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Are mortgage rate declines boosting housing demand yet?
Does a promising increase in purchase applications indicate that the housing market is beginning to wake up just in time for spring?
Do mortgage rates have room to drop lower?
Treasury Secretary Bessent said the housing market is about to "unfreeze." Can mortgage rates go even lower than we've seen since Jan. 14?
Can government job cuts lead to lower mortgage rates for spring?
Could the loss of jobs in the government sector significantly increase the unemployment rate and push mortgage rates lower this spring?
The impact of job cuts on the DC housing market
Is the Washington, D.C. housing market facing a sudden collapse ignited by DOGE’s job-cutting? We look at inventory and price cuts to see.
Better mortgage spreads are capping rates in 2025
Better mortgage spreads are limiting how high mortgage rates can rise in 2025, which is in contrast to what we've seen in recent years.
Mortgage rates stay calm before possible tariff enforcement
Last week, the housing data demonstrated stability even as we approached potential tariff enforcements starting on Saturday.
What can President Trump do to help the housing crisis?
In addition to the usual economic data, Lead Analyst Logan Mohtashami looks at what President Trump could do to affect the housing market.
Why didn’t we see a national home-price correction in 2024?
Existing home sales ended the year on a positive note, but the surprise is that home prices firmed up late in the year
Mortgage rates fell last week. Can they go lower?
Mortgage rates fell last week after a brutal few months of rising rates. The question now is whether rates can keep going lower.
Housing demand positive, but at risk from higher mortgage rates
Our weekly pending contract data is still positive, but only by 1%, as demand growth has slowed amid higher mortgage rates.
How to think about home prices for the rest of 2025
Available inventory of homes on the market is back to the pre-pandemic range, with 826,000 single-family homes unsold on the market as of mid-June. Read more here.
Mike Simonsen, Altos Research
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May 19, 2025
