US home prices to plunge ‘substantially’ on ‘cratering’ demand
US home prices are on the cusp of a major correction due to “cratering” demand among cash-strapped buyers, a prominent economist warned in a note...
Fed can’t stop hiking interest rates even if there is a recession, former top central banker says
The Federal Reserve has to emulate Mario Draghi and do “whatever it takes” to bring inflation down and that means continuing to raise interest rates...
Home builders slash prices and slow construction as buyers pull back, survey shows
Home builders are feeling jittery. That’s according to a June survey of home builder sentiment by John Burns Real Estate Consulting. Demand for new homes...
A Housing Bubble Requires 3 Elements. The 2022 Housing Market Has Hit 2
To better understand the ongoing housing cycle, let’s take a closer look at how it does—and doesn’t—look like a housing bubble. [ad_2] Source link...
Mortgage demand stalls again, even as interest rates swing briefly lower
After rising steadily for three weeks, mortgage rates dipped slightly last week, prompting a small increase in refinance activity. Activity from homebuyers, however, pulled back...
The U.S. housing market is teetering on recession. Will the economy soon follow?
The last time the housing market suffered a major meltdown in 2006, it took the entire U.S. economy with it. But history never follows the...
Mortgage demand is now roughly half of what it was a year ago, as interest rates move even higher
Total mortgage application volume was 52.7% lower last week than the same week one year ago, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association’s seasonally adjusted index....
Even Deep-Pocketed Buyers Are Starting to Back Away From the U.S. Housing Market
Two years ago, Austin real-estate agent Amy Deane, of Moreland Properties, was working with so many wealthy out-of-state buyers that she showed one $15 million...
Home listings suddenly spike as sellers worry they’ll miss out on red hot market
Sharply higher mortgage rates have caused a sudden pullback in home sales, and now sellers are rushing to get in before the red-hot market cools...
‘The pandemic boom in home sales is over’: Mortgage rates soar to highest level since 2009 as the Fed pressures the housing market
Mortgage rates are skyrocketing thanks to the Fed, but buyers who can tough out this difficult, changing market will be rewarded. The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage...