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How High Can Mortgage Rates Go? We’re About To Find Out
Source: Realtor --- Homebuyers received yet another shock this week as mortgage interest rates shot up suddenly. Rates blew well past 6% in a blow to buyers struggling with record-high and ever-increasing home prices. The increases were in anticipation of the U.S....
Fed hikes rates by 75 bps, the largest increase since 1994
Source: Housing Wire --- The Federal Reserve (Fed) on Wednesday did something it hadn’t done in more than two decades: it raised the federal funds rate by 75 basis points, to 1.50-1.75%, a hike not seen since 1994. The decision, designed to slow the pace of...
Investor Home Purchases Slump 17% From Pandemic Peak as Interest Rates Rise
Source: Redfin --- Real estate investors bought 77,829 homes in the metros tracked by Redfin in the first quarter, down 11.5% from the fourth quarter of 2021 and 16.5% from the third quarter of 2021, when investor purchases hit a record high. On a year-over-year...
Fed’s biggest rate hike since 1994 means millions more homebuyers may be priced out of the housing market
Source: MarketWatch --- Pity those first-time house buyers. On Wednesday, the U.S. Federal Reserve raised the benchmark interest rate by 75 basis points to a 1.5% to 1.75% range, the biggest increase since 1994 as it tries to tame rising inflation, which has reached a...
5 Valuable Home-Selling Lessons We Learned From TikTok
Source: Realtor --- We recently touted TikTok as a great platform to learn valuable tips on buying a home. But don’t worry, sellers—we haven’t forgotten about you. In today’s market, it might seem like you don’t need any other tip for selling your home than to put the...
Today’s mortgage refinance rates increase : June 14, 2022
Source: Bankrate --- Several benchmark mortgage refi rates floated higher today, June 14th, according to data compiled by Bankrate. 30-year fixed refinance rate: 5.89%, +0.38 vs. a week ago 15-year fixed refinance rate: 5.05%, +0.34 vs. a week ago 10-year fixed...
The California exodus continues as residents head south of the border
Source: CNBC --- More than 360,000 people left California in 2021, in what some are calling “The California Exodus” — many leaving for states like Texas, Arizona and Washington. And a rising number of former Californians are migrating out of the country altogether and...
I’m the Chief Economist for the National Association of Realtors. Here Are 6 Things To Know About the Housing Market Now
Source: Realtor --- As mortgage rates inch upwards (you can see the lowest mortgage rates you may qualify for here) and home prices keep climbing, many aspiring buyers are wondering: What should I know about the housing market now? So—as part of our series where we...
These 40 ‘overvalued’ housing markets could see 15% to 20% home price declines if a recession hits
Source: Fortune --- Unlike the housing bubble that popped in 2008, the pandemic housing boom isn’t underpinned by a frenzy of speculation, Moody’s Analytics chief economist Mark Zandi says. While home flipping has certainly ticked up during the pandemic, he says, we...
How hot is the St. George area housing market? Median asking price rises to $762,500
Source: The Spectrum --- A typical Washington County home listed for $762,500 in May, up 0.2% from a month earlier, an analysis of data from Realtor.com shows. The median list home price in May was up about 15.7% from May 2021. Washington County's median home was...















