Economists at Fannie Mae and the Mortgage Bankers Association differ on how much room mortgage rates have to come down and how fast home price…
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Fannie Mae and MBA forecasts dampened expectations for projected home sales in 2025 while offering a more cautious outlook on the prospects of mortgage rates…
Affordability challenges will limit growth in home sales to 0.5 percent this year — to just 4.78 million — before surging to 5.19 million in…
Lending industry leaders surveyed by Fannie Mae see the lack of housing supply as the biggest risk factor in 2024, but most expect refinancing to…
Does the rapid slowdown in the economy mean a recession is now inevitable in the new year, or is a “soft landing” still possible? Economists…
A recent working paper by the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland explores a new way to measure rent in the CPI that could give earlier…
Windermere Real Estate Chief Economist Matthew Gardner offers his 2024 forecast for interest rates, home values and the potential for a housing market recovery. Source:…
There are currently 45 million Americans aged between 25 and 34 — and most aspire to homeownership. However, according to Windermere Real Estate Chief Economist…
There’s a widespread belief that Americans have all packed up and moved because of the pandemic. At face value, it’s quite credible, according to Windermere…
Other than when home prices crashed with the bursting of the housing bubble, for more than 50 years, home price growth has outpaced inflation. According…