Housing Market
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November 22, 2023
New listings posted their biggest year-over-year increase since 2021 during the four weeks ending November 19. The median monthly mortgage payment has fallen more than $100 over the last month as rates dropped from 8% to 7.3%. Buyers are acting on the good news: Mortgage-purchase applications increased 4% this week to their highest level in […]
November 17, 2023
New listings were near their six-month high in October, helping drive an increase in pending sales, though buyers backed out of deals at the highest rate on record. The recent drop in mortgage rates could give sales another boost in November. U.S. pending home sales rose 1% month over month in October to the highest […]
November 16, 2023
It’s a chicken-or-egg situation for homebuyers and sellers. Demand is rising partly due to an uptick in new listings, and listings are increasing partly because sellers are noticing more buyers enter the market. Mortgage-purchase applications are on the rise. Mortgage-purchase applications rose 3% from a week earlier during the week ending November 10, bringing them […]
November 14, 2023
Sellers are handing out freebies to woo buyers, who have become increasingly likely to back out of deals as mortgage rates have climbed. Home sellers gave concessions to buyers in 35% of U.S. home sales during the three months ending Oct. 31, little changed from 35.9% one year earlier but up from 27.6% two years […]
November 9, 2023
Mortgage-purchase applications are up 3% week over week as homebuyers act on a few pieces of buyer-friendly news: Mortgage rates have dropped from 8% to 7.4% in the last few weeks, there are more homes for sale than there have been all year, and price drops are at a record high. Mortgage rates are falling […]
