Linkage: real estate’s State Of The Union

- U.S. home prices increased 5.2% from April 2018 to April 2019(fhfa.gov)
- While S&P Case-Shiller reports only a 3.5% annual increase in home prices(my.spindices.com)
- Why the difference? Case-Shiller flattens out a lot of differences in local markets(thebasispoint.com)
- Lending technology wizards Blend raise $130 million—here's why you should care(thebasispoint.com)
- The State of The Nation's Housing, by Harvard's housing studies center(jchs.harvard.edu)
- "Trump’s been treating the Fed chairman like Jeb Bush"(vanityfair.com)
- Failed Trump Fed puppet Stephen Moore is getting into crypto(foxbusiness.com)
- May new home sales down 7.8% from April to May, but up 4% year-to-date(census.gov)
- Quicken Loans names new head of wholesale mortgage business(prnewswire.com)
- How a janitor at Frito-Lay invented Flamin’ Hot Cheetos(thehustle.co)
