Every Monday Windermere Chief Economist Matthew Gardner provides an update regarding the impact of COVID-19 on the US economy and housing market.
Update #1 – 3/23/2020
Update #4 – 4/13/2020
This week on “Mondays with Matthew” Windermere Chief Economist Matthew Gardner discusses the impact of COVID-19 on 30-year-mortgages and gives an updated 2020 interest rate forecast.
Update #5 – 4/13/2020 Mondays with Matthew: Conforming Loans + Interest Rates
In this week’s episode of “Mondays with Matthew” Matthew Gardner tackles part two of his series analyzing the mortgage market. Today he turns his focus to the conforming mortgage market and the recent volatility of interest rates. He also provides an updated 2020 interest rate forecast.
Update #6 – 4/20/2020 Mondays with Matthew: New Construction Market
This week on “Mondays with Matthew” Windermere Chief Economist Matthew Gardner analyzes the past two decades of the new home construction market and then discusses his predictions for this segment of the market going forward.
Update #7 – 4/27/2020 Mondays with Matthew: Are we heading towards another housing bubble?
This week on “Mondays with Matthew”, Matthew Gardner addresses the growing concern that the housing market is heading towards a repeat of the 2008 meltdown. He uses data to illustrate how we are in a very different place than when the housing bubble burst.
Update #8 – 5/4/2020 Mondays with Matthew: Let’s Discuss Mortgage Forbearance
On this week’s episode of “Mondays with Matthew” Matthew Gardner discusses mortgage forbearance and whether it will help or hurt the US housing market.
Update #9 – 5/11/2020 Mondays with Matthew: My 2020 Job Market Forecast
Job growth is critical to the health of the housing market, so on this week’s episode of “Mondays with Matthew”, Matthew Gardner analyzes the effect of COVID-19 on employment and what we can expect for the duration of the year.
Update #10 – 5/18/2020 Mondays with Matthew: Will COVID-19 Impact Where Buyers Want to Live?
In this week’s episode of Mondays with Matthew, Windermere Chief Economist Matthew Gardner kicks off a series of episodes in which he answers questions from his followers. The first deals with how COVID-19 will impact buyer behaviors, especially in more urban markets.
Update #11 – 6/1/2020 Mondays with Matthew: What’s Happening with Mortgage Rates
Now that things have settled down somewhat following the initial impact of COVID-19, Matthew dives into the topic of mortgage rates. Will they go below 3%? Matthew discusses this and the factors that have formed his updated 2020 and 2021 mortgage rate forecast.
Update #12 – 6/8/2020 – Mondays with Matthew: What’s Happening To Home Prices?
In this week’s episode of “Mondays with Matthew”, Matthew Gardner analyzes post-COVID 19 home prices and offers his prediction for whether or not they will end the year in the positive or negative.
Update #13 – 6/15/2020 – Mondays with Matthew: Mortgage Forbearance Update
On this week’s episode of “Mondays with Matthew”, Matthew Gardner provides an update on the mortgage forbearance program and what type of effect we can expect it to have on the US housing market.
Update #14 – 6/22/2020 – Mondays with Matthew: What’s Happening To Home Prices?
In this week’s episode of “Mondays with Matthew”, Matthew Gardner analyzes post-COVID 19 home prices and offers his prediction for whether or not they will end the year in the positive or negative.
Update #15 – 6/29/2020 – Mondays with Matthew: Housing Affordability?
On this week’s episode of “Mondays with Matthew”, Matthew Gardner discusses housing affordability and how he believes that despite the impact of COVID-19, affordability issues will remain and may actually get worse as we move forward.
Update #16 – 7/06/2020 – Mondays with Matthew: Why Aren’t More Millennials Buying
On this week’s episode of “Mondays with Matthew”, Matthew Gardner discusses what is needed to motivate more Millennials to buy and the important role they play in the long-term health of the US housing market.
