California’s median home price reached a new all-time high at $904,210 in April, up 11.4% from $811,510 one year earlier and up 5.8% from March’s $854,490. According to the California Association of Realtors (CAR), this is the first time the median home price...
Donald R. Horton, founder and chairman of the board of directors at the Arlington, Texas-headquartered homebuilder D.R. Horton Inc. (NYSE:DHI), passed away the age of 74. Horton served as the company’s chairman since it was formed in July 1991, and he held the roles...
Mortgage rates registered a decline in the latest Primary Mortgage Market Survey from Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC). The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 7.02% as of May 16, down from last week when it averaged 7.09%. A year ago at this time, it averaged 6.39%. The...
Home sales during April were up 11.2% from March and up 9% from one year earlier, according to new data from RE/MAX (NYSE:RMAX). The new data reverses the trend of the last two years when April recorded year-over-year sales declines – an 11.2% drop in 2022 and a 29.5%...
Single‐family housing starts in April were at a rate of 1.031 million in April, according to new data from the U.S. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development. This is 0.4% below the revised March figure of 1.035 million. Privately‐owned housing...