Source: Redfin News— The median home sale price surged 16% year over year during the week ending January 9 to an all-time high of $365,000. Prices keep climbing because the supply drought keeps deepening while demand increases. The number of homes for sale fell...
Source: Zillow — The Black homeownership rate has rebounded modestly from recent lows, but remains below its early 2000s peak as racial disparities in the mortgage and housing markets widened throughout the early part of the pandemic, according to a Zillow...
Source: Fox Business — Mortgage rates surged at the start of 2022 to the highest level in nearly two years as markets reacted to the news that the Federal Reserve is considering raising rates soon, according to the latest data from Freddie Mac. The 30-year...
Source: Scotsman Guide — Will an influx of new inventory push home sales in 2022, or will falling affordability push buyers to the sidelines and dampen activity? A new Zillow poll has revealed that economists and housing industry observers are split on where...
Source: Housing Wire — Mortgage applications climbed 1.4% for the week ending Jan. 7, 2022, according to a survey published by the Mortgage Bankers Association this week. The growth was buoyed by a 2% increase in the trade group’s seasonally adjusted purchase...
Source: CNBC — Mortgage rates have moved to their highest level in more than a year, and that may have potential homebuyers nervous that their affordability window is closing faster than expected. Home prices are still gaining, and winter is historically the...