Update #17 – 7/13/2020 – Mondays with Matthew: How Housing Has Fared Amid COVID-19
On this week’s episode of “Mondays with Matthew”, Matthew Gardner analyzes several aspects of the housing market to see how it has fared over the past 16 weeks amid COVID-19.
Update #18 – 7/20/2020 – Mondays with Matthew: How Do Consumers Feel About Buying & Selling Right Now?
On this week’s episode of “Mondays with Matthew”, Matthew Gardner dives into the most recent National Housing Survey results which tell us a lot about consumer confidence both pre- and post-COVID and whether or not they feel this is a good time to buy or sell a home. The results might surprise you.
Update #19 – 7/27/2020 – Mondays with Matthew: Updated 2020 Housing Forecast
On this week’s episode of “Mondays with Matthew”, Matthew Gardner provides his updated 2020 housing forecast and analyzes the National Association of REALTORS’ June Home Sales Report.
Update #20 – 8/3/2020 – Mondays with Matthew: Case Shiller Home Price Index
On this week’s episode of “Mondays with Matthew”, Matthew Gardner analyzes the latest Case Shiller Home Price Index numbers and explains some of the lesser known (yet, still important) aspects of the report.
Update #21 – 8/10/2020 – Mondays with Matthew: Homeownership Trends Throughout the Decades
This week on “Mondays with Matthew”, Matthew Gardner analyzes homeownership trends over the decades, breaking it down by age, race, household income, and median home price.
Update #22 – 8/24/2020 – Mondays with Matthew: Understanding the U.S. Household Debt & Credit Report
On this week’s episode of “Mondays with Matthew”, Matthew Gardner shares some reflections from his vacation and explains why the relatively unknown U.S. Household Debt & Credit Report is one we should all be paying more attention to.
Update #23 – 8/31/2020 – Mondays with Matthew: Going Beyond the Headlines
On this week’s episode of “Mondays with Matthew”, Matthew Gardner looks at last week’s real estate and economic news and goes beyond the headlines so that you can not only stay on top of the issues that affect you and your business, but also get more detail than is generally offered by the media.
Update #24 – 9/14/2020 – Mondays with Matthew: Mortgage Forbearance Update
On this week’s episode of “Mondays with Matthew”, Matthew Gardner revisits mortgage forbearance, bringing you the latest in light of some recent headlines.
Update #25 – 9/21/2020 – Mondays with Matthew: An Analysis of the Latest Economic Data
On this week’s episode of “Mondays with Matthew”, Matthew Gardner analyzes the most recent economic and real estate data, including retail sales, consumer sentiment, and the housing market index which is published by the National Association of Home Builders.
Update #26 – 9/29/2020 – Mondays with Matthew: Housing Continues to Lead Economy Amid COVID-19
On this week’s “Mondays with Matthew,” Matthew Gardner analyzes data released last week about existing home sales, new home sales, and mortgages, demonstrating the housing market’s resilience in an economy mired by COVID-19.
Update #27 – 10/05/2020 – Mondays with Matthew: Housing Continues to Lead Economy Amid COVID-19
This week on “Mondays with Matthew” with Windermere Chief Economist Matthew Gardner, he covers last week’s top economic headlines. Watch here for updates on the latest Case-Shiller and Consumer Confidence indexes.
Update #28 – 10/12/2020 – Mondays with Matthew: Forecasting Mortgage Rates & More
On this week’s episode of “Mondays with Matthew,” Windermere Chief Economist, Matthew Gardner, takes another look at mortgage rates and forecasts what we can expect in the coming months for rates, affordability, and inventory.
Update #29 – 10/26/2020 – Mondays with Matthew: What You Need To Know About The Latest Housing Data
In today’s episode of “Monday with Matthew,” Matthew Gardner dives into three of the latest housing market data releases and gives context to their historical significance.
Update #30 – 11/09/2020 – Mondays with Matthew: Analyzing the US Job Market Report
On the latest episode of “Monday with Matthew,” Matthew Gardner analyzes the surprisingly strong U.S. Job Market Report from October. This video was recorded on Friday, November 6.