Posts Tagged ‘affordability’
The Quiet Erosion of Home Price Optimism
Home price expectations for this year remain nominally positive — but a softening consensus paired with the erosive effects of inflation tell a more sobering story. The latest (Q2 2026) edition of the Fannie Mae Home Price Expectations Survey, released today, revealed that half of respondents now expects real home prices to fall this year.…
Read MoreAn Overlooked Fault Line in American Animal Spirits: Homeowners vs. Renters
In recent years, much of the media narrative about consumer confidence has focused on the partisan sentiment gap, where Republicans and Democrats flip-flop on optimism based on which party holds the levers of power in Washington D.C. In our “K-shaped” economy, surveys also reveal a confidence chasm between upper- and lower-income population cohorts. But there’s…
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