California recorded 254,190 closed escrow sales of existing, single-family detached homes in May, according to data from the California Association of Realtors (CAR). Last month’s sales pace was down 5.1% from the 267,710 homes sold in April and was down 4% from the...
Real estate developer Patrick Zalupski has signed a letter of intent (LOI) to purchase Major League Baseball’s Tampa Bay Rays. According to a Sportico report sourced from “multiple sources who asked not to be named because the details are private,” the deal values the...
The Federal Reserve resisted repeated calls by President Trump to cut rates. The Federal Open Market Committee, the central bank’s policy making arm, voted unanimously to maintain the target range for the federal funds rate at 4.25%to 4.5%. In announcing its decision,...
Mortgage rates continued to inch down in the latest Primary Mortgage Market Survey published by Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC). The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 6.81% as of June 18, down from last week when it averaged 6.84%. A year ago at this time, it averaged...
Pittsburgh-based PNC Bank, a member of The PNC Financial Services Group Inc. (NYSE: PNC), announced the closing of Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) Fund 98, which is investing more than $208 million in the development and rehabilitation of affordable rental...
A new survey published by Redfin (NASDAQ: RDFN) has found one-third (33.5%) of baby boomers who own their home declaring that they’ll never sell their property, while another 30% say they will eventually sell their home but not within the next decade. Older homeowners...
Hits and Misses for the Real Estate Week of June 22-26
