Consumer sentiment toward housing increased to the highest level in nearly two years in January, with a record number of Americans expecting mortgage rates to…
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A record number of consumers surveyed by Fannie Mae expect mortgage rates to keep falling, a “significant shift” in expectations that could free homeowners from…
Fannie Mae economist warns that, while mortgage rates have retreated, the primary drivers of housing pessimism are persistent affordability challenges and worries about household finances. …
A majority of potential buyers say they’re open to paying their agents in the wake of legal threats to commissions, according to results from a…
First-time buyers are less likely than homeowners to be holding out for lower mortgage rates. But they hold a host of other priorities and concerns,…
Maegan Sherlock, senior research analyst for John Burns, spoke with Intel about the results of the firm’s latest household sentiment survey: “I was hoping to…
Most Americans polled by Fannie Mae last month said they would rather buy than rent, but a record-high 82 percent also said August was a…
Consumer confidence in the housing market “appears to have plateaued at a relatively low level,” said Fannie Mae Chief Economist Doug Duncan in a new…
A more optimistic outlook of where mortgage rates are headed drives the largest increase in Fannie Mae’s Home Purchase Sentiment Index in more than two…
More consumers are coming around to economists’ views that home prices and mortgage rates probably peaked last year, according to a monthly survey by Fannie…