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Final Look at Local Housing Markets in February

by Calculated Risk on 3/28/2024 11:35:00 AM Today, in the Calculated Risk Real Estate Newsletter: Final Look at Local Housing Markets in February A brief excerpt: Note: Most analysts were surprised by the increase in sales in February. Not housing economist Tom Lawler, or any readers of this newsletter. The local data clearly showed that

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London still awaits Olympic’s promised ‘affordable’ housing

More than a decade after London hosted the Olympic Games, cranes are still everywhere in and around the Olympic Park in Stratford, where an array of buildings are under construction. But most of the “affordable” housing for the east London area, which like much of the British capital has seen gentrification in recent years, is

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Finland spends most on housing of all OECD countries

Finland spends 24% of its total expenditure on housing, followed closely by the UK, according to new data published by British thinktank the Resolution Foundation – higher than the EU average of 15%. ADVERTISEMENT The data combined the cost of actual rents paid with an estimate of the cost of housing owners would pay if

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Why Biden’s Housing Crisis Solutions Will Fail

Most first-world nations are experiencing a crisis in housing affordability as there is simply not enough supply to meet the demand. Major corporations swept up the majority of homes when mortgage rates were artificially low. Those who own are less likely to less as they could downsize and still have a larger mortgage bill due

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Some Facts about US Rental Housing

About one-third of US households rent, rather than own. The renters are disproportionately lower-income, less-educated, and younger. The public policy concern, of course, is not really about, say, a group of college students or recent graduates sharing a rental, but instead about low-income adults and parents with families for whom rental housing may comprise a

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Housing Starts Increased to 1.521 million Annual Rate in February

by Calculated Risk on 3/19/2024 08:30:00 AM From the Census Bureau: Permits, Starts and Completions Housing Starts:Privately‐owned housing starts in February were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1,521,000. This is 10.7 percent above the revised January estimate of 1,374,000 and is 5.9 percent above the February 2023 rate of 1,436,000. Single‐family housing starts

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Calculated Risk: Tuesday: Housing Starts

by Calculated Risk on 3/18/2024 07:24:00 PM From Matthew Graham at Mortgage News Daily: Mortgage Rates Inch to March Highs Rates marched higher to the highest levels in March today, but most lenders are only microscopically worse off than Friday afternoon. In the slightly bigger picture rates have moved up roughly a quarter of a

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