With the housing market having rebounded quickly and now maintaining a holding pattern, there’s been some apprehension around whether or not the recovery will be truly sustainable. There’s persistent discussion around whether or not the elevation in property values have been too swift, and if market trends from the past two quarters currently mimic those [...]

There were many accusations that emerged after the housing market collapsed in 2008, ranging from charges that hedge funds had unhealthily manipulated the market to questions of whether everyday homeowners had exercised exceptionally shortsighted judgment. However, direct admonishments around fraud and criminality were fewer and far between. You could put forward arguments that investment choices [...]

While returns from the past three quarters have all shown mounting health in the housing market, it remains undetermined how successfully (and how lasting) the property sector recovery will be. As I’d noted in a prior post, there was a slight dip in housing starts in January despite the preceding months all showing incremental rises [...]

Given that the housing market has mapped a quick return to health since the second half of FY2012, I’m sure Americans are glad to finally have reason for faith in the property sector. Rates of new construction have elevated month-over-month, and the combination of a shrinking inventory and rising demand for new homes has bolstered [...]

With recently compiled analysis validating the growing strength of the housing market, it was only a matter of time before representatives from Capital Hill spoke out. According to a recent Bloomberg report, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke made two major assertions during a testimony before the House Financial Services Committee, “The evidence thus far is that [...]

Much scrutinized (and often demonized) mortgage loan enterprise Freddie Mac just released its February 2013 U.S. Economic and Housing Market Outlook. The contents of the report echo analyst sentiment from the past two months- namely that the housing market appears to be recovering with some fortitude, and that health in the property sector is less [...]