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What to watch for in the housing market in 2023
Source: The Hill --- Amid a housing market plagued by high mortgage rates, inflation woes and recession fears, housing prices in the U.S. are expected to fall next year, though the market isn’t likely to see a jump in buyers as a result. Forecasters indicate 2023...
Mortgage rates drop after CPI report, but the housing market is far from out of the woods
Source: CNBC News --- The average rate on the 30-year fixed mortgage dropped to 6.28% Tuesday, according to Mortgage News Daily. It is now at the lowest level since mid-September. The decline came after a lower-than-expected reading of November’s consumer price...
Real Estate Data: Is Mortgage Demand Falling As Buyers Respond To High Interest Rates, Low Supply?
Source: Forbes --- Key takeaways Mortgage applications fell 1.9% from the previous week for the week ending on December 2, with many potential homebuyers likely waiting to see what the rate hike announcements will be like this week. Mortgage rates fell for the fourth...
Pandemic gains in American wealth are melting away
Source: Axios --- Low-interest rates giveth, high-interest rates taketh away. What happened: American households saw the third consecutive quarterly decline in net worth during Q3, as stocks were pummeled by rising interest rates. Why it matters: Household net worth —...
Fed hikes interest rate by smaller 0.5 percentage point to curb inflation. But it predicts higher peak rates.
Source:USA Today --- WASHINGTON – The Federal Reserve is going slower but aiming higher. The Fed agreed to raise its key short-term interest rate by half a percentage point Wednesday, dialing back from recent outsize hikes as it draws up an end game in its aggressive...
Here are the Best Cities for Women in Commercial Real Estate
Source: Globest --- The share of women in the commercial and residential real estate industries slumped 5% from 2017 to 2021, and women are still making less on average than male counterparts in both sectors. A MyEListing analysis of Bureau of Labor Statistics data...
FTX spent $256 million on Bahamas real estate — now the island’s government wants it back
Source: CNBC --- Bahamian lawyers say FTX executives Sam Bankman-Fried and Ryan Salame spent $256.3 million to buy and maintain 35 different properties across New Providence, Bahamas. Now, Bahamas regulators are trying to claw back the property from FTX’s U.S....
How relationships unlock doors to real estate deals
Source: Business Journals --- Howard E. Greenberg is a Westchester real estate professional who not only seems to know what’s going to happen in real estate and development before it happens but has an encyclopedic knowledge of what already has happened as well. He’s...
Black Americans still face challenges chasing homeownership
Source: Yahoo! News --- For Mel Ligon and his wife, remnants of the 2008 housing crisis kept them from realizing major savings from refinancing their Chicago home during the pandemic refi boom. They had a deferred principal placed on their home during the Great...
Will Mortgage Rates Keep Soaring in 2023?
Source: The Ascent --- There's a reason so many people wanted to buy a home in 2021. Last year, mortgage rates were quite attractive, and even though real estate prices were through the roof, borrowing rates were low enough to make homeownership appealing. This year,...
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