# house prices (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 6 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover house prices. Page: Feed: --- ## [MBA: Mortgage Delinquencies Decreased in Q2 2026](https://calculatedrisk.substack.com/p/mba-mortgage-delinquencies-decreased-084) _2026-08-20 · CalculatedRisk by Bill McBride · CalculatedRisk Newsletter_ Delinquency Rate Increased Year-over-year ## [Architecture Billings "Remain weak" in July](https://calculatedrisk.substack.com/p/architecture-billings-remain-weak-43a) _2026-08-19 · CalculatedRisk by Bill McBride · CalculatedRisk Newsletter_ Multi-family billings negative for 46 of last 48 months ## [Housing Starts Decreased to 1.293 million Annual Rate in July](https://calculatedrisk.substack.com/p/housing-starts-decreased-to-1293) _2026-08-18 · CalculatedRisk by Bill McBride · CalculatedRisk Newsletter_ From the Census Bureau: Permits, Starts and Completions ## [Part 2: Current State of the Housing Market; Overview for mid-August 2026](https://calculatedrisk.substack.com/p/part-2-current-state-of-the-housing-b90) _2026-08-13 · CalculatedRisk by Bill McBride · CalculatedRisk Newsletter_ Yesterday, in Part 1: Current State of the Housing Market; Overview for mid-August 2026 I reviewed home inventory and sales. ## [Part 1: Current State of the Housing Market; Overview for mid-August 2026](https://calculatedrisk.substack.com/p/part-1-current-state-of-the-housing-55c) _2026-08-12 · CalculatedRisk by Bill McBride · CalculatedRisk Newsletter_ This 2-part overview for mid-August provides a snapshot of the current housing market. ## [Q2 NY Fed Report: Mortgage Originations by Credit Score, Foreclosures Decrease](https://calculatedrisk.substack.com/p/q2-ny-fed-report-mortgage-originations-3ea) _2026-08-11 · CalculatedRisk by Bill McBride · CalculatedRisk Newsletter_ The NY Fed released the Q2 Quarterly Report on Household Debt and Credit this morning. ## [NAR: Existing-Home Sales Decreased to 4.06 million SAAR in July](https://calculatedrisk.substack.com/p/nar-existing-home-sales-decreased-451) _2026-08-11 · CalculatedRisk by Bill McBride · CalculatedRisk Newsletter_ Median House Prices Increased 2.0% Year-over-Year ## [August ICE Mortgage Monitor: "Annual home price growth was 1.5% in mid-July"](https://calculatedrisk.substack.com/p/august-ice-mortgage-monitor-annual) _2026-08-10 · CalculatedRisk by Bill McBride · CalculatedRisk Newsletter_ However, recent price gains have softened ## [Early Look at Local Housing Markets in July](https://calculatedrisk.substack.com/p/early-look-at-local-housing-markets-eb8) _2026-08-07 · CalculatedRisk by Bill McBride · CalculatedRisk Newsletter_ The NAR is now reporting earlier in the month than in previous years. ## [Single Family Inventory Up Slightly Year-over-year](https://calculatedrisk.substack.com/p/single-family-inventory-up-slightly) _2026-08-05 · CalculatedRisk by Bill McBride · CalculatedRisk Newsletter_ Purchase Applications Down Year-over-year ## [Every Channel. 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Free trial, no IP lock. ## [Asking Rents Continue to Decline Year-over-year](https://calculatedrisk.substack.com/p/asking-rents-continue-to-decline-eb6) _2026-08-04 · CalculatedRisk by Bill McBride · CalculatedRisk Newsletter_ Every month I review rents and vacancy rates. ## [Freddie Mac House Price Index Increased in June; Up 2.1% Year-over-year](https://calculatedrisk.substack.com/p/freddie-mac-house-price-index-increased-0ae) _2026-08-03 · CalculatedRisk by Bill McBride · CalculatedRisk Newsletter_ Punta Gorda House Prices Down 18.0% from Recent Peak, Austin Down 16.4% ## [Lawler: Update on the GSEs: Agency MBS Holdings Decline, Interest Rate Risk Measures Keep Rising](https://calculatedrisk.substack.com/p/lawler-update-on-the-gses-agency) _2026-07-31 · CalculatedRisk by Bill McBride · CalculatedRisk Newsletter_ From housing economist Tom Lawler: ## [Fannie and Freddie: Single Family Delinquency Rate Mostly Unchanged in June](https://calculatedrisk.substack.com/p/fannie-and-freddie-single-family-1b9) _2026-07-30 · CalculatedRisk by Bill McBride · CalculatedRisk Newsletter_ Freddie Mac Multi-Family Delinquencies at Highest Rate since Financial Crisis ## [How Much will the Fannie & Freddie Conforming Loan Limit Change for 2027?](https://calculatedrisk.substack.com/p/how-much-will-the-fannie-and-freddie-97c) _2026-07-30 · CalculatedRisk by Bill McBride · CalculatedRisk Newsletter_ With house prices up low-single digits over the last year through mid-year, an interesting question is: How much will the Fannie & Freddie conforming loan limits (CLL) change for 2027? ## [Inflation Adjusted House Prices 4.8% Below 2022 Peak](https://calculatedrisk.substack.com/p/inflation-adjusted-house-prices-48) _2026-07-29 · CalculatedRisk by Bill McBride · CalculatedRisk Newsletter_ Price-to-rent index is 11.1% below 2022 peak ## [Case-Shiller: National House Price Index Up 1.1% year-over-year in May](https://calculatedrisk.substack.com/p/case-shiller-national-house-price-a71) _2026-07-28 · CalculatedRisk by Bill McBride · CalculatedRisk Newsletter_ FHFA House Prices Up 0.3% in May; Up 2.2% Year-over-year ## [New Home Sales Increase to 628,000 Annual Rate in June](https://calculatedrisk.substack.com/p/new-home-sales-increase-to-628000) _2026-07-24 · CalculatedRisk by Bill McBride · CalculatedRisk Newsletter_ Median New Home Price is Down 14% from the Peak due to Change in Mix ## [NMHC on Apartments: "Tighter Market Conditions" in July Survey](https://calculatedrisk.substack.com/p/nmhc-on-apartments-tighter-market) _2026-07-23 · CalculatedRisk by Bill McBride · CalculatedRisk Newsletter_ From the NMHC: NMHC Survey Shows Tighter Apartment Market Conditions Amid Pullback in Capital Availability ## [Architecture Billings "Remain weak" in June](https://calculatedrisk.substack.com/p/architecture-billings-remain-weak) _2026-07-22 · CalculatedRisk by Bill McBride · CalculatedRisk Newsletter_ Multi-family billings negative for 45 of last 47 months ## [CLI-first decentralized GPU compute (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/rZI6gQrOJmXZ) _2026-07-22 · **Sponsored**_ Pay workers or run your GPU for FFmpeg transcode and AI inference. ## [Housing Inventory: Single Family Inventory Up Slightly Year-over-year](https://calculatedrisk.substack.com/p/housing-inventory-single-family-inventory) _2026-07-20 · CalculatedRisk by Bill McBride · CalculatedRisk Newsletter_ A short note: I like to watch housing inventory closely, and here is some timely data from Altos Research. ## [Housing Starts Increased to 1.427 million Annual Rate in June](https://calculatedrisk.substack.com/p/housing-starts-increased-to-1427) _2026-07-17 · CalculatedRisk by Bill McBride · CalculatedRisk Newsletter_ From the Census Bureau: Permits, Starts and Completions ## [FIRE 2.0](http://www.retirementinvestingtoday.com/2026/07/fire-20.html) _2026-07-17 · RetirementInvestingToday · Retirement Investing Today_ Around this time last year, I raised a couple of questions in my update post:On the topic of the work I was doing I asked “Will I give it up and ever fully FIRE?”; andthen in conclusion I reflected “…I’m now starting to wonder whether I actually needed the FI bit to make it happen or whether I just needed more courage way back in 2007.”As it turns out the answer to the first question was ## [FIRE 2.0](http://www.retirementinvestingtoday.com/2026/07/fire-20.html) _2026-07-17 · RetirementInvestingToday · Retirement Investing Today_ Around this time last year, I raised a couple of questions in my update post:On the topic of the