HOMZ News and Press, Hoya Capital Housing From 06/12/24

2024-06-12 13:53:56 ET More on the markets and the economy September rate-cut chances spike up after core CPI in May cools to a 3-year low Look For An Improvement In Breadth With Rate Cuts Nasdaq, S&P jump to all-time highs, Dow climbs after CPI arrives but Fed d...

2024-06-12 02:50:00 ET Summary The financial press is replete with comparisons to the dot-com bubble of 1999–2000. Some say that the Cisco split marked the top of the dot-com bubble. And they allege that the Nvidia split is doing the same. The other problem with the dot...

2024-06-10 22:15:00 ET Summary Because the stock market moved sharply and registered fresh all-time highs in the S&P 500 and NASDAQ, many wonder if they have missed the boat. The issue is that we have three companies with $3 trillion (or very close to it) in market cap, and as...

2024-06-10 09:06:00 ET Summary The S&P 500 index closed up by 1.53 over its previous week's close and even recorded a new record high of 5,354.03 in the middle of the week. The European Central Bank pulled the trigger on implementing a new series of rate cuts in a move aimed a...

2024-06-10 09:00:00 ET Summary REITweek, the annual REIT industry conference, was held last week in New York City. Humbled by two years of rate-driven headwinds, the venue halls were as quiet as any REITweek. Excitement was muted after numerous "false starts" on the long-awaited F...

2024-06-10 06:30:00 ET Summary Today's market sentiment is almost apathetic compared to the frenzy of the late 1990s. The "weak breadth" conundrum lasted almost five full years in the late 1990s accompanied by the similar narrow leadership within the S&P 500 at that time as we...

2024-06-07 12:10:00 ET Summary The consistent and persistent strength in S&P 500 earnings is pretty remarkable. There is little change in the general trend of S&P 500 earnings as what looks to be an almost perfect economy, as reflected in the S&P 500’s eleven se...

2024-06-07 09:00:00 ET Summary Construction of single-family homes is recovering, but multi-family buildings are falling. The economic drivers of housing supply and demand indicate continued softness in the second half of 2024, but 2025 looks a little better. Housing demand de...

2024-06-06 12:29:36 ET More related to mortgage rates: U.S. private sector adds 152K jobs in May, less than expected: ADP Jobs Report U.S. job cuts announced in May dip: Challenger Job Cuts Report Mortgage applications continue to fall Mortgage rates increase...

2024-06-06 07:30:00 ET Summary The initial estimate of the median sale price for a new home in April 2024 is $433,500. With an estimated median household income of $77,760, the monthly mortgage payment for a new home would consume 44.5% of the income earned by a typical American h...