Inflation Alert! April 2023 Rental Report: The median asking rent was $1,734, up by $4 from last month and down by $43 from the peak but still $348 (25.1%) higher than the same time in 2019 (pre-pandemic).

by Dismal-Jellyfish Source: https://www.realtor.com/research/april-2023-rent/ In April 2023, the U.S. rental market experienced single-digit growth for the ninth month in a row after fifteen months of slowing from a high of 16.4% growth in January 2022. Median rent across the top …

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In February, year-over-year changes in home prices gained less than 5% for the first time since May 2020. Median existing-home price for all housing types in February was $363,000, a 0.2% drop from February 2022, ending a 131 consecutive months streak of year-over-year increases (longest on record.)

by Dismal-Jellyfish Source: https://www.newyorkfed.org/research/home-price-index What did the housing data say in February? From the National Association of Realtors: The median existing-home sales price decreased 0.2% from the previous year to $363,000. Existing-home sales jumped 14.5% in February to a seasonally …

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Americans With a College Degree Saw Wages Decline the Most in Two Decades — Median wages fell 7.4% in 2022 for those with undergrad degree — High school graduate wages increased most since 2001: NY Fed (Bloomberg)

  When it comes to wages, fortunes flipped last year for college and high-school graduates. In 2022, median annual pay was $52,000 for Americans with a bachelor’s degree, according to data released by the New York Federal Reserve Friday. That’s …

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Case-Shiller Home Price Index Decelerates To 18% YoY In June (Existing Home Sales Median Price Decelerated To 10.55% YoY In July) FLA and TX Fastest Price Appreciation

by confoundedinterest17 US home price growth is decelerating as The Federal Reserve let’s some of the air out of the monetary tires. The S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller U.S. National Home Price NSA Index, covering all nine U.S. census divisions, reported an 18.0% annual …

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American dream is over? Salary needed to buy the median US home is now $76K – and the typical family cannot afford a house in 35 of country’s 50 biggest cities

by Boo_Randy Heckova job, “Zimbabwe Ben” Bernanke, Yellen the Felon, & BlackRock Jay. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11080955/Median-salary-needed-buy-home-76K.html A family making the median national income can no longer afford the typical house in 35 of the country’s 50 biggest cities, according to a new …

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Still Hot, Hot, Hot! US Existing Home Sales Fall -2.4% MoM In April, But Median Price Is 14.85% YoY And Inventory For Sale Remains MIA (Fed Stimulypto Still Helping Housing Bubble)

by confoundedinterest17 US Existing Home Sales were 5.61M SAAR in April, down -2.4% from March’s -3.0% MoM reading. But median prices YoY for existing home sales printed at 14.85%, still hot, hot, hot. With 3 consecutive declines in MoM existing home sales, …

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