Helping people understand the economy, housing and mortgage markets
Let's make a new mortgage rate dataviz.
In this post we make some animated data visualizations using R and tweenr. We try out some of the new features in the tweenr package.
What's a forecaster to do? We look at a forecasting game and determine the optimal communication strategy for a forecaster who predicts a binary outcome.
Chart Jobs Friday using R.
Spring is nearly upon us, or at least we can hope. Let's examine how housing activity typically rounds into shape as the weather warms up. We'll make some fun plots with R.
Let's examine house price and employment trends. And yes, le'ts try out that crazy bivariate tilegrid map.
In this post we compare recent periods of mortgage rate increases. We'll remix a chart and try out some alternatives to visualize periods of rising rates.
Let's plot recent U.S. macroeconomic trends with R.
The U.S. isn't building enough homes to meet demand. One reason often cited is a lack of labor. How do construction trends compare to construction employment? Let's take a look.
COME AND MAKE A MAJESTIC MORTGAGE RATE PLOT WITH ME. We'll use R to make a fun plot showing just how low mortgage rates in the U.S. are relative to historical averages.