🇺🇸 Building Permits
In September, US building permits declined to 1.400 million. Historically, building permits tend to peak and then decline prior to economic recessions
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🚨Pending Home Sales crash to the lowest level in history
US pending home sales fell 7.3% in September to a record low of 66.0, dropping below the levels of the 2008 financial crisis and the COVID pandemic.
Over 1.6 million homes remain without buyers as US housing inventory hits its highest level in 7 years.
US housing affordability is near its lowest level in 40 years as mortgage rates hit 7.61% in early October.
US home sellers outnumber buyers by 63% marking the widest gap in over a decade.
The US housing market is facing a historic demand freeze due to high borrowing costs and elevated home prices.
Pending home sales deteriorated sharply in September, with year/year growth -12.7%, down from -2.9% previous month and marking weakest reading in three years
Future home sales and prospective buyer traffic, two components of the @nahbhome Housing Market Index, both fell 5 points in October, reaching cycle lows