It's pretty clear that housing is slowing. Rising mortgage rates and the very fast rising homes prices are constraining home buying. Homes are still considered affordable, but not as much so as a year ago.
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Related The incomes of working families simply have not kept pace with rising housing prices. And this is de... JEFFREY LUBELL Even if interest rates weren't rising, home prices are very high relative to income. So, people are ... CELIA CHEN These rising prices impact those that are forced to decide between heating their homes, buying presc... MARK WOLFE [ Mobile homes. They are a reality in a vast region where so much housing has been obliterated and... ANDRES DUANY The strength of the housing market this year continues to surprise, despite rising home prices and s... GREGORY KLUMP Mobile homes are permanent housing, not temporary. Mobile homes are the only housing affordable to a... ANDRES DUANY We have lots of homes for upper income people, but the middle class is being squeezed stagnant wages... GLEN LEWINSKI The drop in mortgage interest rates is offsetting higher home prices, so housing affordability condi... MARTIN EDWARDS With the rising costs of second homes, fractional ownership is really an affordable alternative. KEVIN MAYS Prices are rising, but not fast enough to prompt the central bank to raise interest rates. Inflation... IM NO JUNG Home-buying is not a snap decision -- people mentally prepare for it and search for homes, and this ... LAWRENCE YUN It's clearly a market mix issue. Expensive homes are not selling as fast as inexpensive homes. JOHN KAREVOLL Thought seasonable factors may be part of the explanation for falling prices and declining home sale... LEONARD ZUMPANO The rising mortgage rates have pushed us to a new record home-sales level, but once the fence sitter... JOEL NAROFF The market is not priced for oil prices at record highs and rising interest rates and slowing earnin... JEFFREY SAUT What's happening is not so much that more people are leaving but that fewer people are coming. Our h... HOWARD ROTH [Those who get squeezed in a housing bust are simply those who can no longer afford to keep paying t... ERIC BELSKY We are starting to see a change in consumer behavior. Consumers are cutting back because of high pri... MICHAEL FITZPATRICK Mortgage rates have been so low and accommodating that total home sales surged in October as familie... FRANK NOTHAFT Property taxes, affordable housing, education, eminent domain, loss of jobs and homes, are the real ... JOE SINAGRA In general, a rising rate environment slows down growth, so most companies are not going to go as go... JAY BRYSON All forecasts are for interest rates and mortgage rates to go up a little bit again this year. It co... KATHY DECK Even with rising mortgage rates over the last four weeks, 30-year fixed-rate mortgage rates remain a... AMY CUTTS Even with rising mortgage rates over the last four weeks, 30-year fixed-rate mortgage rates remain a... AMY CREWS CUTTS As long as they are rising, the ECB tends to raise interest rates. JOERG KRAEMER As housing prices and apartment rents rise, we see many families squeezed to find adequate homes. CARROLL KLEIN This segment has considerable momentum and people are not ready to jump ship as long as prices are r... GEORGE SOROS Motorists have not seen the end of price increases. Investors are buying into crude and gasoline fut... CAROL THORP Inflation is the wild card for 2006, with rising oil prices, an increase in commodity prices, slow p... JOSEPH SENECA Metals are rising very fast, but this bullish trend should stay during the first half of the year. HIROYUKI KITAKATA I think mobile homes are a blight on the planet. Attractive, affordable housing is possible, and I... DAN PHILLIPS Rising fuel prices will keep a lid on consumer spending for some time, slowing economic growth. The ... SHANE OLIVER People live in their homes. People are still buying. Families are still growing. WAYNE NORRIS We are still cautious about Treasuries because global interest rates are rising. I'll wait before bu... MASAYUKI SENDA While it is a good thing that Apple is taking steps to protect its margins, we believe that Apple di... DANIEL KUNSTLER Funds are viewing commodities such as oil and metals as investment tools, so these prices are likely... CAI LUOYI Is the soft-patch bond rally over? It's a tough call, but we don't think so, as the reasons for the ... CHRIS RUPKEY It's not really that overseas investors are negatively reacting to Japanese stocks overall but rathe... MITSUSHIGE AKINO We obviously track the mortgage activity and understand that overall share, but we don't focus on ho... DAVID BERSON Should the global economy suffer a period of slower demand, which is a distinct possibility given ri... WILLIAM ADAMS Fukui's remarks today fueled speculation that the end of the policy could come as soon as March. Wit... HIDEO KUMANO The story here in the data over the last couple of days is upward surprises. Just like we saw an upw... CARL RICCADONNA As far as energy prices and core consumer prices, so far it is all smoke and no fire. Rising energy ... CHRIS RUPKEY So far this year, fixed-rate mortgage rates have risen only slightly. Long-term mortgage rates are o... FRANK NOTHAFT Pressures are particularly evident in the West where housing prices in local markets such as Riversi... PAUL FERLEY Housing has peaked and we're expecting some moderate weakening in 2006. It's starting to turn into a... JOSHUA SHAPIRO Employment is likely to be much weaker going forward and the jobless rate will keep rising as the ec... JARROD KERR Rising oil prices are the biggest risk to what is otherwise shaping up as a robust recovery. BRUCE STEINBERG I think that what we have to understand now is that interest rates had been rising for a year and a ... LOUIS HOLLAND Building 200,000 new residences per year, not to mention the current interest in fixing up existing ... CHRISTOPHER THORNBERG Home prices are moderating, inventories are rising and affordability is heading south. The market wi... AKIRA TAKEI Rising long rates threaten the bellwether housing industry as well as consumer spending. The higher ... LARRY WACHTEL Rising oil prices are being looked at as a further weight on