Mortgages
Single-family rent increases cool for the third straight month
A ‘For Rent’ sign is posted near a home on February 07, 2022 in Houston, Texas. Brandon Bell | Getty Images Rents for single-family homes were 12.6% higher in July compared with the year-earlier month, but the gains continue to shrink from the record high seen in April, according to a new report from CoreLogic. […]
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More homebuilders lower prices as sentiment falls for ninth straight month
A worker walks on the roof of a new home under construction in Carlsbad, California. Mike Blake | Reuters More builders are lowering prices for homes as their confidence in the market continues to tumble. Homebuilder sentiment in September fell three points to 46 on the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index. […]
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Mortgage demand from homebuyers falls 29% since last year, as interest rates surge past 6%
Mortgage demand appears to have nowhere to go but down, as interest rates go up. Application volume dropped 1.2% last week compared with the previous week, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association’s seasonally adjusted index. The week’s results include an adjustment for the observance of Labor Day. Since last year, homebuyers’ demand for mortgages has […]
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Confused about the housing market? Here’s what’s happening now – and what could happen next
The slowdown in the otherwise red-hot housing boom has been stunningly swift. The U.S. housing market surged during the pandemic as homebound people sought new places to live, boosted by record-low interest rates. Now, real estate agents who once reported lines of buyers outside open houses and bidding wars on the back deck say homes […]
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Homeowners lose wealth as rising interest rates weigh on home values
A “For Sale” sign outside a house in Albany, California, on Tuesday, May 31, 2022. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Some homeowners are losing wealth as high mortgage rates weigh on home values, at least on paper, as the once red-hot housing market cools quickly. Sales have been slowing down for several […]
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Mortgage demand drops further as interest rates shoot back to June high
GP: Homes for sale Brittany Murray Via Getty Images | Medianews Group | Getty Images In June the average rate on the 30-year fixed shot over 6% briefly, and that was enough to turn the once-hot housing market on its heels. Rates pulled back in July and August, but the damage was already done. Now […]
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One in five home sellers is now dropping their asking price as the housing market cools
Daniel Acker | Bloomberg | Getty Images Home sellers are getting nervous, as the once hot housing market cools fast. One in five sellers in August dropped their asking price, according to Realtor.com. A year ago that share was just 11%. The average home sold for less than its list price for the first time […]
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Mortgage demand falls even further, as rates shoot back up to July highs
A real estate consultant shows a condo to a prospective buyer in Miami, Florida. Joe Raedle | Getty Images After falling back earlier this month, mortgage rates began rising sharply again to the highest level since mid-July. That caused mortgage demand to pull back even further. Total mortgage application volume fell 3.7% last week compared […]
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Home prices weakened in June, but were still much higher than a year ago, says S&P Case Shiller
A “For Sale” sign outside a house in Albany, California, on Tuesday, May 31, 2022. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Home prices in June were 18% higher than during the same month last year, according to the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Indices. That’s a weaker pace than in May of this year, which […]
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Property finance loan charges will slide to 4.5% in 2023? Which is the estimate from Fannie Mae. Here’s what that usually means for homebuyers
Vital Points The amount on a 30-calendar year mounted mortgage will drop to an average 4.5% in 2023, in accordance to Fannie Mae. Premiums have jumped far more than two proportion points considering that the starting of 2022, largely due to the Federal Reserve raising borrowing prices. People should not automatically delay a home invest […]
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