It’s no secret that it’s a tough market for prospective home buyers. In October, U.S. buyers needed to earn $107,281 to afford the median monthly mortgage payment of $2,682 for a “ty...
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Home sales fell for ninth straight month in October
A “For Sale” sign outside a house in Albany, California, on Tuesday, May 31, 2022. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Home sales declined for the ninth straight month in October,...
Trump Organization CFO Weisselberg chokes up on witness stand, claims his ‘personal greed’ drove $1.7 million tax-avoidance scheme
NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s longtime finance chief choked up on the witness stand Thursday, saying he betrayed the Trump family’s trust by scheming to dodge taxes on $1.7 million in company-paid pe...
Rent growth slows to the lowest level in 18 months
A “Now Leasing” sign is displayed in front of an apartment complex in Washington, DC, on January 24, 2022. Stefani Reynolds | AFP | Getty Images The red-hot rental market is finally starti...
Home Depot and Lowe’s are booming in a housing market bust
A home improvement contractor works on a house in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Suzanne Kreiter | The Boston Globe | Getty Images As the U.S. housing market falls hard from its pandemic-driven highs, home...
Which states have had the most major climate disasters since 2011?
Ninety percent of counties across the U.S. have experienced a flood, wildfire, hurricane or other federally declared climate disaster between 2011 and 2021, according to a report published Wednesday t...
Homebuilder sentiment drops to a decade low
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...
Lowe’s (LOW) earnings 3Q 2022
Lowe’s said Wednesday that high inflation isn’t hurting sales as it reported third-quarter earnings that beat Wall Street expectations. The company also upped its guidance for its full-yea...
Sharp drop in mortgage rates does little to boost demand
A home for sale in the Mission Hills area of Los Angeles Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2022 in Mission Hills, CA. Brian Van Der Brug | Los Angeles Times | Getty Images Mortgage application volume rose 2.7% last w...
Home Depot (HD) earnings Q3 2022
A customer wearing a protective mask loads lumber onto a cart at a Home Depot store in Pleasanton, California, on Monday, Feb. 22, 2021. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Home Depot reporte...
Housing Market Predictions For The Next 5 Years. What Return Can You Expect?
(Photo by Tim Boyle/Getty Images) Getty Images Key Takeaways The housing market is a hot topic right now, and after experiencing rapid growth over the pandemic years it looks to now be slowing down. E...
UK property market at risk of major downturn as recession fears loom
Economists are predicting that soaring interest rates and falling prices will mark the end of the U.K.’s 13-year housing market boom, potentially leading to a house price crash. Matt Cardy | Getty Ima...
Dear Tax Guy: ‘What happens if I sell my existing house to pay off the loan on my new home? How much tax will I owe?’
Greeting, readers. I’m Andrew Keshner and I’m the tax reporter for MarketWatch. I write about the controversies, open questions and best strategies about taxes. For the purposes of this new column, th...
Inflation expectations rebound on record-high jump in gas outlook: NY Fed survey
A Sheetz customer gets gasoline at a gas station in Plains, Pennsylvania, U.S. October 19, 2022. Aimee Dilger | Reuters Americans grew more worried about inflation in the October, with fears emanatin...
Mortgage rates fall sharply to under 7% after inflation eases
A ‘For Sale’ sign is posted in front of a single family home on October 27, 2022 in Hollywood, Florida. Joe Raedle | Getty Images Mortgage rates fell sharply Thursday after a government re...
Beleaguered Billionaire Hui Ka Yan Struggles To Hold Onto His Crumbling Empire
Hui Ka Yan, a member of the CPPCC National Committee and chairman of Evergrande Group, attends a press conference at the fifth session of the 12th CPPCC National Committee on March 9, 2017 in Beijing,...
Real Estate Rebounds On Gov’t Backing As COVID Cases Increase
China Last Night KraneShares Key News Asian equity markets were mixed overnight with Taiwan and South Korea outperforming. Hong Kong and China were off with October’s PPI reported to be -1.3% and risi...
‘It’s a touchy subject’: My in-laws live in our basement. They gave us our 20% down payment. Should we charge them for renovations?
Last year, my husband and I approached my in-laws to see if they wanted to live with us. We had learned that my father-in-law had terminal cancer but could still live five to seven years in remission,...
Weekly mortgage demand flattens, as interest rates climb even higher
A man enters a Bank of America branch in New York. Scott Mlyn | CNBC Mortgage rates rose again last week, throwing even more cold water on demand from both current homeowners and potential homebuyers....
‘Only time will tell if September was the nadir:’ Zillow reports sharp home-value declines in these cities, amid grim outlook for U.S. housing market
Winter is coming, and the real-estate market is slowly coming to a standstill. According to a new report by Zillow Z, -1.63%, the typical home in the U.S. saw its value barely inch up between Septembe...
Homeowners have lost over $1 trillion in equity since May
A home awaits sale at a reduced asking price in Glendale, California. David McNew | Getty Images The historic run-up in home prices during the first two years of the pandemic gave homeowners record am...
Consumer confidence in housing hits new low, says Fannie Mae
An ‘Open House’ sign is displayed as potential home buyers arrive at a property for sale in Columbus, Ohio. Ty Wright | Bloomberg | Getty Images Rising mortgage rates, high home prices and...
Opinion: The new bull market will be led by stocks in these three industries.
We don’t know yet if the recent rally kicks off a new bull market in stocks. But here’s a safe bet: Once the new bull market is here, entirely different groups will lead. It’ll be out with the old — t...