ROSENBERG: It Looks Like Demand For US Housing Is Cooling Off
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Declining inventory and healthy investor demand has helped drive up home prices. And economists have got increasingly bullish about the housing market.
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But Gluskin Sheff's
First, "bank-wide real estate credit has turned down again".
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Second, Rosenberg points out mortgage applications fell 1.3 percent in the week ending April 5th, and have "stagnated over the past six months". The year-over-year mortgage applications rate which was at 16 percent pace in January has tumbled to 3 percent.
This along with rising foreclosure starts, and lackluster job growth does raise some questions about the recovery.
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