John Paulson on Frothy US Housing Market: This Time Is Different
John Paulson became a billionaire after his hedge fund effectively shorted $25 billion of mortgage securities at dawn of global financial crisis.
John Paulson became a billionaire after his hedge fund effectively shorted $25 billion of mortgage securities at dawn of global financial crisis.
Buyers aren’t in driver's seat despite the market cooldown. Mortgage rates have almost doubled since beginning of the year. Fixed mortgage hit 6.29%.
Mortgage rates jumped more than a quarter point this week and remain at the highest level in 14 years, offering no relief to sidelined homebuyers.
Fed Reserve Chair Powell warned that the US housing market is likely to suffer a reversal in the wake of policy makers’ interest-rate hikes.
It now takes 35.51% of the median household income to make a principal and interest payment on the median home with 20% down.
Rates have surged nearly three-quarters of a point in just three weeks and are now over 2.5 percentage points higher than the start of this year.
Talk show host Jim Cramer is veering away from speculative assets. This is not surprising, as Fed's hawkish stance has sent shockwaves across markets.