Economic downturn could put a damper on a promising start to the spring homebuying season, but set the stage for mortgage rates to ease and…
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Mortgage rates have been inching up from 2023 lows following a strong jobs report and January’s Consumer Price Index readout, which shows only a slight…
Housing costs were the biggest contributor to inflation in January, according to new data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Increased food and energy costs…
Strong job numbers spark fears that the Fed will need to stick to its guns and continue to raise rates and keep them elevated for…
Despite big rounds of layoffs by companies like Compass and Anywhere, payrolls throughout the real estate industry held firm in January, according to a report…
Fed Chair Jerome Powell is telegraphing one more small adjustment in March, but some bond market investors think the rate hike campaign may now be…
Purchase loan requests rise 3 percent week over week as mortgage rates ease but remain down 39 percent from the same time a year ago. …
With a recession looking increasingly likely, Fannie Mae economists expect national home prices to fall 6.7 percent over the next two years. Source: Inman News
After two months of declines, mortgage rates are now at their lowest level since September with potential to spur spring homebuying, according to MBA economist…
The market isn’t done falling but could soon stabilize, according to a survey of real estate executives and economists conducted by Point. Source: Inman News