U.S. Housing Market

The uneasy US housing stalemate

The uneasy US housing stalemate

Source: Financial Times --- Spare a thought for the American first-time homebuyer, for whom things have rarely looked so grim. US home prices rose 40 per cent during the pandemic. Mortgage rates haven’t been this high in 15 years. Wages are higher, but not nearly...

First American cites 2023 housing market optimism

First American cites 2023 housing market optimism

Source: The Title Report --- First American Financial Corp. released its Potential Home Sales Model for November 2022, measuring what the healthy market level of home sales should be based on economic, demographic, and housing market fundamentals. Data pointed to...

What’s Ahead for the U.S. Housing Market?

What’s Ahead for the U.S. Housing Market?

Source: Knowledge at Wharton --- The U.S. housing market last year bore the brunt of higher mortgage rates that rode spiraling inflation in the broader economy, but that will change this year, according to Susan Wachter, Wharton professor of real estate and finance....

Mortgage Lenders: The 2023 Purchase Market Is Your Moment

Mortgage Lenders: The 2023 Purchase Market Is Your Moment

Source: Forbes --- It’s time for mortgage lenders to stop comparing 2022 volume and 2023 projections to the refinance-fueled record fundings of 2020 and 2021. The pandemic refi boom is long over, and while home buyers who need mortgages are still absorbing this year’s...

Layoffs, sluggish markets signal rough start to 2023

Layoffs, sluggish markets signal rough start to 2023

Source: The Real Deal --- The sky isn’t falling as we enter 2023 when it comes to real estate, but there aren’t a whole lot of rainbows up there, either. A number of stories last week point to the year shaping up to be a rough one. Compass, the No. 1 residential...