Housing Market
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May 16, 2024
Pending home sales are down and new listings are flat during a time of year when they typically rise. But this week’s softer-than-expected inflation report sent mortgage rates down, which could bring back some homebuyers and sellers. Pending home sales fell 4.3% from a year earlier during the four weeks ending May 12, the biggest […]
May 15, 2024
Investor purchases climbed 0.5% from a year earlier in the first quarter—the first uptick since mid-2022. California markets saw the largest increases, with investor purchases jumping more than 20% in San Jose and Oakland. Investors are coming off of the sidelines partly because they’re making more money; the typical home sold by an investor in […]
May 13, 2024
Demand for second-home mortgages fell twice as fast as mortgage demand for primary homes, as housing costs rose to new heights. An early look at this year’s data shows that demand for vacation homes hasn’t picked up in 2024; interest in second-home mortgages has been sitting near an 8-year low all year. Many of the […]
May 9, 2024
High home prices and rates sent home sellers and buyers to the sidelines in April and the start of May. But last week’s encouraging economic news drove mortgage rates down a bit, which could bring back prospective sellers and house hunters. The median U.S. monthly housing payment hit an all-time high of $2,894 during the […]
May 6, 2024
Roughly 1 in 5 new mortgages went to low-income homebuyers in 2023, down from 23% in 2020. Meanwhile, high-income buyers have gained share because they’re more prepared to weather the storm of high home prices and mortgage rates. Roughly one in five (20.6%) new mortgages issued last year went to low-income Americans, bringing that group’s […]
