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‘Oracle of Wall Street’ says boomers control the housing market, and their enormous equity will keep them in place — ‘There will be no quick fixes’

Cs news10 months ago10 months ago07 mins

Baby boomers now own a majority of U.S. homes and have the financial means to stay where they are, keeping the housing market stuck for the foreseeable future, according to top Wall Street analyst Meredith Whitney. The CEO of Meredith Whitney Advisory Group, whose prediction of the Great Financial Crisis earned her the moniker “Oracle of Wall Street,”…

4 Arizona Housing Markets That Have Plummeted in Value Recently — Will They Recover?

Cs news10 months ago05 mins

The last several years have been a rollercoaster ride for Arizona homebuyers. In markets throughout the state, prices that had been trending slowly upward for several years suddenly surged when low rates and pandemic relocations to Arizona drove a level of demand that inventory couldn’t meet, according to the Common Sense Institute Arizona. Prices rose…

US housing shares shine as Fed restarts rate cuts

Cs news10 months ago10 months ago07 mins

By Lewis Krauskopf NEW YORK (Reuters) – As the U.S. Federal Reserve restarts interest rate cuts, housing shares are one of the areas of the stock market that may benefit, and they have perked up in recent weeks as markets priced in more monetary easing. On Wednesday, the U.S. central bank lowered its benchmark rate…

Chinese stocks: 90% of US investors set to increase exposure, Morgan Stanley says

Cs news11 months ago11 months ago03 mins

US investors are showing the highest level of interest in Chinese stocks in five years, and their return to China’s market is just “starting” despite some lingering reasons for caution, according to Morgan Stanley. More than 90 per cent of investors had “explicit willingness to increase their exposure to China’s market, the highest level since…

Here’s when housing costs could return to ‘normal’: Redfin

Cs news11 months ago07 mins

(NewsNation) — Few are winning in today’s housing market, but that doesn’t mean affordability will be out of reach forever. A new Redfin analysis suggests housing costs could return to “normal” by 2030 if price growth stabilizes, incomes continue to rise and mortgage rates dip to 5.5%. “The path back to normal housing costs doesn’t…

Nomura warns China’s stock surge risks creating a bubble with little benefit to economy

Cs news11 months ago11 months ago03 mins

China’s stock markets have surged to their highest levels in a decade, but the rally risks creating a bubble while offering little support to the slowing economy, according to historical lessons, Nomura has warned. The Japanese investment bank cautioned that the rally may have even less impact on growth than the 2014-15 boom, which ended…

Is It a Sign to Buy or Abstain?

Cs news11 months ago11 months ago010 mins

Since reporting the second quarter of 2025 earnings, Opendoor Technologies Inc. OPEN has trended upward 30.9% to date, outperforming the Zacks Internet – Software industry, the Zacks Computer and Technology sector and the S&P 500 index. Zacks Investment Research Image Source: Zacks Investment Research During the second quarter, the company reported an adjusted loss per…

It’s Getting Harder To Sell Your Home in These 10 Cities

Cs news12 months ago04 mins

Sellers have held the upper hand in the U.S. housing market for so long that buyers might wonder when the dynamic will finally change in their favor. In fact, that might already be happening. The housing market has become more “buyer-friendly” amid a rise in inventory in many parts of the country, according to a…

What Falling Mortgage Rates Mean for American Homebuyers

Cs news12 months ago12 months ago011 mins

Mortgage rates are falling despite the Federal Reserve’s reluctance to introduce new cuts over the past eight months, giving American homebuyers more purchasing power at a time when the market is slowly shifting in their favor. Last week, the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage—the most popular home loan in the nation—dropped to its lowest level since April….

Sino Land wins Tuen Mun land tender with HK$1 billion bid amid an improved housing market

Cs news12 months ago01 mins

The transaction, which marked the Hong Kong government’s first residential plot sale this financial year, involved a site at Hoi Chu Road in Tuen Mun, a district in proximity to Shenzhen Bay. “The sought-after site presents enormous potential,” Sino Land executive director Victor Tin said on Wednesday. “With beautiful sea views, proximity to the Greater…