Source: The Wall Street Journal — The pressure is finally coming off mortgage rates. Amid the market’s huge reaction last week to the better-than-feared inflation print, and what it could signal about the direction of the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy, a...
Source: The Ascent — Although home prices in some regions of the country have softened, the median price of a single-family home still rings in at just under $385,000. With mortgage rates hovering around 7%, the monthly payment alone pushes many would-be home...
Source: Money — Hope for relief from rapidly rising mortgage rates was revived this week when October inflation numbers came in lower than expected. Consumer prices continued to increase last month but at a slower pace than at any other point this year. The...
Source: CNBC — Buying a home often seems like a promising strategy to build wealth since your monthly mortgage payments can help you build equity, and home values typically appreciate over time. However, sometimes due to housing market conditions, your home’s...
Source: The Daily Yonder — Lance George is the Housing Assistance Council’s director of research and information, an arm of that nonprofit which seeks to generate and improve access to reliable data about rural housing trends nationwide. Since 2020, a lot of...
Source: Fox 10 Phoenix — LOS ANGELES – During the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Federal Reserve kept interest rates historically low, and this meant a home buyer could borrow money at an incredibly low rate. Now, experts say the housing market...
Hits and Misses for the Real Estate Week of April 6-10
