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Real estate industry schema

The real-estate cycle — recovery, expansion, hypersupply, recession, reset. Tracks both residential affordability dynamics and commercial cap-rate compression/expansion.

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Current readRecovery·67%·stable

Current reading

Recovery

Probability 67%Lead 39 ptsEvidence live 100%Trend stableAs of 2026-09-26

Numen observesRecovery. 5 of 7 indicators that speak to this stage sit at or near its range. New-home months of supply reads 8.5 mo, within > 7.0 mo. Building permits, 12-month change disagrees at 3.49%, reading as Hypersupply.

Where it has been
Sep ’25Dec ’25Mar ’26Jun ’26Sep ’26

The line is the call on each day; fainter means a thinner lead. A stage changes only when a challenger leads it by 15 points.

Across the stages · today

  • Reset3%
  • Recession2%
  • Hypersupply27%
  • Expansion0%
  • Recovery67%

Stages listed late → early. Probabilities sum to 100%.

How it is read

Each row is a live lattice signal with a published range for every stage. A cell’s shade is how firmly today’s value sits in that stage’s range; the ringed cell holds it. Weight is the indicator’s share of the schema’s read. Stale indicators are shown and set aside.

IndicatorWeightToday30 daysRecovery▲ the readExpansionHypersupplyRecessionReset
New-home months of supply
level
21%
8.5 mo
2026-08-01
1.1 mo
> 7.0 mo
< 6.0 mo
6.5 mo – 9.0 mo
> 8.5 mo
> 7.0 mo
Months of supply, 6-month change
change
15%
-1.3 mo
2026-08-01
3.1 mo
< -0.5 mo
-0.5 mo – 0.5 mo
> 0.3 mo
> 0.0 mo
< 0.0 mo
Home prices (Case-Shiller), 12-month change
12-mo change
15%
1.52%
2026-06-01
0.414 pp
0.0% – 4.0%
> 4.0%
2.0% – 7.0%
< 1.0%
< 0.0%
Housing starts, 12-month change
12-mo change
10%
-1.24%
2026-08-01
11.5 pp
< 0.0%
> 5.0%
-3.0% – 8.0%
< -8.0%
< -5.0%
30-year mortgage rate
level
10%
6.95%
2026-09-17
0.28 pp·
< 5.5%
5.5% – 7.5%
> 6.5%
·
Home prices (FHFA), 12-month change
12-mo change
10%
3.03%
2026-04-01
0.423 pp
0.0% – 4.0%
> 4.0%
2.0% – 7.0%
< 1.0%
< 0.0%
Mortgage delinquency, commercial banks
level
10%
1.86%
2026-04-01
0.02 pp
2.0% – 6.0%
< 2.5%
< 2.5%
> 3.0%
> 4.0%
Building permits, 12-month change
12-mo change
8%
3.49%
2026-08-01
0.418 pp
< 0.0%
> 5.0%
-3.0% – 8.0%
< -8.0%
< -5.0%
Outside the range Inside Today’s value· = no opinion on that stage

What this schema reads

Real estate is a long capital cycle gated by financing. The schema reads cap-rate compression/expansion, mortgage-rate-driven affordability, supply-demand balance, and where in the wave the market currently sits.

Why this matters now

US housing sits in an unusual configuration — affordability collapsed by 2023, supply is structurally tight, mortgage rates(6.95% ▲0.28pp · 30d) lock incumbents into place. Commercial real estate is in a separate sub-cycle (post-COVID office demand reset). The schema reads both.

Phases

  1. Stage 1

    Recovery

    Current read

    Cap rates compress. Mortgage rates fall. Transaction volume increases. Deals flow.

  2. Stage 2

    Expansion

    Capex up. Permits rising. New supply entering market. Prices firm.

  3. Stage 3

    Hypersupply

    Vacancy creeping up. Concessions appearing. Rent growth slowing. New supply outpacing absorption.

  4. Stage 4

    Recession

    Values fall. Refinancing pressure. Distressed sales begin. Cap rates expand.

  5. Stage 5

    Reset

    Distressed-asset window. Capital rotates from weak owners to opportunistic buyers. Cycle re-seeds.

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How Palanor watches this

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