Decline in purchase applications aligns with slower homebuilding activity due to reduced buyer traffic and ongoing building material shortages, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association. Continue reading
Q2 Consumer price growth exceeded 10 percent year-over-year in Phoenix, Atlanta, Miami and Tampa — each of which had among the nation’s strongest net inflow of interest in moving. Continue reading
The U.S. housing market and economy at large have endured a blizzard of rising home prices and climbing mortgage rates. But take shelter from the storm with these financially sound markets. Continue reading
Longer loans, including a 50-year concept recently floated in the U.K., are sometimes framed as a way to improve housing affordability. But the experts aren’t convinced. Continue reading
Housing costs were one of the biggest drivers of inflation in June, pushing higher at a pace unseen since 1990, according to a report Wednesday from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Continue reading
Multiple new studies show rising costs of living are taking their toll on everyone’s physical and mental health. Continue reading
Harvard’s Joint Center for Housing Studies report, published Wednesday, dives into economic factors shaping current homebuying and renting landscapes. Continue reading
Dramatic inflation reading fuels speculation that Federal Reserve policymakers will implement drastic 75-basis point interest rate hike Wednesday. Continue reading
Bond market investors wary that Fed will be forced to implement drastic 75-basis point rate hike in June or July. Continue reading
As real estate enters what one observer called a “Wile E. Coyote” moment, real estate companies’ share prices continue to struggle amid market uncertainty. Continue reading