The latest Consumer Price Index reading is in line with expectations, but progress in fighting inflation has stalled. Forecasts for a slower pace of easing…
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Employers added 227,000 workers to their payrolls in November, but with 7.1 million Americans out of work the unemployment rate is back up to 4.2…
Homebuyer demand picks up for the fourth week in a row to the highest level since January, as rates continue post-election retreat that could have…
Progress in taming inflation slowed in October, but futures market investors think the latest numbers up the odds of another Federal Reserve rate cut next…
Applications for purchase loans jumped 12 percent week over week and 52 percent from a year ago, according to a weekly survey of lenders by…
Windermere’s Principal Economist Jeff Tucker looks at October’s falling month-to-month new construction numbers. Source: Inman News
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…
October Consumer Price Index report isn’t having a big impact on mortgage rates, as investors who fund most home loans doubt the Fed will have…
Move was anticipated by investors that fund most home loans, who have been driving up mortgage rates over concerns about inflation and pace of future…