U.S. Housing Market
Deephaven Mortgage Debuts HELOC with Qualification Option for Self-Employed Borrowers
Qualification can be obtained through 12 months of personal or business bank statements, or one year’s full documentation. Continue Reading Deephaven Mortgage Debuts HELOC with Qualification Option for Self-Employed Borrowers
Mortgage Rates Drop for Second Straight Week
The 30-year fixed-rate averaged 6.19% as of Dec. 4. Continue Reading Mortgage Rates Drop for Second Straight Week
Report: Fewer Canadians Seeking to Buy US Homes
Historically, Canadians have made up the largest portion of international homebuyers in the US. Continue Reading Report: Fewer Canadians Seeking to Buy US Homes
New Partnership Seeks to Educate Prospective Homebuyers
The Future Homebuyer Initiative will consist of 10 events across the country. Continue Reading New Partnership Seeks to Educate Prospective Homebuyers
Hits and Misses for the Real Estate Week of June 30-July 4
Property tax reform in Missouri, the future of Pope Leo’s childhood home, and Kim Jong Un’s beachfront resort. Continue Reading Hits and Misses for the Real Estate Week of June 30-July 4
What the midterm elections mean for the housing market — and one ‘politically contentious’ issue that splits Democrats and Republicans
Source: Market Watch --- The midterm U.S. elections are coming. And elections have consequences for the housing market, according to a new report from investment bank Cowen. The report by Cowen’s Jaret Seiberg noted that the Nov. 8 elections will determine which party...
The US housing market’s stagnation has gotten even worse
Source: Quartz--- The meteoric rise of mortgage rates has zipped past another milestone this year. For the first time since April 2002, the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage (FRM) topped 7% this week, according to data from Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie...
Where do the wealthy invest? Luxury real estate is the safest investment one can make, says new Coldwell Banker Global Luxury report
Source: PR Newswire --- MADISON, N.J., Oct. 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- A recent report indicates that real estate remains in a strong position for the remainder of 2022 and heading into 2023 as more affluent consumers are turning to real estate to diversify their...
Moody’s: Home prices to crash 20% in Nashville—here’s the revised forecast for the nation’s 322 largest housing markets
Source: Fortune --- The housing market downturn continues to pick up steam. This week, we learned that slumped home construction subtracted 1.37 percentage points from U.S. GDP in the third quarter. That’s the biggest housing contraction since 2007. Meanwhile,...
Fed Seen Aggressively Hiking to 5%, Triggering Global Recession
Source: Bloomberg --- Federal Reserve officials will maintain their resolutely hawkish stance next week, laying the groundwork for interest rates reaching 5% by March 2023, moves that seem likely to lead to a US and global recession, economists surveyed by Bloomberg...
Home prices are finally falling. But how low will they go?
Source: KSL News --- The US housing market is in the midst of a major shift. After two years of stratospheric price appreciation, home prices have peaked and are on their way back down. “Good news for home buyers, sellers are dropping their home prices” But what...
The US Housing Market was once hot as lava. Is it grinding to a halt?
Source: USA Today --- What once seemed like it was as hot as lava, the U.S. housing market now seems to be cooling down pretty quickly. But why? There seems to be enough people looking to buy homes right now with Millennials making up 43% of homebuyers, up 5% from...
Options available to offset higher mortgage rates
Source: Salem News --- American homeowners are feeling the pinch as the Federal Reserve continues to ratchet up interest rates to combat inflation. The average rate for a 30-year fixed rate mortgage rose above 6% this month for the first time since 2008, putting both...
‘Unhealthy and unsustainable’: Homebuyers aren’t buying and homebuilders aren’t building in the face of untamed mortgage rates
Source: MSN --- U.S. mortgage rates crept up once again this week as demand for home loans tumbled, according to a pair of widely followed reports. Buyers and sellers are increasingly on edge as the average 30-year fixed mortgage rate — now more than double what it...
Housing market: Existing home sales indicate the beginning of a correction
Source: Yahoo Finance --- BRIAN SOZZI: All right, from record home prices to record mortgage rates, 2022 has been a wild ride for the now ice-cold housing market. But could this pain be good for prospective homebuyers down the road? Yahoo! Finance Columnist Rick...
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