Source: New York Times — As recently as the 1990s, when Jason Nageli started off, the home-building industry was still constructing what real-estate ads would brightly call the “starter home.” In the Denver area, he sold newly built two-story houses with three...
Source: Redfin — Since mortgage rates came down from their June high, measures of early demand like online real estate searches and home tours have ticked up and/or stabilized. A half-point drop in mortgage rates from their June high is drawing some homebuyers...
Source: Marketwatch — “Signs of a tipping point toward a greater balance between buyers and sellers are increasing,” wrote CoreLogic Deputy Chief Economist Selma Hepp in a statement in June. It was a quote that caught our eye, as we’ve heard from plenty of...
Source: Realtor — Alot can change in just six months. Russia invaded Ukraine. The latest season of “Stranger Things” dropped on Netflix. And the housing market, which received a turbo boost from the COVID-19 pandemic, has begun to shift. Surging mortgage...
Source: CNBC — Mortgage rates rose sharply this week, after pulling back over the last three weeks. The 30-year fixed hit 5.36% Monday and then moved higher again Tuesday to 5.47%, according to Mortgage News Daily. Volatility in global markets Monday sent bond...
Source: Realtor — The nation’s fastest-growing cities are more like popular suburbs located just outside of the hottest real estate markets. And they are all clustered in just two states: Texas and Arizona. During the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, smaller...
