17:16:37+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c55a-51a2-700c-b6c2-427bac0659ca", "title": "ADP Reporting 42k Jobs Added In October (Better Than Expected)", "url": "https://confoundedinterest.net/2025/11/05/adp-reporting-42k-jobs-added-in-october-better-than-expected/", "published_at": "2025-11-05T14:43:17+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c55a-51a2-700c-b6c2-427bac61e0a6", "title": "𝗠𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗶𝗳𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝘆 𝗗𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗾𝘂𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗦𝗼𝗮𝗿 𝘁𝗼 𝟳.𝟭%, Office Delinquencies Soar To 11.8% (CMBS Excess Returns Are Dwindling)", "url": "https://confoundedinterest.net/2025/11/04/%f0%9d%97%a0%f0%9d%98%82%f0%9d%97%b9%f0%9d%98%81%f0%9d%97%b6%f0%9d%97%b3%f0%9d%97%ae%f0%9d%97%ba%f0%9d%97%b6%f0%9d%97%b9%f0%9d%98%86-%f0%9d%97%97%f0%9d%97%b2%f0%9d%97%b9%f0%9d%97%b6%f0%9d%97%bb/", "published_at": "2025-11-04T16:05:57+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c55a-51a2-700c-b6c2-427bacf0c5c1", "title": "New Week Starts! 10Y Treasury Yield At 4.112%, Down From 4.397% 1 Year Ago (Yield Curve Steepening)", "url": "https://confoundedinterest.net/2025/11/03/new-week-starts-10y-treasury-yield-at-4-112-down-from-4-397-1-year-ago-yield-curve-steepening/", "published_at": "2025-11-03T14:00:21+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c55a-51a2-700c-b6c2-427bad0f386e", "title": "Fed’s QT Surprise! Powell Announced That Maturing Mortgage-backed Securities (MBSs) Will Be Reinvested Into Short-term Treasury Bills", "url": "https://confoundedinterest.net/2025/11/01/feds-qt-surprise-powell-announced-that-maturing-mortgage-backed-securities-mbss-will-be-reinvested-into-short-term-treasury-bills/", "published_at": "2025-11-01T14:19:17+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c55a-51a2-700c-b6c2-427bad4687c6", "title": "Fed Cuts Target Rate By 25 Basis Points, Treasury Yield Curve Rises, Mortgage Rates Drop", "url": "https://confoundedinterest.net/2025/10/30/fed-cuts-target-rate-by-25-basis-points-treasury-yield-curve-rises-mortgage-rates-drop/", "published_at": "2025-10-30T18:29:45+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c55a-51a2-700c-b6c2-427bae2b4b26", "title": "US Mortgage Demand Rose 7.1% With Mortgage Rates Declining (Purchase Demand Rose 4% While Refi Demand Rose 9% From Preceding Week)", "url": "https://confoundedinterest.net/2025/10/30/us-mortgage-demand-rose-7-1-with-mortgage-rates-declining-purchase-demand-rose-4-while-refi-demand-rose-9-from-preceding-week/", "published_at": "2025-10-30T16:56:01+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c55a-51a2-700c-b6c2-427bae316039", "title": "Case-Shiller National House Price Index Up 1.5% Year-Over-Year In August (Down -0.30% MoM)", "url": "https://confoundedinterest.net/2025/10/28/case-shiller-national-house-price-index-up-1-5-year-over-year-in-august-down-0-30-mom/", "published_at": "2025-10-28T15:59:41+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c55a-51a2-700c-b6c2-427baf305fe9", "title": "Consumer Prices Rise 3% YoY, Shelter Rises 3.6% YoY (US Treasury Yield Curve Remains Upward Sloping 3Y-30Y)", "url": "https://confoundedinterest.net/2025/10/24/consumer-prices-rise-3-yoy-shelter-rises-3-6-yoy-us-treasury-yield-curve-remains-upward-sloping-3y-30y/", "published_at": "2025-10-24T16:03:14+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c55a-51a2-700c-b6c2-427bafca086b", "title": "Federal Government Continues To Spend Like Drunken Sailors In Port Despite Schumer Shutdown (Federal Debt Breaches $38 Trillion, Budget Deficit Breaches $7 Trillion)", "url": "https://confoundedinterest.net/2025/10/24/federal-government-continues-to-spend-like-drunken-sailors-in-port-despite-schumer-shutdown-federal-debt-breaches-38-trillion-budget-deficit-breaches-7-trillion/", "published_at": "2025-10-24T13:35:14+00:00" } ] posts Claim your blog
