The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage spiked again, averaging 7.49% as of Oct. 5, according to new data from Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC). This is up from last week when it averaged 7.31%. A year ago at this time, it averaged 6.66%. “Mortgage rates maintained their upward...
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. addressed the challenges facing the housing market, with the candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination offering a plan to expand access to homeownership with a new program. In a video posted to his social media pages, Kennedy...
Home prices rose on an annual basis for the second consecutive month in September while the housing inventory shrank year-over-year for a third consecutive month, according to new data from Realtor.com. September’s median list price of $430,000 was down slightly from...
In terms of apples and oranges comparisons, the contrast between homebuying and dating rarely comes up. However, the folks at Redfin (NASDAQ:RDFN) broached the topic with a survey of 1,000 Americans who bought a home in the last year. The result of that survey: nearly...
While housing inventory remains close to historic lows, nearly 5.5 million homes across the nation’s largest metro areas remain vacant, according to new data published by LendingTree (NASDAQ:TREE). The average vacancy rate across the 50 largest U.S. metros is 7.22%....