Source: Forbes Advisor — The Bank of England raised interest rates on 15 December from 3.0% to 3.5%. The 0.5 percentage point increase marked the ninth rise since December 2021 when Bank rate stood at just 0.1%. It put the Bank rate at its highest level since...
Source: US News — The Covid-19 pandemic helped spur one of the biggest housing boom cycles in history. In 2020, the Federal Reserve slashed interest rates to zero, dropping mortgage rates into the 2% range. Artificially low numbers coupled with the new remote...
Source: Yahoo! Finance — In this do-it-yourself digital age, home sellers and buyers alike might well wonder if they need Realtors — or, more precisely, to pay Realtor fees. Just how crucial are these agents to a successful real estate transaction? Well, a good...
Source: Fox Business — The end may finally be in sight for a prolonged slump in the U.S. housing market, according to Goldman Sachs strategists. Analysts at the Wall Street bank said in a note this week that falling mortgage rates are likely to stop the...
Source: Yahoo! Finance — Mortgage rates continue to retreat. The average rate on 30-year mortgages ticked down to 6.42 percent this week from 6.43 percent the previous week, according to Bankrate’s national survey of large lenders. “Mortgage rates declined for...
Source: US News — With streaming shows like Netflix’s “Emily in Paris” or the romantic image of working remotely from an Italian villa, U.S. travelers are showing renewed interest in moving to Europe to see what life would be like in another country. There are...
