U.S. Housing Market
Existing Home Sales Up 1.5% in September
The median existing home price for all housing types was $415,200, up 2.1% from the $406,700 recorded one year earlier. Continue Reading Existing Home Sales Up 1.5% in September
Report: 46.1% of Mortgaged Homes Were Equity-Rich During Q3
At the other end of the spectrum, about 2.8% of mortgaged residential properties were considered seriously underwater in the third quarter. Continue Reading Report: 46.1% of Mortgaged Homes Were Equity-Rich During Q3
Mortgage Rates Inch Up
The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 6.86% as of May 22, up from last week when it averaged 6.81%. Continue Reading Mortgage Rates Inch Up
Chicago Suburb Threatens to Seize Pope Leo’s Childhood Home Through Eminent Domain
The property is slated to be auctioned on June 18 by Paramount Realty USA. Continue Reading Chicago Suburb Threatens to Seize Pope Leo’s Childhood Home Through Eminent Domain
Existing Home Sales Down by 0.5% in April
The median existing-home price for all housing types in April was $414,000, up 1.8% from the $406,600 in April 2024. Continue Reading Existing Home Sales Down by 0.5% in April
What does ‘housing recession’ even mean? Economists don’t really know
Source: Inman --- The phrase “housing recession” has exploded in popularity, according to an analysis of search terms. But pinning down what it means and where it originated is surprisingly difficult, experts told Inman.
Real estate: A looming end to the long boom
Source: The Week --- The "booming housing market is stalling out," said David Harrison and Nicole Friedman in The Wall Street Journal. Trapped between near-record prices and soaring mortgage rates, buyers are pulling back. In July, figures released last week show,...
US home price growth ‘to stall completely,’ Goldman warns
Source: New York Post --- The US housing market still has “further to fall” in a recent downturn that has sparked fears of a recession, Goldman Sachs analysts warned in a note to clients on Tuesday. The bank’s analysts expect home price growth in the once-booming...
Bankers’ Hours column: Changes coming to the housing market
Source: Post Independent --- This is an issue we revisit periodically, because everybody else does. The question is regularly raised, “With stratospherically spiking home prices, and so called ‘Non-QM (Nonqualifying mortgages, meaning not conforming to Fannie Mae or...
Want to Sell Your Home Quickly? Follow These 5 Dave Ramsey Tips
Source: The Motley Fool --- There was a point last year (and even during the first part of 2022) where all you had to do to sell a home quickly was get a listing up. For months, the housing market lacked inventory in a serious way, and that led to a period of homes...
Revised: Odds of falling home prices in your local housing market, as told by one interactive map
Source: Fortune --- Back in June, Fed Chair Jerome Powell made it clear to reporters: The Pandemic Housing Boom was over. Heading forward, he said, spiked mortgage rates would push the U.S. housing market into a slowdown. “We saw [home] prices moving up very very...
Why I’m Not Worried About a Housing Market Crash
Source: Nasdaq --- Are we going to see a housing bubble? According to new guidance from credit reporting agency Fitch, we may. In a recent release, Fitch analysts stated that the probability of a "severe downturn" in the U.S. housing market is on the rise. Home prices...
Small businesses feel the pinch from a slowing US housing market
Source: Anchorage Daily News --- NEW YORK — The chill in the housing market is rippling out to the carpenters, landscapers and other small businesses that lose out when fewer homeowners are renovating their properties. Inflation was already causing some homeowners to...
Mortgage rates will fall to 4.5% in 2023? That’s the estimate from Fannie Mae. Here’s what that means for homebuyers
Source: CNBC --- Mortgage rates are projected to decline next year — but that doesn’t mean prospective homebuyers should necessarily delay a purchase for the prospect of lower financing costs. The rate on a 30-year fixed mortgage will fall to an average 4.5% in 2023,...
Playing Jenga With The U.S. Housing Market – Like In 2008?
Source: Seeking Alpha --- Thesis In 2008 the housing market crashed the global economy. Could it happen again? And how soon? While I don’t want to play the role of Mr. Doom, in this article I would like to highlight a few notable developments that could prove to turn...
