Mortgage rates now approaching 7.5% is like tightening a belt until you can barely breathe.
• LinkedinBuyers are priced out, sellers stay put, and residential construction slows.
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Housing
Interventionism Created Spain's Housing Crisis And Is A Warning To America
• https://www.zerohedge.com, by Daniel LacalleSocialist Americans are promising affordable housing through rent controls and government intervention. The evidence shows that these policies deliver the opposite.
Protesters battle Spanish police as demonstrations over the country's housing crisis escalate...
• https://www.dailymail.com, By GERARD COUZENSProtesters battle Spanish police as demonstrations over the country's housing crisis escalate into violence hours after socialist PM announced snap election
Why Cities Should Convert Public Property to Private Housing
• https://fee.org, D. Dowd MuskaCan the school enrollment cliff ease housing shortages?
Mortgage Rates Have Largest Weekly Gain in Four Years
• https://mishtalk.com, By MishSince February, mortgage rates have surged from 6.00 percent to 7.54 percent.
Your House Is Private Property Until the Government Decides It Needs It
• https://www.lewrockwell.com, By Martin ArmstrongBritain has decided that leaving your own property empty for six months may now be sufficient reason for the government to begin taking control of it.
China Extends Mortgages To 40 Years, But Homebuyers Remain Reluctant To Borrow
• https://www.zerohedge.com, by Michael ZhuangChina's decision to extend the maximum term for individual home mortgages from 30 years to 40 years has received a lukewarm response from homebuyers.
This "ETFE" Dome Costs $4,200 and Resists High Heat, UVs and Weathering. Why It's Ide
• Ranchdominium - YouTubeWhat if a lightweight dome home could cost around $4,200 for the basic shell, handle intense sun exposure, resist weathering, and require far less exterior maintenance than a conventional house?
Opinion: Nearly half of adults under 30 live with their parents. The financial fallout could...
• By Geoffrey SanzenbacherOpinion: Nearly half of adults under 30 live with their parents. The financial fallout could last for decades.
Regulatory Tyranny in Housing
• https://www.fff.org, by Angelo MonacoDiscussions about an affordability crisis must start with the dramatic rise in housing costs, which can be traced in significant part to government restrictions on the natural right of private property.
Top 10 tiny houses that rethink the humble shipping container
• New AtlasShipping containers aren't just for moving stuff around, and architects love to use them for all kinds of interesting ideas. With their compact dimensions and ease of transport, the metal boxes are tailor made for tiny homes
Are We About to See a Foreclosure WAVE Hit the US Housing Market?
• Redacted - YouTube.comAre we seeing a US housing market foreclosure wave? We break down the latest 2026 data to see if a major shift is finally arriving.
Housing Starts Decline 2.6 Percent in August, Overall Weakness Continues
• Mish TalkThe trends in housing all remain down: starts, permits, completions, and sales.
HOA seizes man's $450K home over $977 debt - and sells it for just $8K
• New York PostAn Arizona man lost the home he bought for nearly half a million dollars after falling just $977 behind on homeowners association fees - with the property ultimately selling back to the HOA for a mere $8,172.
Existing Home Sales Slump (Again) In August, Supply Hits 10 Year High
• https://www.zerohedge.com, by Tyler DurdenExisting home sales tumbled for the 3rd straight month in August, falling 2.0% MoM, sparking its biggest annual decline since January...
Tether expands tokenization business into Saudi Arabia, starting with real estate
• https://www.activistpost.com, Krisztian SandorThe stablecoin issuer is extending its tokenization business into Saudi Arabia, starting with institutional real estate assets with plans to expand to other asset classes.
UPDATE: Rent Control Fails Again, Politicians Learn Nothing
• https://www.youtube.com, John StosselA few years ago, St Paul, Minnesota passed the strictest rent control in the country.
America is becoming more dystopian
• Twitter"Developers realize that people are too poor to afford rent, much less the products that they're selling in these malls, so their solution is to repurpose the stores into these dystopian pods
Flood of discounted auction homes deepens China's property slump
• https://asiatimes.com, by Jeff PaoMany families now face job losses, lost homes and crushing debt, all within a single punishing housing crisis
La-Z-Boy Crashes Most Since 2022 As Frozen Housing Market Crushes Sofa Demand
• https://www.zerohedge.com, by Tyler DurdenLa-Z-Boy shares suffered their steepest decline in 4.5 years on Wednesday after the furniture maker's second-quarter guidance missed expectations, providing even more evidence that weak housing turnover has suppressed demand for big-ticket discretion
US Pending Home Sales Plunge Back Near Record Lows In July
• Zero Hedge"Home prices are at record highs so houses for sale are sitting on the market longer, and fewer buyers are bidding above the asking price than a year ago, though there are large local market variations."
Stilted tiny house takes stripped-back approach to small living
• https://newatlas.com By Adam WilliamsThis timber retreat is small on home comforts but big on simple rustic charm. Designed to serve as a short-stay vacation home, it features a deliberately stripped-back interior that provides the basics needed for two people to relax, sleep, and enjoy
Despite Record Surge In Subprime Car Loan Originations, US Household Debt Dropped In Q2:
• https://www.zerohedge.com, by Tyler DurdenDespite Record Surge In Subprime Car Loan Originations, US Household Debt Dropped In Q2: First Since COVID
BREAKING: The Biggest Private Mortgage Lender Just Crashed 49%!!
• https://www.youtube.com, Eurodollar UniversityYes, we are going to have to worry about mortgage debt, too.
These Are The States With The Most Empty Homes
• https://www.zerohedge.com, by Tyler DurdenAmerica faces a housing shortage, yet about 14.5 million homes across the country are vacant. How can both be true?
Got Wood? These Are The World's Biggest Lumber Producers
• https://www.zerohedge.com, by Tyler DurdenFrom home construction and renovations to furniture and shipping pallets, lumber is one of the world's most widely used building materials.
NYC Councilwoman Sounds Alarm: Mamdani's Property Database Puts Wealthy Homeowners...
• https://www.zerohedge.com, by Tyler DurdenNYC Councilwoman Sounds Alarm: Mamdani's Property Database Puts Wealthy Homeowners In Crosshairs Of "Luigi-Worshipping Leftist Thugs"
Young Middle-Income Buyers Frustrated As US Home Costs Rise Faster Than Incomes
• https://www.zerohedge.com, by Mary PrenonStealers Wheel's 1973 hit "Stuck in the Middle with You" could well become the theme song for today's middle-income, first-time home buyers who don't qualify for affordable housing programs yet cannot afford market-rate homes.
Hardworking homeowners say unauthorized groups are taking over their community pools...
• By WILKO MARTÍNEZ-CACHEROHardworking homeowners say unauthorized groups are taking over their community pools – and that the HOAs they pay a fortune to aren't doing a thing to stop them
More Than 227,000 US Property Foreclosure Filings In First Half Of 2026
• https://www.zerohedge.com, by Naveen AthrappullyA total of 227,548 properties in the United States made foreclosure filings in the first six months of this year, a 21 percent increase from the same period last year, according to real estate analytics company ATTOM.