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2026

Q3 US Real GDP Growth At 5% (So Much For The Iran “War” Slump)original ↗
1 Aug 2026
US Mortgage Origination Remain Subdued At Fed Keeps Target Rate At 3.75% (US Home Prices Have Over Doubled Since 2015 Making Housing Unaffordable For Millions)original ↗
29 Jul 2026
Real Home Price Growth Is Negative (Worse In China), Fed Money Printing (M2) Increasing, China’s Money Printing Increasing Even Faster Than USoriginal ↗
20 Jul 2026
While The Typical Starter Home Is $198,649, A Record 242 Cities Have Starter Homes Valued At $1 Million Or More (California Has 105 Cities With $1M+ Starter Homes)original ↗
20 Jun 2026
US Jobs Skyrocket By 172K In May, Finance/Insurance Jobs Nosedive By -20.2K, Local Government Jobs Rise By 55Koriginal ↗
5 Jun 2026
Consumer prices rose 3.8% annually in April, the highest since May 2023, but … Fed printed M2 at 4.6% annually in Marchoriginal ↗
12 May 2026
MBA Mortgage Purchase Application Down -3.7% As Mortgage Rates Riseoriginal ↗
7 May 2026
New Home Sales Rise In March Despite Rising Mortgage Ratesoriginal ↗
7 May 2026
March Existing Home Sales MEDIAN PRICE Falls -6.2%YoY, Worst March Since 2009 (Rent Growth Slowing To 1.8% YoY)original ↗
6 May 2026
US Debt To GDP Ratio At 1.22 (Nothing Has Been The Same Since 2020 Covid Outbreak)original ↗
5 May 2026
Fed Dots Plot Points To Rising Interest Rates, SOFR Options Point To Rising Interest Rates As Well (US Federal Debt At $39+ Trillion, $357K Per Taxpayer)original ↗
4 May 2026
Housing Permits Fall To 7 Month Low, Fed Keeps Rates Unchanged, 2Y Treasury Yield Jumps 10 BPS (Ill Gov JB Pritzker Approves Psychedelic Gerrymandered Map)original ↗
30 Apr 2026
Mortgage Employment Headcount Lowest Since Housing Bubble Of 2005 As Case-Shiller National Home Price Index UP 0.29% In February (Denver Leads In Price Declines Beating Tampa)original ↗
29 Apr 2026
40% More Home Sellers Than Buyers (Credit Quality Of Mortgages Deteriorating)original ↗
23 Apr 2026
What Happened To The “Shut Down Fannie And Freddie” Movement? (Both Fannie And Freddie Are GROWING Their Retained Portfolios)original ↗
20 Apr 2026
US Treasury Yield Curve Upward Sloping As Iran Conflict Continues (Strait Of Hormuz Effectively Closed)original ↗
6 Apr 2026
Trump Threatens To Bomb Iran Back To The Stone Age, Crude Oil And US Gasoline Prices Return To Obama/Biden Era Levels For The Momentoriginal ↗
2 Apr 2026
Home Prices Rise 0.9% YoY Despite Lower Mortgage Rates (Blue City Mean Reversion, New York 4.9% YoY Gain, Chicago 4.6% YoY, Cleveland 3.6% YoY While Tampa -2.5%)original ↗
31 Mar 2026
Seller’s Market In Housing! There Are 630,000 More Home Sellers Than Buyers—the Biggest Gap on Record (50% More Sellers Than Buyers)original ↗
27 Mar 2026
Mortgage Applications Decreased 10.5 Percent From One Week Earlier (Purchase Index Decreased 5 Percent WoW)original ↗
26 Mar 2026
US New Home Sales Decline By Most In 13 Years In January (Home Prices Remain Too High After Covid Spending Spree)original ↗
20 Mar 2026
