Source: WRAL News — With record-high gas prices, a housing market boom and global uncertainty, it hasn’t been an easy transition back to stereotypically normal pre-pandemic living. The Consumer Sentiment Index and Fannie Mae Home Price Sentiment Index (HPSI)...
Source: Financial Times — How did the US economy fare in the fourth quarter of 2022? The US economy is expected to have expanded in the fourth quarter, albeit at a slower pace than earlier in the year, as the Federal Reserve’s aggressive interest rate-raising...
Source: Bankrate — Mortgage rates have been volatile in recent months, but the roster of the biggest and most active mortgage lenders has stayed stable in the past year. Rocket Mortgage and United Shore Financial remained first and second by volume of loans...
Source: Mansion Global — Located in northeastern France, Alsace is a picturesque region on the Rhine River that’s synonymous with wine. Strasbourg, the main city and capital, is home to the European Parliament, and historic, fairytale-like villages are...
Source: Mansion Global — U.S. existing-home sales fell last year to their lowest level since 2014, as surging mortgage rates made home purchases too expensive for many buyers. Sales of previously owned homes, which make up most of the housing market, slid 17.8%...
Hits and Misses for the Real Estate Week of March 16-20
