The Housing Market’s About to Get Ugly - But Not for the Reason You Think
Fed Concern: Why Housing Market Shifts Signal Future Rate Changes
Understand the interconnected risks of falling home prices and potential mortgage rate adjustments driven by the Federal Reserve's current concerns.
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- The Fed worries declining home prices could cause economic pain, potentially triggering aggressive interest rate cuts in 2025/2026.
- Affordability hinges on overcoming the conundrum: lower prices risk underwater homeowners, while lower rates risk renewed bidding wars.
- Purchase primary residences only when you can comfortably afford the total associated costs, treating the purchase as an expense, not a market timing opportunity. This analysis explores the Federal Reserve's recent concern over weakening housing demand and falling prices, dissecting the dual consequences of trying to fix affordability via price adjustments versus interest rate manipulation.
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Top Comments (10)
In the 90's I was under water. But, as you said, I purchased a home that I could afford. It was painful to see the value crash, but I could afford to live there until the value finally went up.
Nope, homes in the sunbelt states went up 80%-100% in 24 months and are still holding. The drop of 5-7% is not gonna cut it. Buyers are gone until the real drops happen. Homes should have never increased this much this fast had it not been for cheap easy money low rates.
Home buyers are REALISTICALLY running ALL the numbers and realizing home ownership is unaffordable.
Federal funds rate dropping is not a guarantee mortgage rates drop. Mortgage rates are tied to the 10yr treasury yield, which has been rising for some time now.
The FED doesn't have a mandate to intervene in the Housing Market: The FED has two mandates -1) Keep unemployment low, 2) Keep inflation in check. That's it, anything else is NOT part of the FED mandate.
If you don’t sell your house you never experience being under water. Houses have never stayed underwater for any 10 year stretch in US history
I make 150K a year and I will not purchase anything above 250K. I simply refuse to live like a slave to the system. I have life to live.
Register for my free masterclass & get Market Briefs as a bonus: https://briefs.finance/83331f WARNING: LOOKOUT FOR SCAMS IN THE COMMENTS! There are many fake accounts impersonating me, and there are many bots promoting fake/scam investments. I will NEVER ask you to contact me through YouTube comments, telegram, or WhatsApp. I have a checkmark next to my name and my comment will be highlighted. Fake accounts do not have that. Please be aware of fake accounts trying to scam you using my name and picture!
We cancelled our contract because an inspection showed structural issues that made the house $200k overpriced.
People can’t afford Home anymore. Everything is too expensive, including repairs, Insurance, Taxis, overall living expenses.
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Top Comments (10)
In the 90's I was under water. But, as you said, I purchased a home that I could afford. It was painful to see the value crash, but I could afford to live there until the value finally went up.
Nope, homes in the sunbelt states went up 80%-100% in 24 months and are still holding. The drop of 5-7% is not gonna cut it. Buyers are gone until the real drops happen. Homes should have never increased this much this fast had it not been for cheap easy money low rates.
Home buyers are REALISTICALLY running ALL the numbers and realizing home ownership is unaffordable.
Federal funds rate dropping is not a guarantee mortgage rates drop. Mortgage rates are tied to the 10yr treasury yield, which has been rising for some time now.
The FED doesn't have a mandate to intervene in the Housing Market: The FED has two mandates -1) Keep unemployment low, 2) Keep inflation in check. That's it, anything else is NOT part of the FED mandate.
If you don’t sell your house you never experience being under water. Houses have never stayed underwater for any 10 year stretch in US history
I make 150K a year and I will not purchase anything above 250K. I simply refuse to live like a slave to the system. I have life to live.
Register for my free masterclass & get Market Briefs as a bonus: https://briefs.finance/83331f WARNING: LOOKOUT FOR SCAMS IN THE COMMENTS! There are many fake accounts impersonating me, and there are many bots promoting fake/scam investments. I will NEVER ask you to contact me through YouTube comments, telegram, or WhatsApp. I have a checkmark next to my name and my comment will be highlighted. Fake accounts do not have that. Please be aware of fake accounts trying to scam you using my name and picture!
We cancelled our contract because an inspection showed structural issues that made the house $200k overpriced.
People can’t afford Home anymore. Everything is too expensive, including repairs, Insurance, Taxis, overall living expenses.