Bethany Greene

Aug 15, 2024 | kansascityfed.org | Nicholas Sly |Bethany Greene

Subscribe Share Commercial Real Estate Activity in the Tenth District Continued to Stabilize PDFDownload Article The Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City released its KC Fed CRE Index for the third quarter of 2024 today. The value of the index increased slightly from -0.85 to -0.6, indicating commercial real estate activity in the region continued to stabilize, but remained below historical norms.

Jul 18, 2024 | kansascityfed.org | Bethany Greene |Nicholas Sly

Subscribe Share Home values appreciated rapidly in recent years. For non-homeowners, the recent surge in housing prices exacerbated housing affordability concerns. For existing homeowners, appreciation in home values raised homeowners’ equity levels. Many homeowners recently tapped into their newly found equity using home equity lines of credit (HELOCs), reversing years of broad-based declines in the use of that credit instrument.

Feb 15, 2024 | kansascityfed.org | Nicholas Sly |Bethany Greene

Subscribe Share Commercial Real Estate Activity in the Tenth District Declined Further PDFDownload Article The Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City released its new CRE Index today. The value of the index fell from -0.8 to -1.3, indicating the previously low level of commercial real estate activity declined even further below historical norms during the last quarter of 2023.