Canada Economics Weekly Will the latest mortgage rule changes derail housing? The housing market dominated the headlines again last week, with news of another sharp decline in Vancouver home sales in September accompanied by the announcement of a package of new measures on... 7th October 2016 · 1 min read
US Housing Market Data Response Mortgage Applications (Sep.) The 4.1% m/m rise in mortgage applications for home purchase in September does nothing to change the fact that mortgage demand has stalled since the start of the year. A lack of inventory is... 5th October 2016 · 1 min read
UK Housing Market Chart Pack Housing market looking resilient Demand in the housing market is retrenching after a brief period of post-referendum nerves, as evidenced by the rapid rebound in buyer sentiment. That said, buyer and seller numbers still fell in... 5th October 2016 · 1 min read
US Housing Market Data Response CoreLogic House Prices (Aug. 16) Even accounting for the fact that the first estimate of house prices by CoreLogic is likely to be revised down, it is clear the house prices are accelerating. After seasonal-adjustment prices surged... 4th October 2016 · 1 min read
UK Economics Weekly Will the housing market hold back the economy? In contrast to the mostly upbeat data on the state of the economy after the Brexit vote, the housing market still appears to be cooling. But we don’t think house prices or transactions will fall too... 30th September 2016 · 1 min read
UK Housing Market Data Response Nationwide House Prices (Sep. 16) While house price growth slowed a touch in September, the bigger picture is one of resilience in the face of the Brexit vote. Yet the fundamentals suggest that prices are still very high, meaning that... 30th September 2016 · 1 min read
UK Housing Market Update Help to Buy won’t be missed Help-to-Buy: mortgage guarantee successfully kick-started the market for high LTV mortgages back in 2014. But such loans are now increasingly provided without government support. As a result, we think... 29th September 2016 · 1 min read
US Housing Market Update Is Airbnb behind the high number of vacant homes? While the rising popularity of Airbnb may have worsened housing shortages in some cities, it is hard to blame the apartment sharing website on the nationally high level of vacant homes. Rather, homes... 29th September 2016 · 1 min read
UK Housing Market Data Response Mortgage Lending (Aug. 16) Mortgage approvals edged down further in August as the referendum hit to buyer confidence continued to feed through to lending. While confidence is slowly returning as it becomes clear that the... 29th September 2016 · 1 min read
US Housing Market Data Response Case-Shiller House Prices (Jul. 16) House price gains are picking up pace as buyers compete for a very limited number of homes for sale. At the national level, the 0.4% m/m rise in July was the largest for six months. And with supply... 27th September 2016 · 1 min read
US Housing Market Data Response New Home Sales (Aug. 16) The drop in new home sales in August was smaller than expected, and comes on the back of an upwardly revised surge in sales in July. That has kept market conditions tight, which will weigh on activity... 26th September 2016 · 1 min read
UK Housing Market Update BBA Mortgage Lending (Aug.) The first snapshot of mortgage lending in August shows that the drop in buyer enquiries and agreed sales seen in the run up to June’s EU referendum and in its aftermath is still feeding through to the... 26th September 2016 · 1 min read
UK Housing Market Update Housing market confidence returns Today’s data from Knight Frank is further evidence that confidence in the housing market has recovered following the referendum. This, alongside the data released so far, suggests that the effect of... 23rd September 2016 · 1 min read
US Housing Market Data Response Existing Home Sales (Aug. 16) Existing home sales fell in August, as extremely tight market conditions outweighed any boost to housing demand from favourable economic trends. With the inventory of homes for sale at its lowest for... 22nd September 2016 · 1 min read
UK Housing Market Update Have lenders become more cautious? Following a sharp dip in the run-up to and immediately following the referendum, buyer confidence in the UK housing market looks to be stabilising. But there are indications of reduced risk appetite... 22nd September 2016 · 1 min read
US Housing Market Update What can we learn from the Zillow Confidence Index? At the national level, the Zillow index of housing market confidence offers a similar perspective to other measures of housing market sentiment. But with its short history and infrequent publication... 21st September 2016 · 1 min read
