Category Archives: Housing Bubble

So much for stabilization

Posted on January 23, 2026 by grim

From Wolf Street: Pending Home Sales Plunge across the US. Midwest Sees Worst Sales on Record, Northeast 2nd Worst Pending home sales, which track the number of contracts signed in December, plunged by 9.3% seasonally adjusted from November, to the … Continue reading →

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Endgame?

Posted on January 17, 2026 by grim

From New Jersey Digest: Jersey City Is No Longer a Stepping Stone to NYC: Realtors Say Buyers Are Staying Put For years, Jersey City played a familiar role in the New York real estate ecosystem. It was the place people … Continue reading →

Posted in Demographics, Gold Coast, Housing Bubble, New Jersey Real Estate | 73 Comments

Don’t bother, you can’t afford it

Posted on January 13, 2026 by grim

From National Mortgage Professional: Home Prices Continue To Outpace Wages, Keeping Affordability Under Pressure ATTOM’s Q4 Home Affordability Report paints a picture of persistent strain for prospective homebuyers across the U.S., even as modest improvements emerged late in the year. The … Continue reading →

Posted in Demographics, Economics, Employment, Housing Bubble | 82 Comments

Now you can speculate on real estate without owning anything…

Posted on January 6, 2026 by grim

From Polymarket: Polymarket and Parcl Announce Partnership to Launch Real Estate Prediction Markets Powered by Parcl Indices Parcl, the real-time housing data and onchain real estate platform, and Polymarket, the world’s largest prediction market, today announced a partnership to bring Parcl’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Housing Bubble, National Real Estate | 54 Comments

The future of residential real estate in the Northeast?

Posted on January 5, 2026 by grim

Fr0m Money Canada: This couple built a $500K ADU in their parents’ backyard to beat $1.8M home prices — but there are trade-offs. Is there a better way? Unattainable home ownership due to increasingly exorbitant home prices is something that … Continue reading →

Posted in Crisis, Demographics, Economics, Housing Bubble, National Real Estate | 102 Comments

Time to buy Florida?

Posted on January 4, 2026 by grim

From the Daily Mail: Condo crash deepens as cities see prices plunge nearly 20% – the worst slide since the Great Financial Crisis Florida‘s condo slump is now the worst since the Great Financial Crisis — and the numbers are getting hard … Continue reading →

Posted in Housing Bubble, National Real Estate | 54 Comments

Pending home sales tick up

Posted on December 30, 2025 by grim

From Marketplace: Pending home sales are on the rise, which could be good news for the new year There’s a spark of good news for the housing market as 2025 draws to a close: Pending home sales shot up by more … Continue reading →

Posted in Housing Bubble, National Real Estate | 66 Comments

Who is going to blink first?

Posted on December 26, 2025 by grim

From Redfin: The U.S. Housing Market Has 37% More Sellers Than Buyers—More Than Double Last Year’s Gap There were an estimated 37.2% more home sellers than buyers in the U.S. housing market in November (or 529,770 more, in numerical terms)—the … Continue reading →

Posted in Demographics, Economics, Housing Bubble, National Real Estate | 75 Comments

Uncertainty about ’26

Posted on December 24, 2025 by grim

From Resiclub: Zillow updates its home price forecast across over 400 housing markets Zillow economists just published their updated 12-month forecast, projecting that U.S. home prices—as measured by the Zillow Home Value Index—will rise +2.0% between November 2025 and November 2026.  Heading … Continue reading →

Posted in Economics, Housing Bubble, National Real Estate | 90 Comments

Money to spare

Posted on December 23, 2025 by grim

From MPA: Luxury home prices soften as sales speeds split across US National luxury listing prices edged down again in November even as some of the country’s priciest enclaves saw homes sell faster, underscoring how local forces have continued to outweigh … Continue reading →

Posted in Demographics, Economics, Housing Bubble, National Real Estate | 70 Comments

Not by enough to signal a meaningful turnaround

Posted on December 20, 2025 by grim

From Reuters: US existing home sales edge up in November as mortgage rates ease U.S. existing home sales increased modestly in November amid an easing in mortgage rates, but economic uncertainty is keeping potential buyers on the sidelines. The report … Continue reading →

Posted in Economics, Housing Bubble, Mortgages, National Real Estate | 93 Comments

Will it unlock the market?

Posted on December 17, 2025 by grim

From the Realtors: Could Capital Gains Tax Cuts Lower Home Prices? 2 Proposals Are on the Table There are two proposals driving the capital gains debate in Washington right now. The first is a bill from Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Georgia) that would eliminate capital gains … Continue reading →

Posted in Economics, Housing Bubble, National Real Estate, Politics, Property Taxes | 57 Comments

Trouble in ’26?

Posted on December 15, 2025 by grim

From the Daily Mail: US home prices turn negative as crash begins — a warning sign the real estate market is cracking After years of eye-watering gains, America’s housing market just hit a chilling milestone: prices have officially gone negative. … Continue reading →

Posted in Economics, Housing Bubble, National Real Estate | 108 Comments

It was easier back then

Posted on December 12, 2025 by grim

From Zoocasa: Why the “Good Ole Days” of Housing Are Gone: Tracking Affordability From 1965 to 2025 In 1965, Gatorade was invented, The Beatles’ “Help!” topped the charts, and The Sound of Musicpremiered. Beyond the pop culture milestones, that year also … Continue reading →

Posted in Demographics, Economics, Employment, Housing Bubble, National Real Estate | 105 Comments

Still not enough to live in NJ

Posted on December 10, 2025 by grim

From NJ Digest: How Much Salary Do You Really Need to Buy a House in New Jersey in 2025? A New Report Has the Answer A new analysis from New Jersey real estate expert Robert Dekanski of Re/Max looks to answer a … Continue reading →

Posted in Demographics, Economics, Employment, Housing Bubble, New Jersey Real Estate | 96 Comments