global growth as opposed to inflationar... ANN HURLEY The fundamentals are very tight, and the producers are sold out. If they can produce more, they can ... EVY HAMBRO Some technology stocks are being cut because of concern that high oil prices and rising interest rat... SIMON CHAO We are against duplicity of inspection. We believe in the building of safe and affordable homes, but... PAT SULLIVAN Rent and the cost of essentials like food and child care are rising so fast that wages are not keepi... KATE BROWN The real story in housing will be a recovery in the economy that will drive a recovery in housing, W... JAMIE DIMON The market's recent rising pitch was a bit too fast, so it's logical that it takes a breather. But i... TAKAHIKO MURAI The market has slowed a little bit, but the housing industry is still booming. We're still building ... JOE SINAGRA We have the lowest average wage rate of any metropolitan area we compete with. This might sound good... BOB ABBERGER Home prices in Colorado are still expensive. You have a lot of people getting back on their feet and... ALAN BUSH Finally people are recognizing the economy's in good shape and so are profits. You have rates rising... JAMES SWANSON Rising oil prices are not only affecting current inflation rates but they're also overshadowing next... OTMAR ISSING Although the fundamentals have deteriorated builders have been cautious, so there is no imbalance of... STEVEN WOOD As long as U.S. rates are rising you've got this double-whammy effect of spare cash looking for yiel... LUKE WADDINGTON The homes are really diverse. We have some brand new homes, as well as some small homes and some man... HONEY DEVINS What I've seen is that it's not necessarily that the homes are too big, but they're much larger than... BRIGETTE BOGART Mortgage rates have crept up a bit, but not enough to dampen the enthusiasm for home-buying activity... DAVE OTTO We still like the company's competitive position but think that Bear Stearns is the most sensitive a... ROBERT HANSEN Rising prices are not just greedy people lining their pockets, BRIAN LEE What's important here is that maybe a slowing U.S. economy directly translates into a lower dollar. ... AXEL MERK Americans are still worried about rising interest rates and high gasoline prices. That, along with t... TERRY JONES Property prices may drop, but I do not think it will drop that fast. The consumers are more financia... ZENG HAN JUN At some point in the future, California probably will have another big housing recession. It is poss... DAVID BERSON Certainly, analyses do indicate that house prices are abnormally high --- that there is a 'bubble' e... JANET YELLEN Card rates are rising faster than the rise in general interest rates. JUSTIN MCHENRY UK consumers are tightening their belts as they feel the financial pinch inflicted by rising petrol ... BRIAN MOORE I'm not doing too good right now. The water's rising pretty fast. I got a hammer and an ax and a cro... CHRIS ROBINSON We are still seeing strength in the labor market with wages rising. We are waiting for further decli... MASATSUGU YAMAMOTO We had a dip initially but those are not that much of a concern, we'll see some volatility and profi... FERDI HEYNEKE As long as U.S. rates are rising you've got this double-whammy effect of spare cash looking for yiel... LUKE WADDINGTON Our big concern is the combination of rising bond yields, sustained high energy prices and weakness ... ABHIJIT CHAKRABORTTI Strong employment and income gains, coupled with low mortgage rates continue to bolster consumer con... BOB DUGAN Freddie Mac's own economic forecast calls for a mild and gradual increase in 30-year fixed-rate mort... FRANK NOTHAFT People are buying homes with suitcases of cash. DREW TESSIER FEMA mobile homes staged in Arkansas are habitable, available and properly maintained. They have not... NICOL ANDREWS More than a quarter of mortgage borrowers are underwater, and 11 percent of all homes are vacant. MARCIA FUDGE The people that own this home their relatives own all of these homes and have owned these homes for ... BRANDON DARBY With house prices still looking robust, the chance of the bank cutting rates is slim. They are not g... AMIT KARA In southern Africa HIV is still rising. Tanzania does not have the highest rates but it is one count... AUDRIE PATTENN Housing wealth - the net equity held by households, consisting of the value of their homes minus the... JANET YELLEN You can't have this kind of slowing in job growth coupled with rising energy prices and not see some... ALAN GAYLE Home ownership was the fig leaf for the rise in subprime lending. But that was really about cash-out... BETHANY MCLEAN In any year, there is always a certain percentage of dealers losing money. [Rising ] interest rates ... PAUL TAYLOR The shorter the time until maturity, the less impact rising rates will have on bond prices. JAMES STACK We know that people need homes, but there's ... something about owning a home and buying something t... JOEDY ISERT The way prices are rising, the good old days are last week. LES DAWSON One concern is that its production cost is rising, but as long as the oil price is high, that's acce... GIDEON LO The hype is off the housing market. Prices are high. Interest rates are climbing. Housing needs to c... 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MORRIS CHEN My advice for young people is, study what you love and intern in what you want to do. And I think it... EVA CHEN Ignorance is not due to lack of education. Ignorance is a state of mind that refuses the temptation ... JONATHAN CHEN The luxury customer is still out there. Going into 2006 the luxury customer will continue to shop if... CHRISTINE CHEN If you know how to do a job very well, you keep doing it. JOAN CHEN I am not the best girlfriend or lawyer or the reporter. I am the drama-queen type. You know. So it i... JOAN CHEN Recognizing each of us is an integral part of nature, one would never feel lonely. There is no momen... JONATHAN CHEN Domestic futures industry's enthusiasm for branching out in Hong Kong is obviously strong. CHEN XIAODI China stands for the complete prohibition and thorough destruction of nuclear weapons. CHEN JIAN Things had just happened to me, good things and bad things, and I took them. JOAN CHEN