Housing – Page 4 – Credit Writedowns

Credit Writedowns

Finance, Economics, and Markets

US deleveraging ending, outlook upbeat, tapering coming

Developed economy house price-to-rent ratios from Canada to Japan

The Fed’s dominance of the MBS market

Four key trends developing as a result of the rise in US mortgage rates

Household formation and affordability are headwinds in the US housing market

Financial obligations rising for renters, falling for homeowners

The Fed’s predicament in three paragraphs

Housing bubbles in Sweden and Germany and the over-reliance on monetary policy

Gauging the trajectory of the US housing market

This chart on housing is a big deal