Texas homebuyers are getting more time and facing less competition for properties, but the state’s affordability problem is increasingly about the full monthly housing bill rather than the asking price alone.Sixty-nine percent of Texas Realtors surveyed said...
A long-discussed demographic shift in American housing is beginning to move from theory into measurable supply — but it is unlikely to deliver the starter-home windfall many buyers have been waiting for. A new Realtor.com Generational Housing Succession analysis...
For homebuyers trying to set a price ceiling before they are ready to lock a mortgage rate, the number may be less fixed than it looks. A new Realtor.com analysis of mortgage-rate changes since 2000 found that a buyer planning a purchase 12 months in advance would...
The benchmark 10-year U.S. Treasury yield surged above 5.05% Wednesday, reaching its highest level since 2007 and creating fresh upward pressure on borrowing costs across the housing and mortgage markets. The 10-year yield jumped 8.7 basis points to 5.054% following...
The benchmark 10-year U.S. Treasury yield crossed 5% on Monday, a threshold it had not breached since October 2023, adding another jolt to mortgage pricing just one day before the Federal Reserve begins a two-day policy meeting. The move matters immediately to the...