Housing demand is up and inventory is down, even with Iran conflict

Housing demand is up and inventory is down, even with Iran conflict

Weekly pending sales Pending home sales data provides a week-to-week perspective, though results can be affected by holidays and short-term fluctuations, such as the giant winter storm in January. We were showing... Read more »
Will war with Iran send mortgage rates higher or lower?

Will war with Iran send mortgage rates higher or lower?

Iran conflict Now, traditionally, when there was military conflict in the Middle East, people would expect money to flow into the U.S. dollar and the U.S. bond market as a safe haven,... Read more »
Weekly pending home sales back to year-over-year growth as we head into spring

Weekly pending home sales back to year-over-year growth as we head into spring

Weekly pending sales Pending home sales data provides a week-to-week perspective, though results can be affected by holidays and short-term fluctuations, such as the giant winter storm in January. We were showing... Read more »
Housing demand snaps back as mortgage rates near 6%

Housing demand snaps back as mortgage rates near 6%

Weekly pending sales Pending home sales data provide a week-to-week perspective, though results can be affected by holidays and short-term fluctuations, such as the recent winter storm that hit the country. I... Read more »
Housing inventory and new listings show impact of winter weather

Housing inventory and new listings show impact of winter weather

Weekly housing inventory data Inventory fell week over week, which isn’t a total surprise for last week, but the magnitude of the decline was notable, and I attribute it to the snowstorm,... Read more »
Housing demand is still positive even with epic snowstorm

Housing demand is still positive even with epic snowstorm

Mortgage purchase application data 2026 has had the best start to purchase application data in years, with multiyear highs in this index last seen in early 2023, when rates reached 5.99% before... Read more »
Lower mortgage rates boosting demand early in 2026

Lower mortgage rates boosting demand early in 2026

Mortgage purchase application data Purchase application data had another positive week, both on a weekly and yearly basis. The main goal with this data set is to achieve at least 12-14 weeks... Read more »
Housing demand is off to a solid start in 2026

Housing demand is off to a solid start in 2026

Mortgage purchase application data Traditionally I don’t count the data from last two weeks of the year and first week of the new year due to the holidays, so last week was... Read more »
The impact of lower mortgage rates on housing inventory

The impact of lower mortgage rates on housing inventory

Weekly housing inventory data Housing inventory is expected to set a seasonal low sometime early in 2026, hopefully sooner rather than later. We don’t want what happened in 2023, when the seasonal... Read more »
Why 2025’s strong purchase application data didn’t boost home sales

Why 2025’s strong purchase application data didn’t boost home sales

2025 Data Now I don’t count the last two weeks of the year because all the weekly housing data gets impacted by the holidays and the first few days of the new... Read more »