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Miami and Tampa Are the Most Popular Destinations For Relocating Homebuyers
Source: Redfin --- Homebuyer migration remained at an all-time high in April and May, with 32.3% of Redfin.com users nationwide looking to move to a different metro area. While that’s unchanged from the record set in the first quarter, it’s up from about 26% before...
U.S. Home Equity Hits Highest Level on Record—$27.8 Trillion
Source: Realtor --- Americans have more equity in their homes than ever before. Total U.S. home equity increased almost 20% in the first quarter to $27.8 trillion, a record high, according to the Federal Reserve. The increase is another consequence of a red-hot...
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...
