Mortgage Rate Surge Thwarts Aff ordability; Apartments Off er Relief from Housing Shortage
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Inflation trend may be turning corner. The headline Consumer Price Index in July was up 8.5 percent compared to a year prior, a deceleration from the 9.1 percent year-over-year jump recorded in June. This slowdown was driven predominantly by a month-over month decline in energy prices, led by a 7.7 percent drop in the gas price component of the index.
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Hiring accelerates in July, underscoring labor market strength.
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Sequence of rate hikes decay housing affordability.
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Growth in GDP returns for the third quarter. Real gross domestic product increased by a 2.6 percent annualized rate in the third quarter, reversing the declines posted in the first half of the year. This turnaround was predominantly driven by improved net external trade, as exports rose 14.4 percent and imports fell 6.9 percent, a dynamic that is ...
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High inflation persists, but pressure may ease. The Consumer Price Index advanced 9.1 percent year-over-year in June, its fastest pace since November 1981. Accelerated inflation was predominantly driven by higher energy and food prices.
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Possible recession predictor lit up this month. In early July, the spread between the two-year and 10-year treasuries inverted, with the yield on the shorter-term instrument inching above that of the long-term note
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Hiring Continues in High Gear with Implications for Real Estate, Fed Policy
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Early Signs of Housing Price Recalibration as Higher Interest Rates Stunt Affordability
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Fed Increasingly Aggressive in Effort to Curb Inflation;
Rising Interest Rates Form Headwind for CRE Borrowers
Capital Markets: To Swap or Not to Swap — That is the Question
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Employment Gains Echo Economic Stamina As Higher Interest Rates Add Hurdles
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Home Purchases Continue to Slide, But Prices Keep Rising
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Barring major economic headwinds, apartment rents are on track for big rises for the balance of 2022 as developers struggle to keep pace.
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Hiring continues amid low unemployment. Employers added 428,000 new jobs in April, on par with the previous month. While the employment base remains about 1.2 million positions short of the February 2020 headcount, multiple signs point to a recovered labor market. Last month 5.9 million people were unemployed, only 200,000 above the pre-pandemic mark.
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Fed Hikes Rate As Expected; Real Estate Sustains Strong Fundamentals
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Home Buying Eases As Mortgage Rates Nearly Double The Pandemic Low
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Are negative headlines deterring real estate investors?
What are the key underlying fundamentals supporting the outlook?
How the CRE sector offers investors a broad spectrum of returns
Gateway metro apartment performances gain momentum
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Fed Takes Page from Past Playbook, Raising Interest Rates
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