Mortgage rates floated above the 7% mark again in the latest Primary Mortgage Market Survey published by Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC). The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 7.03% as of May 30, up from last week when it averaged 6.94%. A year ago at this time, it...
Pending home sales in April fell by 7.7%, according to data from the National Association of Realtors (NAR). NAR’s Pending Home Sales Index (PHSI) decreased to 72.3 in April; an index of 100 is equal to the level of contract activity in 2001. On a year-over-year...
New data from Redfin (NASDAQ:RDFN) found 6.4% of home sellers cut their asking price during the four weeks ending May 26, the highest share since November 2022. The median asking price was slashed by roughly $3,000 to $416,623 in the last week, the first decline in...
Roughly 1.3 million U.S. residential properties were vacant in the second quarter of this year, according to new data from ATTOM. This represents about 1.3%, or one in 79 homes, the same level as the first quarter. ATTOM also found 237,208 residential properties are...
Zillow (NASDAQ:Z, ZG) has dubbed Phoenix as the best housing market for this year’s college graduates. Zillow analyzed the nation’s major metro markets to determine the best combination of rental affordability and concessions, job prospects and a population of...
The Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland announced the appointment of Beth M. Hammack as its next president and CEO, effective Aug. 21. Hammack will succeed Loretta J. Mester, whose tenure ends on June 30, as per Federal Reserve mandatory age and length-of-service...
Hits and Misses for the Real Estate Week of Aug. 10-14
