Home sales continue to decline and mortgage applications are at their lowest level in 25 years. U.S. housing market activity is continuing to slow down as mortgage rates sit at a 20-year high. Pending home sales and new listings both saw their biggest year-over-year drops since the start of the pandemic, dipping to levels roughly […]
Both buyers and sellers retreated in September as surging mortgage rates made moving more expensive. Still, home prices rose 8% year over year due to persistent tight supply and inflation. About 60,000 deals were called off, equal to 17% of homes that went under contract—the highest share on record aside from March 2020. A record […]
As home prices fall fastest in cities and mortgage rates rise, the value of a square foot in the suburbs has caught up with that of urban centers. Price per square foot has declined 6% in urban parts of San Francisco, the biggest dip in the U.S. Overall, it has dropped in nine of the […]
Housing-market activity is plunging further this fall than it did over the summer as mortgage rates near 7% and the topsy-turvy economy deters would-be buyers and sellers. Price drops have reached a record high, and home sales and new listings are dropping. The housing market is taking a second hit this month as increasing economic […]
Rents rose 9% year over year in September—the first single-digit increase in a year and a marked slowdown from 18% growth in March. Inflation and economic uncertainty are prompting Americans to hold off on significant financial decisions like moving. The median U.S. asking rent rose 9% year over year in September to $2,002, the slowest […]