One other thing about Fed policy that hasn’t received enough attention is the impact on the housing market, not just the labor market. Yes, raising rates slowed job creation, but my main concern is really with housing. Mortgage rates, which had dropped below 3% during the pandemic, jumped...
Especially in terms of "ensuring delivery of housing", these measures have played a positive role in restoring confidence in the real estate market. In the second half of the year, although it's challenging to expect a significant recovery in real estate demand from the demand perspective, ...
to some extent, can mitigate the negative impacts by the real estate downturn in the past 1-2 years. Especially in terms of "ensuring delivery of housing", these measures have played a positive role in restoring confidence in the real estate market. In the second half of the ...
Especially in terms of "ensuring delivery of housing", these measures have played a positive role in restoring confidence in the real estate market. In the second half of the year, although it's challenging to expect a significant recovery in real estate demand from the demand perspective, ...
Mortgage rates, which had dropped below 3% during the pandemic, jumped to almost 8%, and at one point may have exceeded 8% last year. Though they’ve come down to around 6%, they’re still elevated and have ticked up recently. Lower rates would have greatly benefited the housing market....
Louise Loo, lead economist at Oxford Economics, said that the housing market correction process is a much needed one, and probably still has two to three years more to run. "We think ensuring credit supply to larger property developer...
Africa's economic growth is expected to reach 3.8% in 2024, a modest improvement from 3.4% in 2023, according to the African Development Bank (AfDB), yet governments and private sector investors have rolled out huge investment plans focused on the high paint consuming sector of housing.Coatings...
Zonda says a weaker housing market will be the main reason that the RRI will experience its first annual decreases in over a decade in both 2024 and 2025. Existing home sales are running at their lowest level since 2010 and a large portion of remodeling activity is ...
One other thing about Fed policy that hasn’t received enough attention is the impact on the housing market, not just the labor market. Yes, raising rates slowed job creation, but my main concern is really with housing. Mortgage rates, which had dropped below 3% during the pandemic, jumped...
(RTTNews) - The China stock market bounced higher again on Tuesday, one day after snapping the two-day winning streak in which it had advanced almost 40 points or 1.2 percent. The Shanghai Composite now sits just above the 3,420-point plateau although it