Bond market investors who fund most mortgages didn’t panic Friday over reports that the U.S. will impose tariffs on China, Canada and Mexico on Saturday,…
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The Pending Home Sales Index (PHSI), which tracks contract signings as a measure of future home sales, fell 5.5 percent to 74.2 in December, according…
In November, the Federal Housing Finance Agency and the CoreLogic Case-Shiller Indexes recorded annual gains of 4.2 percent and 3.8 percent, respectively, according to new…
Cheap rates on existing loans are holding well-off homeowners in place. But others insist they’re unable to buy at today’s high prices — whether rates come…
Elevated rates chill the prospects of a 2025 sales rebound from the lowest level in 30 years, as many would-be homebuyers and sellers would stay…
Inflation and sticky mortgage rates undercut the housing market in 2024. President Trump has vowed to force both metrics down — but conflicting economic policies may…
Windermere’s Principal Economist Jeff Tucker looks at mortgage rates and the factors that have pushed them up more than a point since September. Source: Inman…