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Seattle’s Redfin to cut workforce by at least 13%, stop flipping homes
Source: Seattle Times --- The cooling housing market is driving yet another round of layoffs at a Seattle-based company. The online real estate brokerage Redfin plans to lay off 862 employees nationwide and shut down its house-flipping business, RedfinNow, the company...
Fed sees risk of big declines in still-lofty US house prices
Source: The Business Times --- THE Federal Reserve suggested on Friday (Nov 4) that lofty home prices could be susceptible to steep declines after big run-ups in recent years on the back of ultra-low interest rates. “With valuations at high levels, house prices could...
Pumping the brakes on the local housing market
Source: Yahoo! News --- Nov. 5—PENDLETON — When the time came to sell her mother's condominium, Carole Edwards was cautiously optimistic that a buyer would surface quickly. She was also aware, however, that the local housing market — mirroring several nationwide...
Mortgage rates just dipped, and home prices may be ‘reaching the peak’ — but buyers hoping for a free-fall ‘will be disappointed’
Source: Yahoo! --- After climbing above 7% for the first time in 20 years, U.S. mortgage rates moved back down this week even as the housing market continues to reel from high borrowing costs. Rates also dipped despite the Federal Reserve announcing another hike of...
Why 7% Mortgage Rates Are Such a Pain
Source: Next Advisor --- The average 30-year mortgage rate is higher than it’s been in 20 years. Last week, it reached 7%, and it’s still inching higher. But the most startling thing might be just how quickly it got there. A year ago, it was 3.24%. That’s a concerning...
How far will home prices fall? Some say 20% or more is possible
Source: Bankrate --- As the U.S. housing market continues to cool, a growing number of forecasters say homeowners could soon experience significant price declines. These analysts look at the record run-up in home prices during the COVID pandemic and say a drop of 20...
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