work I was doing I asked “Will I give it up and ever fully FIRE?”; andthen in conclusion I reflected “…I’m now starting to wonder whether I actually needed the FI bit to make it happen or whether I just needed more courage way back in 2007.”As it turns out the answer to the first question was ## [NAHB Housing Market Index and Single Family Starts](https://calculatedrisk.substack.com/p/nahb-housing-market-index-and-single) _2026-07-16 · CalculatedRisk by Bill McBride · CalculatedRisk Newsletter_ Also Pending Home Sales Decline and Purchase Applications Remain Weak ## [Puntcon 2026](https://www.disruptiveproactivity.com/2026/06/puntcon-2026/) _2026-06-09 · admin · DisruptiveProactivity.com_ The Official Invitation 2026 Please join us on the River Cam on the afternoon of Sunday 16th August for this year’s Puntcon, running from Cambridge to Grantchester Meadows and back again. Please register via this form so we can book enough pre-paid punts. If you don’t register then you may need to hire your own \[ \] ## [Public Consultation on the Cambridge Development Corporation](https://www.disruptiveproactivity.com/2026/03/public-consultation-on-the-cambridge-development-corporation/) _2026-03-12 · admin · DisruptiveProactivity.com_ What would the proposed DevCo do differently if it expected people to want to come and live here after the devco ends in ~25 years? What if the devco was expected to be around for 800 years? What I said in the Cambridge Development Corporation consultation is below. Consultation questions are here – those who \[ \] ## [Dear Mark](https://anna.ps/blog/dear-mark) _2026-01-18 · anna · Anna’s blog_ Mark Longair, who I was lucky enough to count as a friend for more than 20 years and work with for two, died last Saturday, 10 January 2026, aged 49. After Mark published his blog post the previous Sunday, I wrote him a letter on Tuesday, intending to send it at the weekend, but on \[ \] ## [Afternoon Collection: Postbox Loss that Communities Aren’t Allowed To Fix](https://www.disruptiveproactivity.com/2025/06/afternoon-collection-postbox-loss-that-communities-arent-allowed-to-fix/) _2025-06-08 · admin · DisruptiveProactivity.com_ A community loses many things when your Post Office closes. One major loss is the 4pm (or later) Royal Mail collection from the postbox that remains outside the row of shops that include the now-closed Post Office. Any business can pay for a Royal Mail collection at a time that suits them. Tesco installs postboxes \[ \] ## [Winning the Won Game](http://www.retirementinvestingtoday.com/2025/06/winning-won-game.html) _2025-06-07 · RetirementInvestingToday · Retirement Investing Today_ It has been more than 2 years since my last post. Maybe more importantly in round numbers it has also now been around 18 years since I started on my FIRE journey, 16 years since I started this blog to hold myself accountable to that journey, 9 years since I became FI and 7 years since I first FIRE’d (and then quickly went back to work). Looking at those timings I’ve been set up to& ## [Privacy-first AI-native browser (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/jJWgNxfxezjC) _2025-06-07 · **Sponsored**_ No telemetry or ads — built on Ungoogled Chromium with a built-in AI sidebar and CLI. ## [Winning the Won Game](http://www.retirementinvestingtoday.com/2025/06/winning-won-game.html) _2025-06-07 · RetirementInvestingToday · Retirement Investing Today_ It has been more than 2 years since my last post. Maybe more importantly in round numbers it has also now been around 18 years since I started on my FIRE journey, 16 years since I started this blog to hold myself accountable to that journey, 9 years since I became FI and 7 years since I first FIRE’d (and then quickly went back to work). Looking at those timings I’ve been set up to&