Hot, Hot, Hot! Producer Prices Print At 0.7% MoM, 3.4% YoY In February (Hottest Since Jan 2025) What Will Powell And Fed Do?original ↗
18 Mar 2026
US Pending Home Sales Rise 1.8% MoM In February, But The South Saw 2.7% MoM Increase (What I Like About The South)original ↗
17 Mar 2026
US Industrial Production Rises For 4th Straight Month In February (0.2% MoM, 1.4% YoY)original ↗
16 Mar 2026
US Existing Home Sales Bounced In February +1.7 MoM, But Down -1.45% YoY (Inventory Still Low)original ↗
10 Mar 2026
US Home Relistings Hit Record High (Delistings Soared In 2025 After Sellers Outnumbered Buyers)original ↗
9 Mar 2026
Global Uncertainty Hits An ALL-TIME HIGH! Higher Than Covid, 2008 Financial Crisis, Dot-com Crash COMBINEDoriginal ↗
7 Mar 2026
February Jobs Report -92k Jobs Lost As US Tries To Recover From 4 Years Of Bidenomics (Oil Prices Soar As Attacks Against Iran Continue)original ↗
6 Mar 2026
Typical Homeowner Stays In Home For 12 Years, Up From 6.5 Years In 2006 (Average Effective Mortgage Life Is Only 5-7 Years)original ↗
5 Mar 2026
Simply Unaffordable! FHA Lower Credit Score Borrowers (0-619) Suffer Escalating Mortgage Delinquency Ratesoriginal ↗
2 Mar 2026
Home Price Adjustment! Average Hourly Earnings YoY ABOVE Home Price Growth YoY (Home Price Growth Exploded Following Federal Governments’ Covid-related Spending Splurge)original ↗
26 Feb 2026
Inflation Power! US Core PCE Jumps On Durable Goods Jumps 2.051% (PCE Up 0.4% In December, M2 Up 4.6% YoY)original ↗
20 Feb 2026
2025 New Home Sales Highest Since 2021 (Down -1.7% MoM In December)original ↗
20 Feb 2026
US Pending Home Sales Collapse To Lowest Level Since 2001original ↗
19 Feb 2026
January US Industrial Production Rises 0.7% MoM, Capacity Utilization At 76.22% (So Much For Trump Tariffs Killing US Manufacturing!)original ↗
18 Feb 2026
Gimme (Cheaper) Shelter! US Core CPI Falls To Slowest In 4 Years (Real Wage Growth Rises As Rent CPI Rose Only 0.2% In January)original ↗
13 Feb 2026
Gap Between 2s And 10s Treasuries Now Widest Since Early 2022 (Recession Coming Despite 3.7% Real GDP Growth?)original ↗
12 Feb 2026
US Existing Home Sales Collapse In January (Down 4.6% MoM In January, Largest Drop Since February 2022)original ↗
12 Feb 2026
US Unexpectedly Adds 130K Jobs In January, Most Since Dec 2024 (Growing Private Sector Jobs, Declining Government Jobs)original ↗
11 Feb 2026
US Manufacturing Sector Shed -8k Jobs on January (Difficult To Undo Damage Done By Biden and Schumer Including Negative Home Equity)original ↗
10 Feb 2026
Average Homeowner Tenure Rises To 8.6 Years (Americans Aren’t Moving Much)original ↗
9 Feb 2026
Housing Bubble Part Deux! Home Price To Median Household Income Now Higher Than During Catestrophic Home Price Bubble Of 2005-2009 (Job Losses Primarily Women)original ↗
8 Feb 2026
I Ain’t Drunk! Home Buyering Collapses As Home Prices 55% More Costly Than When Biden Became President (Mortgage Rates 64% More Expensive)original ↗
7 Feb 2026
The US-Weimar Republic! Gold Soaring With M1 Money Printing (Good Governments Don’t)original ↗
6 Feb 2026
Fear! Extreme Fear In Markets At -13 (Greed Is 50 And Above)original ↗
5 Feb 2026
Pending Home Sales Fall To Lowest Since 2020 (Covid) As People Flee New York And Californiaoriginal ↗
4 Feb 2026
State Of The Housing Market! Lowest Turnover In Decades, New Construction Premium Vanishes, Median Age Of First-Time Homebuyers Is 40original ↗
3 Feb 2026
Bitcoin Is Crashing! Breaks 80K Support Leveloriginal ↗
31 Jan 2026
