Home Builders reporting 40% CRASH in Sales. Yet their stock prices are increasing. Near all-time highs. Might be the biggest Stock Bubble out there right now.

1) Homebuyer Demand for Builders (measured by Buyer Traffic) is hovering near the lowest levels EVER right now. Comparable to 2007-12 Housing Crash. And April 2020 when lockdowns meant no one could tour building sites. pic.twitter.com/HJzx91Akzx — Nick Gerli (@nickgerli1) …

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US Pending Home Sales Decline For 13th Straight Month, Down -34.3% YoY As Fed Tightens (UMich Housing Sentiment At 44, Well Below 100)

by confoundedinterest17 The US housing market continues to struggle as The Federal Reserve continues to fight inflation. Today’s pending home sales are another nail in housing casket. Pending home sales declined -34.4% year-over-year (YoY) as M2 Money growth went negative (-1.3% …

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Gun Sales Skyrocket In Oregon

Gun applications skyrocket after passage of Measure 114 Nov 23, 2022 “…the week starting Nov. 6 — election week — more than 8,600 background checks were submitted. The week following the election, that number jumped above 18,000. “It wasn’t until the …

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Consumers are not quitting when it comes to spending, more fuel for the inflation fire. Retail sales surged by 1.3% ($694.5 billion) in October (8.3% above October 2021). Retail sales, which are not adjusted for inflation, were up by 8.3% for the 12 months ended in October.

by Dismal-Jellyfish Source: census.gov Judging by the Q3 Report on Household Debt and Credit: The 15 percent year-over-year increase in credit card balances marked the largest in more than 20 years, it was on credit cards. Walmart’s Doing Great. Its Customers, on the …

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Case-Shiller Home Price Index Decelerates To 18% YoY In June (Existing Home Sales Median Price Decelerated To 10.55% YoY In July) FLA and TX Fastest Price Appreciation

by confoundedinterest17 US home price growth is decelerating as The Federal Reserve let’s some of the air out of the monetary tires. The S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller U.S. National Home Price NSA Index, covering all nine U.S. census divisions, reported an 18.0% annual …

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