Source: Redfin — The highest share of sellers on record dropped their list price during the four weeks ending June 12 as mortgage rates shot up to levels not seen since 2008, dwindling the pool of home shoppers. Still, homebuying has never been more expensive....
Source: CNBC — Sentiment among the nation’s homebuilders fell for the sixth straight month to the lowest level since June 2020, when the economy was grappling with shutdowns stemming from the Covid pandemic. The National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo...
Source: RisMedia — Each June, as we celebrate National Homeownership Month, it gives us a chance to reflect on the importance of homeownership and the role that real estate agents serve in making the American Dream of homeownership a reality for their clients....
Source: New York Times — What does the Fed’s decision to raise its key interest rate by three-quarters of a percentage point mean for mortgages? [Here’s what the Fed’s decision means for credit cards, car loans and student loans.] Rates on 30-year fixed...
Source: Mortgage News Daily — The pace of the spike in mortgage rates over the past several days has been nothing but staggering–especially considering it began when rates were already near their highest levels in more than a decade. From an average...
Source: CNBC — The Federal Reserve raised its target federal funds rate by 0.75 percentage points, the largest increase in nearly three decades, at the end of its two-day meeting Wednesday, in an effort to quell runaway inflation. “We at the Fed understand the...
