Energy prices were flat in May, while food prices (also sometimes a source of volatility) was also flat.

You never know who has money sitting around and is sick of either the volatility of the stock market or pathetic returns of a CD.

I understand where you are coming from, I am studying crypto and the volatility definitely stresses me out.

Housing construction rebounded in May, continuing a recent volatile ride as builders try to find their footing in a post-pandemic economy.

The short-term rental space is volatile when it comes to lawmaking so you have to be cautious on the buying side. 

We decided we were OK with 5% for a number of reasons: - Great renters already in place- Home was already partially remodeled (but still room for us to improve and raise rent moving forward) - we have 2 small kids and aren't looking for a huge project right off the bat- Good location for appreciation (37216/Inglewood - it appraised for $17k more than we paid)- We analyzed a bunch of deals and didn't want to wait any longer to get in- Lastly, we were funding this using tech stock from my day job, so moving from a highly volatile investment (could go up 10x or drop by 50% at any point!)

Perhaps lenders have been unwilling to project future income from the retirement account due to the lack of income history and the volatility of the holdings (granted he's now much more diversified)?

While sales are now back to about where they were in February 2020 (before the pandemic erupted), there has been an extreme amount of volatility in sales since then.

I want to share with the  BP COMMUNITY my alarming experience today, it never happened to me before .After 2 EXTENSIONS on the closing date, because the mortgage broker ( bridge loan ) keep asking for more and more pictures of the before and after of all my properties in order to proof my track record and reevaluating  the property appraisal done 4 weeks ago, finally I closed today ,  OR I THOUGH THAT I CLOSE TODAY but the title company called me later on today, saying that they are not getting the wired from the lender, the mortgage broker sent an email to me and the title company asking for a 3rd EXTENSION because they need a few days to fund the deal because they are dealing with A SECONDARY MARKET VOLATILITY and they COULDN'T SELL THE LOAN TODAY , and that on Tuesday they will know the terms under which they can sell the loan than proceed to fund the loan. 

It's a frothy market but rising rates and the volatility in equities should cool things down a bit.