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As I’ve been saying, a dip in house prices doesn’t necessarily mean improved affordability. The opposite is actually true right now - housing affordability has hit its lowest level on record. Another point I keep making is that the price drops we’ve seen to date have more to do...

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.Breitbart News’s Nick Nick Gilbertson: “Do you think Democrats are genuine in their focus on affordability, especially after they delivered 40 year high inflation last time they were in power? And then — or do you think they’re using it or focusing on it as a means to try and win midterms and begin the impeachment process?” President Trump: “Yeah. The second. Look, the Democrats had the highest inflation in the history of our country 48 years, they say — but the history of our country. They had the highest inflation that we’ve ever had. When I inherited it, I inherited very high prices. And from day one, they said affordability. Affordability is a word because they’re good at that. They’re good at words. But I’m good at words too. But they hit me with affordability. I’d just gotten there. They hit me with eggs. We had a news conference on my third day and they said, egg prices are through the roof. I said, I just got here, tell me about eggs. And we got the prices down, way down, actually lower than it was four years before. But we’ve gotten everything. The thing that we have now — the only thing that’s really of great concern, two things. Beef is coming down. And the reason is they put restrictions on beef under the Biden administration, and it takes a while to settle that. But prices are down. But the big thing is, of course, energy. We had the energy way down, but I had to do a journey to Iran. I had to say, you know, we just hit the best markets. By the way, the stock market today is at the highest it’s ever been. And we’ve had 59 of them. 59 days out of a very short period of time where the stock market hit all time highs. So, we have an all time high stock market. We have all time high job numbers. We have 401(k)s just hit the highest number they’ve ever been. So many of you have 401(k)s. That means you’re richer than you’ve ever been. And we’re doing really well. But they — they came up with this word affordability. But it’s them that caused the problem. And they use that word — Senator, Senator, they use that word right from the beginning. I was in one day and I heard somebody on television say affordability, and I inherited this mess from them. But we’ve got it in great shape. The country is doing well. We’re respected all over the world. This country is respected. The hottest country. We’re a dead country two years ago and now we’re the hottest country anywhere in the world. So, I think most of you appreciate that. Some of you don’t.”

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Housing Affordability Will Return the Hard Way New homes selling for less than existing homes means builders are being forced to respond to the market before homeowners are. Builders carry construction loans, land costs, payroll and unsold inventory. They cannot wait indefinitely, so they cut prices, reduce square footage and offer mortgage rate buydowns. Existing owners with 3% or 4% mortgages can simply refuse to sell. Price discovery is therefore appearing first in new construction while resale prices remain supported by restricted supply. The comparison is not perfectly equal because new homes are increasingly smaller and concentrated in lower-cost regions. Even so, the reversal matters. A market that historically placed a premium on new construction now requires discounts to move inventory. Mortgage Demand Has Collapsed The deeper signal is mortgage activity. The purchase application index is roughly 35% below its long term average and about 70% below its 2005 peak. Application volume has fallen toward levels last seen around 1995 even though the U.S. population is nearly 29% larger. Measured per person, purchase application activity is therefore about 22% lower than it was three decades ago. In practical terms, a much larger country is producing nearly one quarter fewer mortgage applications per capita. This is not a lack of interest in owning a home. It is a failure of affordability. Mortgage rates were around 7.5% to 8% in 1995, but the median new home cost roughly $133,000. Today rates are somewhat lower, yet home prices are more than three times higher. Monthly payments have risen much faster than household incomes, while down payments, taxes and insurance have become larger barriers of their own. Transactions Usually Break Before Prices The historical pattern is that housing volume weakens before home prices fully adjust. That happened during the 2006 to 2008 downturn. Buyers disappeared first, inventory accumulated later, and prices fell more decisively once unemployment rose and forced selling increased. Today the mortgage lock in has delayed that process. Owners with low rates are holding properties off the market, preventing inventory from rising enough to clear prices. Builders do not have that luxury, which is why they are cutting first. Why Lower Rates May Not Be Enough Lower mortgage rates alone could bring sidelined buyers back and place another floor under prices. Real affordability requires both lower financing costs and lower home prices relative to income. That combination usually appears when the economy is weakening. Rising unemployment reduces household formation, forces some owners to sell and breaks the lock in effect. Inventory rises just as demand falls. Mortgage rates decline because growth and inflation are deteriorating, but lending standards tighten and fewer people feel secure enough to buy. That is the cruel part of the housing cycle. Homes become more affordable only after buyers become scarcer. The people who benefit most are those who retain employment, liquidity and access to credit through the downturn. Hormuz Could Accelerate The Reset A sustained Strait of Hormuz disruption would intensify this process with a lag. Higher oil prices raise gasoline, freight, airline, food and production costs. Households lose discretionary income, businesses see margins compressed and hiring slows. At first, the inflation shock could keep long term yields and mortgage rates elevated even as demand weakens. Later, if unemployment continues to rise and consumption deteriorates, rates would fall because the economy is breaking beneath the surface. That is the most likely path back to affordability. Not a painless return to cheap mortgages, but a recessionary reset in which employment weakens, forced supply increases and falling rates arrive too late to protect everyone.

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