Housing
First-time buyers show more demand for mortgages, even as interest rates rise
A real estate agent shows a home to a prospective buyer in Miami. Getty Images Mortgage demand continues to weaken, still right around a 22-year low, but there was a sign in the weekly numbers that first-time buyers may be slowly returning. Mortgage applications to purchase a home fell 1% last week compared with the […]
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Apartment rents are finally easing after an incredible run. Here’s how to play it
An Apartment For Rent sign seen in the Upper East Side of Manhattan. Adam Jeffery | CNBC Rent growth for apartments looks to have peaked after a tremendous run in 2021, and that could boost some of the real estate stocks that were the early darlings of the pandemic. Nationally, rents rose just 0.8% between […]
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We are in a ‘housing economic downturn,’ professionals say. Here is what that implies for home owners, sellers and buyers
The Very good Brigade | Digitalvision | Getty Photos Just months back, the housing market place remained in overdrive: surging property costs, historically small fascination rates and unrelenting demand from customers. Even so, information now suggests to some professionals that the market is in a “housing recession.” For example, sales of current households in July […]
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‘Dangerous territory’: Investor Peter Boockvar warns recession is spreading to other parts of economy
There may be no escape from recession. The latest reports on housing and manufacturing, according to investor Peter Boockvar, suggest it’s rapidly spreading to other parts of the economy. “People are not being sensitive enough to this economic slowdown and what it’s going to be mean for corporate earnings and profit margins,” the Bleakley Advisory […]
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Wild swings in mortgage rates last week caused a rare surge in refinancing
An “Open House” sign at the Saratoga Homes Glendale Lakes community development in Arcola, Texas, on Tuesday, July 12, 2022. Mark Felix | Bloomberg | Getty Images After dropping at the end of July, mortgage rates moved higher on average again last week, but the daily moves were volatile. Mortgage demand was split, with gains […]
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Consumer confidence in the housing market hits the lowest point in over a decade
A sign stands outside an upscale home for sale in the Lake Pointe Subdivision of Austin, Texas. Ed Lallo | Bloomberg | Getty Images Consumer confidence in the housing market dropped to the lowest level since 2011, as both prospective buyers and sellers have become more pessimistic, according to a monthly survey released Monday by […]
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As climate change threatens more homes, some properties are getting too costly to insure
Firefighters pull up to a burning house during the Kincade fire in Healdsburg, California, on Oct. 27, 2019. Josh Edelson | Afp | Getty Images As climate change threatens the U.S. with more natural disasters, it’s becoming increasingly costly for Americans to insure their homes — and it’s only expected to get worse, according to […]
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The great unrest: How 2020 changed the economy in ways we can’t understand yet
In an earnings call Wednesday morning, Yum Brands CEO David Gibbs expressed the confusion many people are feeling as they try to figure out what’s going on with the U.S. economy right now: “This is truly one of the most complex environments we’ve ever seen in our industry to operate in. Because we’re not just […]
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Home prices cooled at a record pace in June, according to housing data firm
A sign is posted in front of a home for sale on July 14, 2022 in San Francisco, California. The number of homes for sale in the U.S. increased by 2 percent in June for the first time since 2019. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Rising mortgage rates and inflation in the wider economy caused […]
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Mortgage rates fall sharply after negative GDP report and Fed’s latest hike
Just one day after the Federal Reserve raised its benchmark rate, mortgage rates took a sharp turn lower. The average rate on the popular 30-year fixed mortgage fell to 5.22% on Thursday from 5.54% on Wednesday, when the Fed announced its latest rate hike, according to Mortgage News Daily. The rate fell even further Friday […]
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