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Stocks are soaring as Wall Street celebrates a cooler-than-expected inflation report that could signal the end of the Fed's rate hikes: ‘The immaculate disinflation continues’

“The Fed is increasingly likely to be in a position to cut rates in the second quarter of 2024,” Lazard's chief market strategist says.

Fortune

US Existing Home Sales Decline In August Amid Rising Prices

Midwest Sees Improvement, South and West Sales Decline, Inventory Levels Drop

Zenger

Best Time of Year to Buy A House

You may find a good home deal at any time of year, but certain seasons or even months have the perfect blend of inventory, supply and price. Here's when to look.

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Home sales slumped in July as rising mortgage rates and prices discouraged many would-be homebuyers

Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes fell last month to the slowest pace since January, as elevated mortgage rates and a stubbornly low inventory of homes on the market combined to discourage many would-be homebuyers

The Independent UK

Mortgage rates just hit their highest since 2002

The average cost of a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage jumped to 7.09% this week, the highest in over two decades. Rising interest rates have put homes out of reach for many would-be buyers.

WEKU

Inflation may be cooling, but the housing market is still too hot for many buyers

The median home price has risen to $413,800 – the second-highest price ever — thanks to a shortage of homes on the market and high mortgage rates. Experts say renting may be a better option.

WEKU

Home sales fell in June to the slowest pace since January, limited by near-historic low inventory

Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes fell in June to the slowest pace since January, as a near-historic low number of homes for sale and rising mortgage rates kept many would-be homebuyers on the sidelines

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Bankrate: Existing-home sales, prices decline again

The housing market remained soft in April, a new report by the National Association of Realtors (NAR) shows. Sales of existing homes — previously occupied properties, rather than newly built homes — resumed their long downward slide. The number of sales in April was off 3.4% from last month and…

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America's surprise revival: The suburbs

Demographic, housing and business trends are coming together to cause a suburban boom.

Axios

Toll Brothers Stock Advances On Buyer Confidence, Slowing Home Price Declines

Toll Brothers advanced Wednesday after the luxury homebuilder topped earnings estimates. Meanwhile, U.S. existing home prices continue falling.

Investors Business Daily

US home sales fell again in January; prices edged higher

The nation’s housing slump deepened in January as home sales fell for the 12th month in a row to the slowest pace in more than a dozen years

The Independent UK

Existing home sales fall again in December

Existing-home sales — meaning sales of previously occupied homes, rather than newly built homes — have been on a downward trend all year. And with both mortgage rates and prices remaining fairly high, home shoppers have pulled back. A new report by the National Association of Realtors (NAR) indicates that…

Tribune News Service

2022 marked the end of cheap mortgages and now the housing market has turned icy cold

The buying frenzy of a year ago is long gone. Home buyers have pulled away, sellers are holding back, and the whole housing market is locked in a deep freeze.

WEKU

What the Fed’s December rate hike means for homebuyers and sellers

The December rate hike was the seventh bump in 2022, a year that saw mortgage rates swing wildly from 3.4% in January all the way to 7.12% in October before inching back down again.

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Top 10 real estate markets in the US are all in the South

Real estate in Atlanta, Raleigh, North Carolina and Dallas-Fort Worth is expected to outperform most other metro areas in 2023, according to the National Association of Realtors.

Tribune News Service

You need to make $87,000 a year to buy a typical house in Dallas-Fort Worth

Rapidly rising mortgage rates have taken a hammer to home affordability across the U.S., even as some areas like Dallas-Fort Worth continue to see double-digit price gains.

Tribune News Service

Housing market predictions: the forecast for the next 5 years

It’s been a wild real estate ride over the last few years. After a red-hot market characterized by bidding wars, low interest rates and elevated prices, mortgage rates increased to the highest level in 20 years, leading to a slowdown of both buying activity and purchase prices. Yet, with inventory…

Benzinga

Home Flipping Is Down, And Those That Remain Are Looking For Cash Investors

The demise of a formerly hot home market, torn apart by increasing mortgage interest rates, is now beginning to affect a once thriving home-flipping environment.

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Is the housing market about to crash? Here’s what experts are saying

After a record-breaking run that saw mortgage rates plunge to all-time lows and home prices soar to new highs, the U.S. housing market finally is slowing. While demand and price gains are cooling, any correction is likely to be a modest one, housing economists and analysts say. No one expects…

The Independent UK

US home sales fell in September for eighth straight month

Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes fell in September for the eighth month in a row, matching the pre-pandemic sales pace from 10 years ago, as house hunters grappled with sharply higher mortgage rates, rising home prices and a still tight supply of properties on the market

Tribune News Service

This Federal Reserve policy you’ve never heard of could have the biggest effect on your wallet

The Federal Reserve is making headlines by raising interest rates at the fastest pace in a single year since the 1980s, concerning investors and consumers alike with fears the central bank could go too far, too fast.

Investors Business Daily

Toll Brothers Chills Guidance As Housing Market Cools

Toll Brothers reported fiscal third quarter earnings late Tuesday as the U.S. weathers a housing recession.

Tribune News Service

Is the housing market about to crash? Here’s what experts are saying

The U.S. housing market may be starting to slow down, but it is still hot. Double-digit appreciation is commonplace. Many sellers are still giddily sifting through multiple offers, and frantic buyers continue to pay more than asking prices — sometimes by $100,000 or more.

Bangkok Post

Foreign Purchases of U.S. Homes Fall to New Low

Foreign purchases of U.S. homes slid for a fifth straight year as the pandemic continued to limit international travel and the dollar strengthened.

Tribune News Service

Texas home buyers are competing against investors across the globe

Texas is an epicenter for foreign investment in the U.S. housing market.

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