Logan Mohtashami

Logan Mohtashami

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Lead analyst at HousingWire covering mortgage spreads, residential and commercial market economics.

Rates Slip Even as Inflation Heat Rises
SocialFeb 28, 2026

Rates Slip Even as Inflation Heat Rises

Why did rates and bond yields drop today despite a hot inflation report? #Labor over #inflation. #mortgagerates #realestate #chartdaddy

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Permits
SocialFeb 26, 2026

Permits

Permits and builders' confidence data would be more solid if that were the case. https://t.co/N1nLoES68j

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Shelter‑driven Inflation Easing as Vacancies Rise, Wages Slow
SocialFeb 26, 2026

Shelter‑driven Inflation Easing as Vacancies Rise, Wages Slow

Fed doves have happy tears, since over 40% of CPI inflation is due to shelter and wage growth is slowing down. Rising rental vacancies mean it's unlikely to see breakaway inflation again. @housingwire @sarahteresa6 #mortgagerates #inflation #economics #realestate #chartdaddy

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Housing Market Snapshot: Latest Home Price Index Insights
SocialFeb 26, 2026

Housing Market Snapshot: Latest Home Price Index Insights

Today’s podcast covers the state of the union housing talking points and the recent home price index reports @housingwire @sarahteresa6 #realestate #housing #mortgagerates #economics #chartdaddy

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Rental Vacancies Stay Low, Supporting Mortgage Rates
SocialFeb 26, 2026

Rental Vacancies Stay Low, Supporting Mortgage Rates

Rental vacancy data has been the quietly positive story for #mortgagerares for over a year now. @housingwire @sarahteresa6 #realestate #housing #economics #chartdaddy

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First-Time Homebuyers Are Far Younger than 40
SocialFeb 25, 2026

First-Time Homebuyers Are Far Younger than 40

40-Year-Old Virgin was a funny movie, but it's not the age of the first-time home buyer in America https://t.co/wcVOoa450Q

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Home Prices Stay Sticky Without Massive Supply Shock
SocialFeb 25, 2026

Home Prices Stay Sticky Without Massive Supply Shock

The history of homeprices going back over 80 years. It's rare for nominal home prices to fall; it's super rare to have a massive nominal housing price crash. Home prices are sticky unless you have massive supply and distress sales...

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Rising Sales, Inventory, and Prices Co‑occurred Historically
SocialFeb 25, 2026

Rising Sales, Inventory, and Prices Co‑occurred Historically

The reason I draw these black lines in 1980's, 1990's, and 2000s It was common that we had rising sales, rising inventory, and rising prices together, a lot of people = rising inventory with pricing falling on this site (This...

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Weekly Sales Dip Yet Up 12% YoY Amid Snow Melt
SocialFeb 25, 2026

Weekly Sales Dip Yet Up 12% YoY Amid Snow Melt

Purchase application data update -5% week to week +12% year over year So far this year, even with a higher bar to work with, every week has had positive year-over-year growth The last 2 weeks, our weekly pending sales data have...

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Housing Inventory Down 2.6 M From 2008 Levels
SocialFeb 25, 2026

Housing Inventory Down 2.6 M From 2008 Levels

For those asking about the gap in this chart today vs 2008 2008: 4,000,000 existing home sales 2008: 3.8 million active inventory Currently active inventory here is 1,220,000 roughly a 2.6 million gap Normal inventory levels are actually 2-2.5 million

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Home Prices Stay Resilient Across 2.75%-18% Rates
SocialFeb 25, 2026

Home Prices Stay Resilient Across 2.75%-18% Rates

The history of home prices when rates ranged from 2.75% to 18% during this period. https://t.co/I0aE7X40Jt

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Weekend Tracker Shows Positive Housing Market Amid Crazy Headlines
SocialFeb 24, 2026

Weekend Tracker Shows Positive Housing Market Amid Crazy Headlines

There are a lot of crazy headlines, and the weekend tracker was positive. We discuss it all today. @housingwire @sarahteresa6 #realestate #housing #mortgagerates #economics

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Mortgage Spreads Push Rates Under 6% Despite 10‑yr Yield
SocialFeb 23, 2026

Mortgage Spreads Push Rates Under 6% Despite 10‑yr Yield

#mortgagespreads have allowed rates to get below 6% without the 10-year yield below 4% @housingwire @sarahteresa6 #realestate #housing #mortgagerates #chartdaddy

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Warsh Chairmanship Could Push Mortgage Rates Near Zero
SocialFeb 23, 2026

Warsh Chairmanship Could Push Mortgage Rates Near Zero

How low can mortgage rates go with tariff ruling and Kevin Warsh as Fed Chair? https://t.co/eEzHs3zcYh

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Pending Sales Rebound, Prices Drop, Inventory Set to Rise
SocialFeb 23, 2026

Pending Sales Rebound, Prices Drop, Inventory Set to Rise

It was a good week - Weekly Pending sales back to year-over-year growth with new listings Other details - Price cut % is down over 1% year over year - Total active seasonal inventory increase should start soon

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Limited Migration Saved
SocialFeb 23, 2026

Limited Migration Saved

If the migration to a few states didn’t slow down this chart could have been worse. In this light, team higher rates won 🫡 https://t.co/YrBc6tLU0D

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