Lucas and Luna track the pulse of the housing economy — home prices, mortgage rates, and the real estate markets that shape household wealth and national policy. Each episode is built around fresh data from the Federal Reserve, Freddie Mac, and the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Index. Lucas walks through the latest monthly housing starts, existing home sales, and 30-year fixed mortgage rate trends, while Luna presses him on what the numbers mean for first-time buyers, institutional investors, and renters in different metro areas. They dissect the impact of Fed rate decisions on affordability, the mismatch between supply and demand in suburban and urban cores, and the ripple effects of zoning laws, construction costs, and demographic shifts. The conversation stays concrete: How does a quarter-point rate hike change a monthly payment on a median-priced home in Phoenix versus Austin? Why are insurance premiums and property taxes rising faster than incomes? When will the lock-in effect from l
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Episode #191
The Rent Trap Keeping Home Prices High
Sep 15, 20269 minS4
With median home prices holding near four hundred ten thousand dollars despite high mortgage rates, the US housing market is defying standard economic gravity. We explore why this lock-in effect persists, how builders are pivoting to rental supply, and what it means for affordability in September 2026. #HousingMarket #MortgageRates #RealEstateEconomics #HomePrices #FexingoBusiness #BusinessPodcast #RentVsBuy #LockInEffect #HousingSupply #BuilderPivot #EconomicAnalysis #ConsumerFinance #InterestRates #UShousing #AffordabilityCrisis #RealEstateInvesting #LunaAndLucas #Econ101 Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo
With the median home sale price holding at four hundred ten thousand dollars while mortgage rates sit near six point seven percent, a strange market dynamic has emerged. Lucas and Luna explore how the rental sector has become the primary outlet for new housing supply, effectively absorbing inventory that would have hit the owner-occupant market. They examine why builders are increasingly treating new construction as rental product rather than entry-level homeownership, and what this structural shift means for affordability in late twenty twenty-six. #HousingMarket #RentalSupply #HomePrices #MortgageRates #RealEstateEconomics #AffordabilityCrisis #BuilderStrategy #RentalYields #FexingoBusiness #BusinessPodcast #LucasAndLuna #USConstruction #HousingPolicy #InvestmentREITs #EconomicTrends #CostOfLiving #PropertyManagement #HousingSupply Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo
We break down why your monthly rent check isn't just going to the landlord. With mortgage rates holding near 6.76 percent and home prices stubbornly above 410 thousand dollars, a new layer of cost is embedding itself in rental agreements. We explore how property tax reassessments, driven by rising asset values rather than income growth, are quietly inflating the cost of renting. Using specific data from mid-2026, we show how this dynamic is creating a double squeeze for tenants who can't buy and landlords trying to maintain yields. #HousingEconomics #RentalMarket #PropertyTaxes #MortgageRates #RealEstateInvesting #LandlordStrategy #TenantCosts #AssetReassessment #PassThroughCosts #HousingSupply #EconomicPolicy #FexingoBusiness #BusinessPodcast #FinanceNews #EconomicsDaily #RentControlDebate #InflationImpact #ResidentialRealEstate Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo
With mortgage rates hovering near 6.76 percent and the median home sale price holding steady at 410,700 dollars, a quiet crisis is unfolding in the housing market. This episode examines how the lock-in effect is freezing existing homeowners in place while new construction struggles to bridge the gap between permits and actual starts. We look at why building permits surged to 1,433,000 units in July while housing starts plummeted to 1,239,000, revealing a disconnect that is pricing out first-time buyers and reshaping the rental sector. Lucas and Luna break down the specific mechanics of this supply-side bottleneck and what it means for the broader economy as inflation continues to squeeze consumer paychecks. #FexingoBusiness #BusinessPodcast #HousingMarket #RealEstateEconomics #MortgageRates #LockInEffect #HousingSupply #HomePrices #ConstructionPermits #HousingStarts #EconomicAnalysis #InterestRates #FirstTimeBuyers #RentalMarket #InflationImpact #ConsumerSpending #FedPolicy #USconomy Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo
The Housing Paradox of Rising Prices and Falling Starts
Sep 11, 202611 minS4
Home prices hit a new median of four hundred ten thousand dollars in mid-2026 while housing starts plummeted to one million two hundred thirty-nine thousand units. We unpack the disconnect between building permits and actual construction, exploring why builders are pausing even as demand holds firm. With mortgage rates hovering near six point seven six percent and the Fed eyeing a potential rate hike, we examine how this supply squeeze is reshaping the American real estate market right now. #HousingMarket #RealEstateEconomics #MortgageRates #FedPolicy #ConstructionData #HomePrices #BuildingPermits #HousingSupply #EconomicOutlook #InflationImpact #ResidentialRealEstate #FexingoBusiness #BusinessPodcast #LucasAndLuna #HousingParadox #InterestRates #ConstructionIndustry #USAEconomy Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo
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