Household Formation Slowing As Is Home Price Growth (Particularly In Bubble-prone Metro Areas Like Fort Myers FLA, Austin TX And San Franciso CA)original ↗
31 Jan 2026
Post Powell Panic! Gold And Silver Crash Following Fed’s Decision To Do Nothingoriginal ↗
30 Jan 2026
Wipeout! $6 Trillion Erased In 60 Minutes At Openingoriginal ↗
29 Jan 2026
You Got The Silver? Silver ETF Is Exploding! (Highest Turnover Among Any Other Asset and 15 TIMES Its Average Daily Volumeoriginal ↗
27 Jan 2026
Keep On Printing? National House Price Index Up 1.4% year-over-year in November As M2 Money Growth Slowsoriginal ↗
27 Jan 2026
Strong Buyers Market In Housing! 47.1% More Sellers Than Buyersoriginal ↗
26 Jan 2026
Mortgage Market After Covid! Soaring Home Prices And Mortgage Rates Led To Collapse Of Mortgage Originationsoriginal ↗
23 Jan 2026
Whip It? US Pending Home Sales Fall To All-time Loworiginal ↗
22 Jan 2026
West Coast Leads US In Q4 Office Vacancies, National Vacancy Rate Is 20.5% (SF 33.1%, Seattle 32.3%, LA CBD 31.7%)original ↗
20 Jan 2026
Florida, Delaware, and South Carolina Record The Worst Foreclosure Rates In 2025 As Florida Home Prices Deflate (Ft Myers FLA Leads FLA In Home Price Correction)original ↗
17 Jan 2026
US Existing Home Sales Surged +5.1% MoM In December (Median Home Sales Price Declining Along With Mortgage Rates)original ↗
16 Jan 2026
Good Feds Don’t! Fed Money Printing Benefits The Top 1%, Not The Bottom 50% (The Fed Acting Like Somalian Daycare Centers)original ↗
14 Jan 2026
My Atollah! Iran’s Rial Falls To Zero Versus US Dollar As Iran’s Inflation Hits 30%original ↗
14 Jan 2026
Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac MBS Buying Raises Rate-Vol Tail-Risks ($200 Billion In Agency MBS Generates 30-Year Rate Of 5.99%)original ↗
13 Jan 2026
Keep Government Out Of Housing! Cea Weaver, Clinton, Biden And Other Horror Storiesoriginal ↗
12 Jan 2026
US Q4 Real GDP Forecast Is 5.4% As Trumps Orders GSEs To Buy $200 BILLION In Mortgage Bonds (Exports Rising At 6.1% And Imports Falling -9.4%)original ↗
9 Jan 2026
Mortgage Demand Decreased 9.7 Percent From Two Weeks Earlier (Biden-era Malaise Continues)original ↗
8 Jan 2026
MBS Returns In 2025 The Highest In A Decade (Excess Returns Highest Since 2011)original ↗
5 Jan 2026

2025

Housing Prices! Chicago Leads All Major Markets With 5.8% Annual Gain (Followed By New York At 5.0% And Cleveland At 4.1%, Tampa Recorded 4.2% Decline)original ↗
31 Dec 2025
Housing Thunder? Pending Home Sales Surge 3.3% MoM (Highest Since Feb 2023)original ↗
29 Dec 2025
Gold And Silver: Silver Up 10% On Friday, Gold Outperforming Stock Market Over Last 30 Years (Silver Hit $79.2708!)original ↗
27 Dec 2025
Mortgage Demand Decreased 5.0 Percent From One Week Earlier (Purchase Index Decreased 6 Percent, Refinance Index Decreased 6 Percent)original ↗
26 Dec 2025
Fly Like An Eagle! US Q4 Real GDP Forecast At 3% Following Tremendous Q3 Print Of 4.3%original ↗
24 Dec 2025
Simply Unaffordable? A Different View Of US Housing Prices (Gov’t Needs To Stop Manipulating The Housing Market)original ↗
22 Dec 2025
US Treasury Yield Curve Steepens As 30Y Mortgage Rate Hovers Around 6.30% (Existing Home Sales Rise 0.5% In November)original ↗
19 Dec 2025
Keep On Printing? US GDP Still Growing At 3.5% Despite Malaise In Construction And Imports (So Much For Tariff Hysteria)original ↗
19 Dec 2025
Government Spending Helped Kill Mortgage Demand! Mortgage Demand Decreased 3.8 Percent From One Week Earlieroriginal ↗
17 Dec 2025
Hallelujah! Mortgage Demand Increased 4.8% From Previous Week (Purchase Demand Increased 32%, Refi Demand Increased 14%)original ↗
