Core inflation rose less in November than forecasters had been expecting, in part because housing costs rose at a slower pace, Pantheon Macroeconomics Chief U.S.…
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Bond market investors are focused on the latest “dot plot,” indicating Fed policymakers only expect to bring short-term rates down by half a percentage point…
Requests for purchase loans picked up last week during a short-lived drop in rates, MBA survey shows, helped by “gradually improving inventory conditions and a…
Some renters think a crash would help them buy a home. But a surprising number of homeowners also think a major downturn would be a…
“From an affordability perspective, we think 2025 will look a lot like 2024,” Fannie Mae chief economist says, but with more inventory in Sun Belt…
The National Association of Realtors hosted its latest Real Estate Forecast Summit on Thursday, where five of the industry’s top economists shared their predictions for…
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…
While only 23 percent of Americans surveyed by mortgage giant Fannie Mae in November thought it was a good time to buy a home, that’s…
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…