Brokerage leaders told Intel their faith in improving capital conditions is still alive but weakening. What happens next remains an open question with high stakes for the real estate industry. Continue reading
The Federal Reserve’s preferred inflation gauge moved in the wrong direction last month for the first time since September, but core inflation fell for the 13th consecutive month, to 2.8 percent. Continue reading
Corcoran told Yahoo! Finance she doesn’t believe the effects of the settlement will be as earth-shattering as many make them out to be, but that “the confusion it’s causing is amazing.” Continue reading
With a key inflation report due Friday, mortgage rates and long-term Treasury yields have retreated to levels not seen in two weeks after Fed signals it could ease up on “quantitative tightening.” Continue reading
Thirty-six percent of Gen Zers and millennials who plan to buy a home in the near future intend to use a cash gift from family to contribute to a down payment, according to data from Redfin released Wednesday. Continue reading
The S&P Core Logic Case-Schiller National Home Price Index tallied a 6 percent annual increase in January, reaching its fastest annual rate in more than a year, according to data released Tuesday. Continue reading
Existing-home sales were on the upswing in February, according to a National Association of Realtors report published on Thursday. The sale of existing single-family homes, townhomes, condominiums and co-ops declined 3.3 percent year-over-year from 4.5… Continue reading
Listing agents have less than a month to prepare homesellers for the spring housing season, according to Realtor.com’s annual “Best Day to Sell” analysis, published on Thursday. This year, the portal says the week of April 14 is the best time to close … Continue reading
In addition to anticipating three rate cuts this year, Federal Reserve policymakers are considering whether to taper the pace at which they unwind the central bank’s $7 trillion balance sheet. Continue reading
After two consecutive weeks of rising demand, applications for purchase mortgages dropped by a seasonally adjusted 1 percent last week compared to the week before, and 14 percent from a year ago. Continue reading