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Home Sales Fall Again But May Be Close to Bottom

Surging mortgage rates and lofty home prices are putting the hammer on home sales.

The Street

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…

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Surging Mortgage Rates Cripple Home Buyers

The mortgage rate increase is “leading to greater stagnation in the housing market,” said Freddie Mac’s chief economist.

The Street

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.

Benzinga

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…

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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

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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.

Tribune News Service

Housing Slump Continues as Existing-Home Sales Drop

'The softness in home sales reflects this year's escalating mortgage rates,' says economist Lawrence Yun.

The Street

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.

Investors Business Daily

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.

Tribune News Service

More People Are Counting on This to be Able to Buy a Home

As home prices and interest rates rise, those hoping to buy are increasingly hoping something dramatic will happen.

The Street

Add Another Housing Bear -- Bank of America's Think Tank

The median sales price for existing homes reached $416,000 in June, jumping 13.4% from a year earlier.

The Street

The Last Time the Housing Market Was This Slow, Bill Clinton Was President

Mortgage rates well over 5% have refinancing applications down 83% year over year.

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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.

Benzinga

Chinese Investors Buy $6.1 Billion Worth Of US Homes In Past 12 Months

For the first time in three years, activity from overseas real estate buyers has increased. During a time when the housing market is under incredible scrutiny and seeing astonishing prices, investors from China are gobbling up available homes.

Benzinga

Annual Foreign Investment In US Home Sales Up 8.5% To $59 Billion

Global investors are paying record prices for U.S. residential real estate. What Happened: According to new data from the National Association of Realtors, international buyers purchased $59 billion worth of U.S. residential properties between April 2021 and March 2022, up 8.5% from the same period one year earlier.

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Should You Buy or Should You Rent: Housing Woes

Overall home prices soared 20.4% in the 12 months through April, according to the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Index.

The Street

Housing: Still in the Dumps, Despite Rays of Light

Pending home sales inched 0.7% higher in May from April, and new home sales rose as well.

The Street

Something Strange is Happening With Home Prices

As mortgage rates hit fresh highs, there's something unusual going on with the real estate market.

Benzinga

Housing Beat: Mortgage Rates Spike As Median Rental Housing Prices Break Records

This week in the housing and mortgage industries saw the continued rise of mortgage rates, the continued slump in existing home sales and rental housing costs reaching record-breaking highs.

Investors Business Daily

KB Home Beats, Following Lennar, But Notes Sales Slowdown

Homebuilder KB Home on Wednesday reported second-quarter earnings and a full-year outlook that beat expectations.

Benzinga

Housing Beat: Home Sales Drop, Homeowners Insurance Spikes, Builder Confidence Tanks

The U.S. housing market showed unmistakable signs of stalling this week. Despite a decline in mortgage rates, mortgage applications and home sales were down while the cost of homeowners insurance was rising across most of the nation.

The Independent UK

Home sales tumble again as mortgage rates surge

Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes slowed in April for the third month in a row as mortgage rates surged, driving up borrowing costs for would-be homebuyers as home prices soared to new highs

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