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...
Consumer prices rose 0.4% in August as energy costs jumped and shelter inflation accelerated. For a housing market already dealing with mortgage rates around 7%, the bond market’s reaction may be the bigger story. Homebuyers looking for relief from mortgage rates...
The gap between home sellers and buyers has never been wider in Redfin’s data. Across much of the Sun Belt, buyers have leverage that would have been difficult to imagine a few years ago. Affording the house is another matter. America has entered the strongest buyer’s...
Three different data sources are reporting an increase in mortgage rates, with two of the sources insisting the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage topped 7% for the first time in over a year. Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC) reported the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 6.76%...
The national housing market may be losing momentum, but buyers aren’t disappearing everywhere. They are concentrating. New Realtor.com Economic Research released Tuesday shows that the country’s most competitive housing markets remain clustered almost...