Weekly Market Observations - March 19, 2025

Here’s Our Weekly Market Observations :

Economy

🔽 February CPI up 0.2% MOM and 2.8% YOY, lower than expected

🔽 Wholesale prices below expectations with PPI flat MOM and up 3.2% YOY

🔼 Jobs up in February with 151k jobs added

🔼 Unemployment up slightly to 4.1%

↔️ January PCE met expectations increasing by 0.3% MOM and 2.5% YOY

Housing Sales

🔽 January pending home dropped 4.6% MOM and 5.2% YOY

🔽 January home resales fell 4.9% MOM but increased 2% YOY

🔼 Resale prices increase 4.8% YOY to $396,900

🔼 Existing home inventory increased from 3.0 to 3.5 months YOY

Housing Construction

🔽 Total January housing permits dropped 1.7% YOY

🔽 Single-family permits were unchanged MOM and down 3.4% YOY

🔽 Single-family starts drop 8.4% MOM and 1.8% YOY

🔽 Multifamily permits decreased 17.4% MOM but increased 0.2% YOY

🔽 Multifamily starts drop 11% MOM but up 2.3% YOY

Mortgage

🔼 Average 30-year fixed mortgage: 6.65%