Housing Market Forecast

April 16, 2020

Podcast – Frank Nothaft on “Complexity Simplified” with Dr. A...

BY FRANK NOTHAFT HOUSING AFFORDABILITY, REAL ESTATE In this podcast posted April 7, 2020, Frank Nothaft, the chief economist of CoreLogic, describes the impact to single family transaction volumes and US regional home price trends as the COVID-19 pandemic begins to take hold. Albert Lee, Summit C...

April 1, 2020

What is the Impact of a Recession on the Housing Market?

There is a widespread expectation that the US as well as the whole world have entered or will be in recession amid the coronavirus pandemic. Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan forecast a more than 20% US GDP contraction for next quarter[1] . The International Monetary Fund declared a global recessio...

March 12, 2020

Podcast – Frank Nothaft on The Real Wealth Show with Kathy Fettke

Analyzing the housing market can be complicated. There are so many opinions on issues that impact investors including which are the best markets, single-family versus multi-family investing, housing inventory, demographic shifts, renter preferences, mortgage rates, the strength of the U.S. econom...

March 4, 2020

Is the Yield Curve Slope a Leading Indicator of the Housing Market?

One yield spread that is closely monitored by most economists is the difference between the yield on the 10-year Treasury bond and the yield on the 2-year Treasury bond. The typical shape of a yield curve has yields rising with bond term, that is, the 10-year-to-2-year spread is positive.  A...

July 18, 2019

Special Report: The Role of Housing in the Longest Economic Expansion

The Role of Housing in the Longest Economic Expansion is a special report examining the role and performance of the housing sector during the ongoing 121 months of consecutive economic expansion in the United States, the longest period on record. View the report now to understand how we’ve come t...

March 1, 2019

Housing Recessions and Recoveries

Economic Observations, March 2019 Lately, it seems like the roof of the housing market might cave in. Several of the major housing market indicators have shown much volatility as of late. For instance, the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Home Price Index fell for seven straight months, new home sa...