U.S. Pending Home Sales, New Listings Show Flickers of Life to Start August
The housing market is gaining slight momentum as the summer winds down, but demand remains subdued overall. U.S. pending home sales edged up 0.4% week
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The housing market is gaining slight momentum as the summer winds down, but demand remains subdued overall. U.S. pending home sales edged up 0.4% week
Near-record home prices, elevated mortgage rates and economic instability drove down U.S. home sales in July. Homebuying demand fell most sharply in Texas and Seattle.
The number of homes going under contract fell 3.7% week over week nationwide—the steepest decline since 2022—as would-be buyers pressed pause amid high mortgage rates.
Starter-home affordability is improving: The income needed to afford a typical U.S. starter home is down 1.5% from a year ago, marking eight straight months
Housing costs keep rising, but so do incomes, leaving the income required to afford a home largely unchanged from last year’s record high. The income
Today’s housing market rewards patience over panic: With hundreds of thousands more sellers than buyers in the U.S., buyers in most of the country have
The housing market is gaining slight momentum as the summer winds down, but demand remains subdued overall. U.S. pending home sales edged up 0.4% week
Near-record home prices, elevated mortgage rates and economic instability drove down U.S. home sales in July. Homebuying demand fell most sharply in Texas and Seattle.
The number of homes going under contract fell 3.7% week over week nationwide—the steepest decline since 2022—as would-be buyers pressed pause amid high mortgage rates.
Starter-home affordability is improving: The income needed to afford a typical U.S. starter home is down 1.5% from a year ago, marking eight straight months
Housing costs keep rising, but so do incomes, leaving the income required to afford a home largely unchanged from last year’s record high. The income
Today’s housing market rewards patience over panic: With hundreds of thousands more sellers than buyers in the U.S., buyers in most of the country have