10 Dec 2025
Little Tariff Effects! US Q3 Real GDP Growth At 3.5%, Real Estate Construction Growth Remains Negativeoriginal ↗
9 Dec 2025
Winter Effect! Mortgage Purchase Demand Fell 32% From Previous Week (Expected To Rise In January)original ↗
3 Dec 2025
Miami FL And Columbus OH Lead Nation In Closed Sales In October ’25 (Will Ohio State Beat Indiana For The Big 10 Championship?)original ↗
2 Dec 2025
Since The Federal Government Spending Spree Associated With Covid Ended, Median Household Income Has Declined, But So Have Home Pricesoriginal ↗
28 Nov 2025
Punta Gorda (Ft Myers) Fla Leads Nation In Home Price Declines At -20.4% From Peak (Followed By Austin TX At -17.3% From Peak)original ↗
26 Nov 2025
US Mortgage Demand Increased Slightly In Recent Survey (Hasn’t Been The Same Since 2021)original ↗
26 Nov 2025
October Saw Estimated 36.8% More Home Sellers Than Buyers (Biggest Gap Dating Back To 2013)original ↗
25 Nov 2025
US Home Prices Are Falling In A Majority Of US Cities (Immigration?)original ↗
25 Nov 2025
Post Covid Blues! Mortgage Demand Decreased 5.2 Percent From One Week Earlier (Purchase Demand Decreased 7 Percent, Refinance Demand Decreased 7 Percent As Mortgage Rates Increase)original ↗
19 Nov 2025
Oyster Stew? Another Bad Government Idea To Fix Housing Affordability: The 50-year Mortgage (Interest Paid By Borrower Increases By 105%!)original ↗
17 Nov 2025
Housing After Covid! Declining Mortgage Originations And Rising Home Prices Making Affordability Difficultoriginal ↗
14 Nov 2025
US Purchase Mortgage Demand Increased 3% From Previous Week (Pulte’s 50Y And Layaway Mortgages??)original ↗
12 Nov 2025
ADP Report Shows Big Job Losses In October, 45,000 Job Losses (Rate Cuts Around The Corner?)original ↗
11 Nov 2025
Stagnation Nation! U.S. Housing Market Hits 30-Year Low in Activity (High Home Prices And High Mortgage Rates*)original ↗
7 Nov 2025
Mortgage Demand Decreased 1.9 Percent From One Week Earlier (Purchase Index Decreased 2 Percent, Refinance Index Decreased 3 Percent)original ↗
5 Nov 2025
ADP Reporting 42k Jobs Added In October (Better Than Expected)original ↗
5 Nov 2025
𝗠𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗶𝗳𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝘆 𝗗𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗾𝘂𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗦𝗼𝗮𝗿 𝘁𝗼 𝟳.𝟭%, Office Delinquencies Soar To 11.8% (CMBS Excess Returns Are Dwindling)original ↗
4 Nov 2025
New Week Starts! 10Y Treasury Yield At 4.112%, Down From 4.397% 1 Year Ago (Yield Curve Steepening)original ↗
3 Nov 2025
Fed’s QT Surprise! Powell Announced That Maturing Mortgage-backed Securities (MBSs) Will Be Reinvested Into Short-term Treasury Billsoriginal ↗
1 Nov 2025
Fed Cuts Target Rate By 25 Basis Points, Treasury Yield Curve Rises, Mortgage Rates Droporiginal ↗
30 Oct 2025
US Mortgage Demand Rose 7.1% With Mortgage Rates Declining (Purchase Demand Rose 4% While Refi Demand Rose 9% From Preceding Week)original ↗
30 Oct 2025
Case-Shiller National House Price Index Up 1.5% Year-Over-Year In August (Down -0.30% MoM)original ↗
28 Oct 2025
Consumer Prices Rise 3% YoY, Shelter Rises 3.6% YoY (US Treasury Yield Curve Remains Upward Sloping 3Y-30Y)original ↗
24 Oct 2025
Federal Government Continues To Spend Like Drunken Sailors In Port Despite Schumer Shutdown (Federal Debt Breaches $38 Trillion, Budget Deficit Breaches $7 Trillion)original ↗
24 Oct 2025
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