After rising steadily for three weeks, mortgage rates dipped slightly last week, prompting a small increase in refinance activity. Activity from homebuyers, however, pulled back further, leaving total...
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Home price increases slowed slightly in April, says S&P Case-Shiller
People walk into a house for sale in Floral Park, Nassau County, New York. Wang Ying | Xinhua News Agency | Getty Images Home price increases slowed ever so slightly in April, but it is the first pote...
Pending home sales post surprise increase in May
A house’s real estate for sale sign shows the home as being “Under Contract” in Washington, DC. Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty Images Pending home sales, a measure of signed contracts on ex...
Demand for adjustable-rate mortgages surges, as interest rates jump
Mortgage applications to purchase a home rose 8% last week compared with the previous week, bolstered in part by demand for adjustable-rate mortgages, according to the Mortgage Bankers AssociationR...
Sales of existing homes fell in May, and more declines are expected
Sales of existing homes in May dropped 3.4% to a seasonally adjusted annualized rate of 5.41 million units, according to the National Association of Realtors. Sales were 8.6% lower than in May 2021. A...
Here’s why this housing downturn is nothing like the last one
As quickly as mortgage rates are rising, the once red-hot housing market is cooling off. Home prices are still historically high, but there is concern now that they will ease up as well. All of this h...
Mortgage Rates Surge The Most In 35 Years As Fed Hits Home Buyers
U.S. mortgage rates surged the most in more than 36 years this week, data from Freddie Mac indicated Thursday, as house buying costs continue to track the Federal Reserve’s interest rate path am...
Here’s what the Fed’s highest rate hike in 28 years means for you
What the federal funds rate means to you The federal funds rate, which is set by the central bank, is the interest rate at which banks borrow and lend to one another overnight. Although that’s n...
Homebuilder sentiment drops to lowest level in 2 years as housing demand slows
A contractor frames a house under construction in Lehi, Utah, U.S., on Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2020. Private residential construction in the U.S. rose 2.7% in November. George Frey | Bloomberg | Getty Ima...
Mortgage demand is now roughly half of what it was a year ago, as interest rates move even higher
Total mortgage application volume was 52.7% lower last week than the same week one year ago, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association’s seasonally adjusted index. Sharply rising interest ra...
Inflation and Fed sparking one way trip to market misery: Jim Bianco
Until inflation peaks and the Federal Reserve stops hiking rates, market forecaster Jim Bianco warns Wall Street is on a one way trip to misery. “The Fed only has one tool to bring in inflation ...
30-year mortgage rate surges to 6.28%, up from 5.5% just a week ago
Jb Reed | Bloomberg | Getty Images Mortgage rates jumped sharply this week, as fears of a potentially more aggressive rate hike from the Federal Reserve upset financial markets. The average rate on th...
Real estate firms Compass and Redfin announce layoffs as housing market slows
Real estate firms Redfin and Compass are laying off workers, as mortgage rates rise sharply and home sales drop. In filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Compass announced a 10% cut to ...
Big landlords jump into the homebuilding as demand for single-family rentals surges
Jake and Stephanie Murphy are moving into a new single-family rental home built by American Homes 4 Rent. Diana Olick | CNBC Real Estate Correspondent As demand for single-family rental homes surges, ...
Mortgage demand falls to the lowest level in 22 years
Mortgage rates are back on the upswing, after a brief decline in May, and the housing market is still suffering from a lack of listings. As a result, mortgage demand continues to drop. Total mortgage ...
Housing wealth gains record $1.2 trillion, but signs suggest market is cooling
Houses in Hercules, California, US, on Tuesday, May 31, 2022. Homebuyers are facing a worsening affordability situation with mortgage rates hovering around the highest levels in more than a decade. Da...
Crypto Markets Are ‘Bigger Than Subprime Mortgages Before the Financial Market Crisis’ – Bitcoin News
Pablo Hernandez de Cos, governor of the Bank of Spain, has again warned about cryptocurrencies and the growth that the crypto market is experiencing. Hernandes de Cos stated that, while the market is ...
Mortgage rates rise sharply after three weeks of easing
A “For Sale” sign outside a house in Crockett, California, on Tuesday, May 31, 2022. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Mortgage rates rose sharply this week, after pulling back ...
Mortgage demand falls to lowest level since 2018, even as interest rates ease
A single family home is shown for sale in Encinitas, California. Mike Blake | Reuters Mortgage demand slipped to the lowest level since December 2018, even after rates declined slightly last week. App...
Home prices surged in March as interest rates also rose: S&P Case-Shiller
A sold sign sits outside a home. Adam Jeffery | CNBC Rising mortgage rates did not slow down rising home prices in March. Nationally, home prices were 20.6% higher than they were in March 2021, accor...
Sales of newly built homes fall 16% in April as prices soar
Sales of newly built homes dropped 16.6% in April from March, far more than expected, and were down 26.9% from April 2021, according to the U.S. Census. The annualized rate came in at 591,000 units, s...
Weekly mortgage demand from homebuyers tumbles 12%
A sign of a home for sale is pictured in Alhambra, California on May 4, 2022. Frederic J. Brown | AFP | Getty Images Mortgage rates actually fell slightly last week, but the damage has already been do...
Homebuilder sentiment falls to 2-year low on declining demand, rising costs
Contractors work on concrete slabs in the Cielo at Sand Creek by Century Communities housing development in Antioch, California, on Thursday, March 31, 2022. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Imag...
Why the UK economy is one of the most vulnerable right now
George Clerk | E+ | Getty Images There’s an economic idiosyncrasy in the U.K. that makes it “one of the most vulnerable countries in the world right now,” according to an investment ...
Report: Crypto mortgages are too risky
A new Weiss Rating report has warned about the risks of having mortgages backed by cryptocurrency, especially in the world’s current economic situation. The Florida-based research firm analyst Jon Mar...
Crypto Real Estate Is Here – Bitcoin Mortgages Are Just The Beginning
Getty getty As cryptoassets continue to become increasingly integrated into mainstream financial conversations, financial markets, and are adopted by financial institutions, it is simply a matter of t...
Teller Took Out Such An Unsecured Debt DeFi Mortgages On An Austin Property
According to Investopedia, Bacon Protocol has been issuing NFT mortgages since November, with loan rates as high as 3.1 percent, significantly less than the 5.55 percent rate on a standard 30-year mor...
Homebuilder sentiment drops for fourth straight month
A contractor uses a hammer while working on townhouse under construction at the PulteGroup Metro housing development in Milpitas, California. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Sharply risin...
Fed’s biggest rate hike since 1994 means millions more homebuyers may be priced out of the housing market
Pity those first-time house buyers. On Wednesday, the U.S. Federal Reserve raised the benchmark interest rate by 75 basis points to a 1.5% to 1.75% range, the biggest increase since 1994 as it tries t...