US mortgage holders carried a record $17.6 trillion in home equity at the end of the first quarter, according to a data report from ICE Mortgage Technology. Of that amount, $11.5 trillion was considered “tappable” (available for borrowing while maintaining at least a...
Nearly half (49%) of newly built apartments completed in the fourth quarter of 2024 were rented within three months, up slightly from 47% the previous quarter. According to a new data report from Redfin (NASDAQ: RDFN), this marked the fifth consecutive quarter that...
Roughly 1.4 million residential properties, or about 1.3% of all US homes, were vacant in the second quarter, according to new data from ATTOM. This marks the 13th consecutive quarter that the vacancy rate has hovered around 1.3%. ATTOM’s analysis found 222,358...
Mortgage rates inched closer to the 7% mark in the latest Primary Mortgage Market Survey published by Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC). The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 6.89% as of May 29, up from last week when it averaged 6.86%. A year ago at this time, it averaged...
Pending home sales sank during April, according to new data from the National Association of Realtors (NAR). The Pending Home Sales Index, NAR’s forward-looking indicator of home sales based on contract signings – tumbled by 6.3% to 71.3 in April from March....
Fed Inflation Concerns Broaden as Barkin, Collins Back Restrictive Policy
