The Housing Economy with Fexingo: Home Prices, Mortgage Rates, and Real Estate Markets

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