Housing Market

Weekly Market Update

Housing Market Update: Homebuyers’ Monthly Payments Hit All-Time High As Mortgage Rates Rise

Elevated mortgage rates, along with prices that remain high–despite posting a 1% annual drop– pushed monthly housing payments to a record high of nearly $2,600. That’s dampening demand and preventing many would-be sellers from listing their homes.  The typical homebuyer’s monthly payment hit a new all-time high of $2,563 this week, up 29% from $1,988 […]

The Typical U.S. Home Changes Hands Every 12 Years, Down From 2020 Peak

Homeowner tenure is down slightly from the peak reached in 2020, but it has nearly doubled over the last couple decades, contributing to the lack of for-sale inventory.  Baby boomers are driving the general trend of longer homeowner tenure; more than one-third of homeowners 65 and older have held onto their home for at least […]
Monthly Market Update

Market Recovery Hampered by High Housing Costs, Low Supply in January

Pending home sales improved slightly, but an ongoing affordability crisis and lack of homes for sale kept many house hunters on the sidelines. Pending home sales rose 0.5% from a month earlier in January on a seasonally-adjusted basis. That compares with December’s revised month-over-month increase of 1.4%, which was the first gain in 14 months. […]
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